The 18th Golden Melody Awards () ceremony for popular music category was held on June 16, 2007. The Azio TV broadcast the show live from the

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in Taipei,

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. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which runs from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006.

Nominees and winners

Winners are highlighted in boldface.

Vocal category – Record label awards

Song of the Year

* "Marry Me Today" (from ''

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'') – David Tao feat.

Jolin Tsai Jolin Tsai (; ; born September 15, 1980) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress. Referred to as the " Queen of C-Pop", she is considered one of the most influential figures in Chinese popular culture. She is known for her continual rein ...

** "Planting Trees" (from ''Planting Trees'') – Lin Sheng-xiang ** "Faraway" (from '' Still Fantasy'') – Jay Chou ** "Same World" (from '' Without You'') – Karen Mok ** "Baby (In the Night)" (from ''My Life Will…'') –

Deserts Chang Deserts Chang (; born 30 May 1981) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter. Early life Deserts Chang was born as Chiao An-p'u () on 30 May 1981 to a high socio-economic status family. Her father, Chiao Jen-ho (), is a former secretary-general of t ...

** "Little Love Song" (from ''Little Universe'') –-

Sodagreen Sodagreen (; stylized as sodagreen) is a Taiwanese indie band formed in 2001. Its members have been unchanged since 2003. Sodagreen emerged in the Taiwanese indie music scene after receiving the Grand Jury Award in the Hohaiyan Gongliau Rock Fes ...

Best Mandarin Album

* ''Wake Up'' – MC HotDog ** ''Blue in Love'' – Hao-en and Jiajia ** ''My Life Will…'' –

** ''Little Universe'' –

** ''All I Want –'' Jyotsna Pang ** ''

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'' –

Best Taiwanese Album

* ''Jin Ei Ah Gey Ei!?'' – The Chairman ** ''The Whales'' – Chen Ming-chang ** ''Poah Poe'' – Jody Chiang ** ''Depose'' – Bang Bang Band ** ''Thanx 4 Looking'' – New Formosa Band

Best Hakka Album

* ''Planting Trees'' – Lin Sheng-xiang ** ''The Snow Wolfman'' – You Zhao-qi ** ''Mountain and Farmland'' – Hsieh Yu-wei

Best Aboriginal Album

* ''Beautiful Haiyan'' – Xiao-mei, Chen Yong-long, Ara Kimbo, Wu Hao-en, Suming, A-luo, Ka-silaw ** ''Singing a Beautiful Song'' – Taiwu Ancient Ballads Troupe

Vocal category – Individual awards

Best Music Video Director

* Stephen Fung – "Same World" (from '' Without You'') ** Jay Chou – "Popular Imitation" (from '' Still Fantasy'') ** Fish Wang – "The Man Who Makes Words" (from ''The Light of Darkness'') ** Chen Pei-fu – "Happiness" (from ''Happiness'') ** Tsao Jui-yuan – "Pure Love" (from ''My Endless Love'') ** Chou Ko-tai – "Commitment" - (from ''Commitment'')

Best Composition

Wu Tsing-fong Wu Qing-feng (; born 1982) , also known as Greeny and credited as Wu Tsing-fong, is a Taiwanese singer-song writer, composer, arranger, and lyricist. Born in Taipei, he is a founding member and the lead vocalist of Oaeen (Sodagreen) and is the m ...

– "Little Love Song" (from ''Little Universe'') ** Lin Sheng-xiang – "Planting Trees" (from ''Plating Trees'') **

– "Baby (In the Night) (from ''My Life Will...'') ** Li Tai-hsiang – "Mountain and Farmland" (from ''Mountain and Farmland'') ** David Tao – "Marry Me Today" (from ''

'') **

Kenji Wu Kenji Wu (; born 18 October 1979) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, actor and director. Early life Wu was born on 18 October 1979 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. When he was six, he moved to Argentina, but came back to Taiwan to compete in MTV Taiwan's ...

– "A General Order" (from ''A General Order'')

Best Lyrics

* Zhong Yong-feng – "Planting Trees" (from ''Planting Trees'') ** Vincent Fang – "Chrysanthemum Terrace" (from '' Still Fantasy'') ** Wu Yu-hsuan – "Grandpa's Bed" (from ''Poah Poe'') **

Lin Xi Albert Leung (born 7 December 1961, ) is a lyricist and writer based in Hong Kong. Education Leung attended all-boy secondary schools at Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) College and La Salle College. He received a bachelor of arts in translation from th ...

– "Same World" (from '' Without You'') **

– "Baby (In the Night)" (from ''My Life Will...'') **

– "Little Love Song" (from ''Little Universe'')

Best Music Arrangement

* Chen Zhu-hui – "The Man Who Makes Words" (from ''The Light of Darkness'') ** Yao Hung – "Fearless" (from '' Fearless'') ** Wayne Wang – "Lost" (from ''Blue in Love'') ** Li Yu-huan – "Savage Night (Club Mix 2000)" (from ''New Wave'') **

– "Little Love Song" (from ''Little Universe'')

Producer of the Year, Album

* Chen Hui-ting, Hsu Che-liu, Lin Chien-yuan, Bean Lin,

Peggy Hsu Peggy Hsu (, born 2 February 1981) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, music composer, and music producer. She is the founder and lead vocalist/keyboardist of the band "Le Cirque". Since her first appearance on the Mandarin music scene in 2001 ...

– ''It's All My Fault'' ** Lin Sheng-xiang, Zhong Yong-feng, Zhong Shi-fang – ''Plating Trees'' ** Hao-en – ''Blue in Love'' ** Lin Wei-che – ''Little Universe'' ** Bang Bang Band – ''Tong Zhi''

Producer of the Year, Single

* Jay Chou – "Fearless" (from '' Fearless'') ** Chu Chien-hui, Hai Er – "The Descendants of Yandi and Huangdi Emperors" (from ''The Descendants of Yandi and Huangdi Emperors'') ** Adia – "Dancing Diva" (from ''

'')

Best Mandarin Male Singer

* Nicky Lee **

JJ Lin Wayne Lin Junjie (; born 27 March 1981), better known by his stage name JJ Lin, is a Singaporean singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Lin launched his musical career by releasing his debut album '' Music Voyager'' (2003). GIO, Taiwa ...

** Gary Chaw ** David Tao **

Best Taiwanese Male Singer

* Michael Shih'Michael Shih ** Yuan Xiao-di ** Cheng Gin-yi ** Chen Ming-chang ** Chen Lei

Best Mandarin Female Singer

Angela Chang Angela Zhang (; born 19 January 1982), also known as Angela Chang, is a Taiwanese singer and actress. Zhang has released ten studio albums as of 2020. She debuted and rose to fame with the Taiwanese television dramas ''My MVP Valentine'' (2002 ...

** Jyotsna Pang ** A-mei **

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** Sandy Lam

Best Taiwanese Female Singer

Jeannie Hsieh Jeannie Hsieh (; born December 25, 1974, in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, and model. She is known for writing and performing electronic dance music which combines techno and hip-hop, as well a ...

** Laney Wu ** Showlen Maya ** Fang Yi-ping

Best Hakka Singer

* Lin Sheng-xiang ** Hsieh Yu-wei ** Song Chen ** Tang Ming-liang

Best Aboriginal Singer

* I Jyi ** Yu Chia-chen ** Lin Chao-ming

Best Band

** Hai Er ** 13 ** Self Kill ** Tizzy Bac ** Totem ** Monkey Insane

Best Group

* Wu-en and Jiajia ** Nan Quan Mama ** Michelle Vickie ** New Formosa Band

Best New Artist

Europa Huang Europa Huang (born November 2, 1983) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, producer and occupational therapist. He won Best New Artist at the 18th Golden Melody Awards for his debut album ''Over the Way'', and the Best Composer award at the 28th ...

** Zhang Xianzi **

A-lin Lisang Pacidal Koyouan (), better known by her stage name A-Lin, is a Taiwanese aboriginal singer and songwriter of Amis descent. Career In 1999, when A-Lin was 16 years old and taught children to sing the hymn " Amazing Grace" after the ...

Evan Yo Tsai Min-you (born 12 November 1986), better known as Evan Yo, is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriter. He was signed by his management company at 14 and has been signed by Sony Music Taiwan since 2006. He has released four albums and was nomin ...

Instrumental category – Record label awards

Best Instrumental Album

* ''Send You a Blue Gift for Winter'' – Tao Wang, Sino Chen ** ''Night Flower'' – Lin Shao-ying ** ''I-Yen-Mei-Leg Village No.3'' – Purdur ** ''Ocarina Dreamer'' – You Xue-zhi

Instrumental category – Individual awards

Producer of the Year, Instrumental

* Purdur – ''I-Yen-Mei-Leg Village No.3'' ** Eric Chung, Lo Bei-tuo – ''Sun, Latino'' ** Tao Wang, Sino Chen – ''Send You a Blue Gift for Winter'' ** Gerald Shih, Cosine Tseng – ''Cynthia's Magical Fingers''

Lifetime Contribution Award

* Chang Hung-yi

Special awards

Most Popular Male Artist/Group (Popular vote)

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References

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