The 27th Golden Melody Awards () was held in Taipei, Taiwan in 2016. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Mickey Huang and broadcast on TTV on 25 June. The award ceremony for the traditional music categories was held at the National Center for Traditional Arts on 13 August.
Winners and nominees Below is the list of key nominees and winners for the popular music categories. Winners are highlighted in bold.
Vocal category – Music publishing awards
Song of the Year
"Aka Pisawad" – Suming "Matriarchy" – AMIT "Twilight" – JJ Lin "Rainy Night" – Sodagreen "A Little Happiness" – Hebe Tien
Best Mandarin Album
Winter Endless – Sodagreen Swing Inc. – Peggy Hsu Progress Reports – Eli Hsieh AMIT2 – AMIT Aphasia – Tanya Chua Infinity – PoeTek
Best Music Video
"When Sorrow Being Downloaded Twice"(Sandee Chan) – Tan Tsung-fan "Eternal Summer" (Mayday) – Su Chien-i "I'm Not Yours" (Jolin Tsai) – Muh Chen "I Am Alive" (JJ Lin feat. Jason Mraz) – Liu Keng-ming "King of Doubt" (Hush) – Chen Hung-i
Vocal category – Individual awards
Best Mandarin Male Singer
JJ Lin – From M.E. to Myself Namewee – Asian Killer 2015 Li Jian – Li Jian Kowen Ko – If You Still Wander Matzka – Southeast Beauty
Best Mandarin Female Singer
Julia Peng – Darling Peggy Hsu – Swing Inc. Huang Qishan – Xiao Xia Su Yunying – Ming Ming AMIT – AMIT2 Tanya Chua – Aphasia
Best Band
Sodagreen – Winter Endless
Best Group
Chang and Lee – Chang and Lee
Best New Artist
Eli Hsieh – Progress Reports
Special awards
Lifetime Contribution Award Tracy Huang
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