The 28th Golden Melody Awards () took place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2017. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Mickey Huang and broadcast on TTV on 24 June.chinapost.com.tw
Winners and nominees Below is the list of winners and nominees for the popular music categories.
Vocal category – Record label awards Album of the Year Song of the Year Yaangad – Sangpuy Village Besieged – Sheng-xiang Band The Servile – No Party for Cao Dong Journey to the West – Khalil Fong The Silent Star Stone – Guo Ding Talk About Eve – Eve Ai History of Tomorrow – Mayday Run! Frantic Flowers! – Waa Wei Million Songs Hill – Xu Jun Ding Zi Hua – Wu Bai Taipei Didilong – DJ Didilong Reborn – Fire EX. Chiu Nien – Hsieh Ming-yu TaiKo Electro Company – TaiKo Electro Company The Boyhood of Chairman – The Chairman The Golden Age – Urban Cat Mosaic of the Night – Misa x Underground Stream Smiley Universe – Wen Yin-chang, Lo Su-jung, Lin Sheng Xiang The Funky Song for Tung Blossom – Gina's Can Wo Ba Jiang Hai Lu Wo Ma Jiang Si Xian – Chen Wei-roo Tracing the River of Life – Tai Siao-chun Longer Story – Long-Ger Vavayan – A Bao Sadu Kata Buan – Sadu Kata Buan | valign="top" | "Simon Says" (from The Servile) – No Party for Cao Dong "Love Confession" (from Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories) – Jay Chou "Traces of Time in Love" (from Traces of Time in Love) – Rainie Yang "Peng Kung" (from Ding Zi Hua) – Wu Bai "The Sum of Us" (from Talk About Eve) – Eve Ai "Tough" (from History of Tomorrow) – Mayday "Centrifugal Force" (from Centrifugal Force) – Faith Yang "Spoiled Innocence" (from Sell Like Hot Cakes) – Yoga Lin |- ! Best Album Mandarin ! Best Album Taiwanese |- | valign="top" | History of Tomorrow – Mayday Journey to the West – Khalil Fong The Silent Star Stone – Guo Ding Talk About Eve – Eve Ai Run! Frantic Flowers! – Waa Wei Million Songs Hill – Xu Jun | valign="top" | Ding Zi Hua – Wu Bai Taipei Didilong – DJ Didilong Reborn – Fire EX. Chiu Nien – Hsieh Ming-yu TaiKo Electro Company – TaiKo Electro Company The Boyhood of Chairman – The Chairman |- ! Best Album Hakka ! Best Album Aboriginal Language |- | valign="top" | The Golden Age – Urban Cat Mosaic of the Night – Misa x Underground Stream Smiley Universe – Wen Yin-chang, Lo Su-jung, Lin Sheng-xiang The Funky Song for Tung Blossom – Gina's Can Wo Ba Jiang Hai Lu Wo Ma Jiang Si Xian – Chen Wei-roo | valign="top" | Vavayan – A Bao Yaangad – Sangpuy Tracing the River of Life – Tai Siao-chun Longer Story – Long-Ger Sadu Kata Buan – Sadu Kata Buan |- ! Best Music Video ! |- | valign="top" | "Chai" (from Chang and Lee) – Director: Peng Jhun-yi, Zhu Qi-guang, Chang Hsi-an "Bedtime Stories" (from Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories) – Director: Jay Chou "Mercury Records" (from The Silent Star Stone) – Director: Huang Chieh-yu "Love Yourself" (from Day by Day) – Director: Bill Chia "Tough" (from History of Tomorrow) – Director: Muh Chen "Dust My Shoulders Off" (from Dust My Shoulders Off) – Director: Liao Jen-shuai | valign="top" | |- ! colspan="2" | Vocal category – Individual awards |- !Best Composer !Best Lyricist |- | valign="top" | "Centrifugal Force" (from Centrifugal Force) – Europa Huang "The Fog Space" (from The Silent Star Stone) – Guo Ding "The Sum of Us" (from Talk About Eve) – Eve Ai "Here, After, Us" (from History of Tomorrow) – Monster "Simon Says" (from The Servile) – No Party for Cao Dong "Only You" (from Run! Frantic Flowers!) – Waa Wei "Hsia-pu ワルツ" (from Chiu Nien) – Hsieh Ming-yu | valign="top" | "Almost Famous" (from History of Tomorrow) – Ashin "Traces of Time in Love" (from Traces of Time in Love) – Wu Tsing-fong "Peng Kung" (from Ding Zi Hua) – Wu Bai "The Fog Space" (from The Silent Star Stone) – Guo Ding "The Sum of Us" (from Talk About Eve) – Eve Ai "Wimpish" (from The Servile) – No Party for Cao Dong "Pi-ka Luggage" (from Chiu Nien) – Hsieh Ming-yu |- ! Best Arrangement ! Best Album Producer |- | valign="top" | "Darling" (from Imperfections) – Ellen Loo "Hunter" (from Yaangad) – Hung Cheng-wen, Jen Chung-chiang "Peng Kung" (from Ding Zi Hua) – Wu Bai & China Blue "Bad Check" (from Talk About Eve) – Zhan Xian-Zhe "Izuwa" (from Vavayan) – Huang Ching Shih Yi, Derrick Sepnio, Fergus Chow "You Made My Day" (from You Made My Day) – Howe Chen | valign="top" | Vavayan – Huang Ching Shih Yi Yaangad – IO Chen Journey to the West – Khalil Fong, Derrick Sepnio Mr. Miss – Tu Kai, Ko Fei History of Tomorrow – Mayday Run! Frantic Flowers! – George Chen |- ! Best Single Producer ! Best Male Vocalist Mandarin |- | valign="top" | "You Made My Day" (from You Made My Day) – Howe "Traces of Time in Love" (from Traces of Time in Love) – George Chen "Jia Jia Song" (from Still Missing) – Huang Ching Shih Yi "Still Missing" (from Still Missing) – Masa of Mayday "Centrifugal Force" (from Centrifugal Force) – Europa Huang, Chen Chun-hao "Take It Easy" (from Longer Story) – Dakanow "Everyday Is a Miracle" (from Day by Day) – Sandee Chan | valign="top" | Journey to the West – Khalil Fong Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories – Jay Chou The Silent Star Stone – Guo Ding What a Folk!!!!!! – Crowd Lu Sell Like Hot Cakes – Yoga Lin Cross over Asia – Namewee Hard Knock – Dwagie |- ! Best Female Vocalist Mandarin ! Best Male Vocalist Taiwanese |- | valign="top" | Talk About Eve – Eve Ai Still Missing – Jia Jia Run! Frantic Flowers! – Waa Wei Imperfections – Ellen Joyce Loo Centrifugal Force – Faith Yang Queen of Queens – Miss Ko | valign="top" | Chiou Nien – Hsieh Ming-yu Love Is So Painful – Daniel Luo The Door – Liao Shih-hsien Ding Zi Hua – Wu Bai Taipei Didilong – DJ Didilong Bottom of My Heart – Yuming Lai |- ! Best Female Vocalist Taiwanese ! Best Vocalist Hakka |- | valign="top" | A Song of Missing – Olivia Tsao Sound of the Wind – Elly Chang Singing to Myself – Showlen Maya Twin Flowers – Huang Fei The Age of Innocence – Sasha Li | valign="top" | The Golden Age – Urban Cat Mosaic of the Night – Misa x Underground Stream Shepherd Boy – Robin Tseng Wo Ba Jiang Hai Lu Wo Ma Jiang Si Xian – Wei Ru Chen |- ! Best Vocalist Aboriginal Language ! Best Musical Group |- | valign="top" | Yaangad – Sangpuy Zemiyan – Cemelesai Pasasauv Tracing the River of Life – Tai Siao-chun Longer Story – Long-Ger Vavayan – A Bao Sadu Kata Buan – Tulbus Mangququ | valign="top" | The Servile – No Party for Cao Dong Pluralism – Flux History of Tomorrow – Mayday 23:59 Before Tomorrow – GDJYB Lion – Lion The Funky Song for Tung Blossom – Gina's Can The Boyhood of Chairman – The Chairman |- ! Best Vocal Collaboration ! Best New Artist |- | valign="top" | Mr. Miss – Mr. Miss One – Guess What Power Station 20th – Power Station Loneliness Will Be Over, Away, and Gone – Astro Bunny Music Walker – Grasshopper Radio Mars – Radio Mars | valign="top" | The Servile – No Party for Cao Dong Pluralism – Flux Mr. Miss – Mr. Miss Abstract Painting – Shio I Am Erika – Erika Gong – Gong |- ! colspan="2" |Instrumental category – Record label awards |- ! valign="top" |Best Instrumental Album !
Sedar – Sedar Chin Cin Cinema – CinCin Lee All Kinds of Good – Martin "Musa" Musaubach Fade to Blue – Chung Yu-feng, David Chen 07 Sessions – Toby Mak
! colspan="2" |Instrumental category – Individual awards |- !Best Instrumental Album Producer !Best Instrumental Composer
CinCin Lee – Cin Cinema Martin "Musa" Musaubach – All Kinds of Good Chung Yu-feng – Fade to Blue Sedar Chin – Sedar Lawrence Ku – Proper Up! Sedar Chin – "Arboreal Tunnel" (from Sedar) CinCin Lee – "Taipei Andante" (from Cin Cinema) Martin "Musa" Musaubach – "All Kinds of Good" (from All Kinds of Good) David Chen – "Fade to Blue" (from Fade to Blue) Tseng Tseng-yi – "Call It Anything" (from 07 Sessions)Technical category – Individual awardsBest Recording Package Welcome to the Next Level – Starr Chen Yaangad – Sangpuy Village Besieged – Sheng-xiang Band When Will Me Meet Again – Chan Ya-wen Cin Cinema – CinCin LeeTechnical category – Record label awardsBest Vocal Recording AlbumBest Instrumental Recording Album ''Yaangad – Sangpuy Journey to the West – Khalil Fong #MWHYB – Vanness Wu Thief – Penny Tai Flow – Winnie Hsin | Sedar – Sedar Chin Cin Cinema – CinCin Lee Ice Fantasy Original Soundtrack – V.K Chromatics – Tseng Tseng-yi Kind of True – Mission Formosa |- ! colspan="2" |Special Contribution Award |- | colspan="2" | (Chi Chiu-ying) Chang Yu-sheng|- ! colspan="2" |Jury Award |- | colspan="2" | Village Besieged –'' Sheng-xiang Band
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