The Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer () is a Golden Melody Award recognizing outstanding vocal performance by a female in the Mandopop category, the first of which was presented in 1991.
In 1990 an award called Best Female Singer was designed to honor all female solo performances in the pop category; in 1991 the award was separated into Best Mandarin Female Singer, Best Taiwanese Female Singer, Best Hakka Female Singer, and Best Aboriginal Female Singer.
The award has been won by Tanya Chua the most times, with four wins. A-Mei is the artist with the most nominations with fourteen.
Recipients
1990s Year Winner(s) Work Nominees 1991 Sarah Chen Chiang Nien-ting Kao Chin Su-mei Sammi Kao Delphine Tsai 1992 Sammi Kao Shelly Yu Anna Lin Hung Hsiao-chiao Christine Hsu 1993 Sally Yeh Lily Lee Stella Chang Michelle Pan Su Rui 1994 Stella Chang Indecisive Kung Lan-hsun – Chang'e Sally Yeh – The Days When I Was Away from My Lover Tsai Chin – Tragedy of Loving You Tang Na – Hold Tighter 1996 Sarah Chen Forever Faye Wong – Sky Sally Yeh – Wishes... Tsai Chin – Light Up the Neon Lights Stella Chang – In the Rainy Night 1997 Stella Chang Purity Winnie Hsin – It's Not All My Fault to Love Him Valen Hsu – If Cloud Knows Christine Hsu – Fragrance Tang Na – Freedom 1998 Chyi Yu Camel, Flying Bird, Fish A-Mei – Bad Boy Shunza – Shunza Christine Hsu – Pure Christine Coco Lee – Each Time I Think of You 1999 Shunza I Am Not a Star Faye Wong – Sing and Play Na Ying – Conquer Winnie Hsin – Every Woman A-Mei – Holding Hands
2000s Year Winner(s) Work Nominees 2000 Faith Yang Silence Faye Wong – Lovers & Strangers Mavis Fan – I Want Us to Be Together A-Mei – Can I Hug You, Lover? Karen Mok – You Can 2001 Na Ying Sad Romance Faye Wong – Fable Karen Mok – Karen Mok on the Twelfth Floor A-Mei – Regardless Stefanie Sun – My Desired Happiness 2002 A-Mei Truth Shunza – And Music's There Sandy Lam – Truly... Tanya Chua – I Do Believe Stefanie Sun – Kite Winnie Hsin – Forever 2003 Karen Mok I A-Mei – Fever Na Ying – Nowadays... Shunza – Dear Shunza Valen Hsu – Rue Blossom Stella Chang – Waiting for Fang to Sing 2004 Faye Wong To Love Penny Tai – No Pain, No Gain Tanya Chua – Stranger Fish Leong – Beautiful Jolin Tsai – Magic 2005 Stefanie Sun Stefanie Sandee Chan – Then We All Wept in Silence Angela Chang – Aurora A-Mei – Maybe Tomorrow Fish Leong – Wings of Love 2006 Tanya Chua Amphibian Fengie Wang – Only Want You to Be Happy Fish Leong – Silkroad of Love Cheer Chen – Peripeteia Penny Tai – Crazy Love Stefanie Sun – A Perfect Day FanFan – One to One 2007 Jolin Tsai Dancing Diva Angela Chang – Pandora Jyotsna Pang – All I Want A-Mei – I Want Happiness? Penny Tai – IPenny Sandy Lam – Breathe Me 2008 Tanya Chua Goodbye & Hello A-Mei – Star Stefanie Sun – Against the Light Fish Leong – J'Adore Karen Mok – L!ve Is... Joi Chua – Blessed 2009 Sandee Chan What If It Matters Tsai Chin – No Regret Fish Leong – Today Is Our Valentine's Day A-Lin – A Born Diva Tanya Chua – My Space
2010s Year Winner(s) Work Nominees 2010 A-Mei Amit Tanya Chua – If You Meet Him Karen Mok – Hui Wei Deserts Chang – A City Tiger Huang – Simple or Not Cheer Chen – Immortal 2011 Karen Mok Precious Denise Ho – Nameless Poem A-Lin – Loneliness Is Not the Hardest Part Wanfang – Let's Not Grieve Anymore Freya Lim – Holding Back the Tears 2012 Tanya Chua Sing It Out of Love A-Lin – We Will Be Better Stefanie Sun – It's Time Hebe Tien – My Love Waa Wei – No Crying A-Mei – R U Watching? 2013 Sandy Lam Gaia Ellen Joyce Loo – You Quietly Hide Away G.E.M. – Xposed Jia Jia – Unforgettable Lala Hsu – Ideal Life Jolin Tsai – Muse 2014 Penny Tai Unexpected Faith Yang – Zero Denise Ho – Coexistence Tanya Chua – Angel vs. Devil Jia Jia – Alone the Way 2015 A-Mei Faces of Paranoia Lala Hsu – Missing Waa Wei – You Lovely Bastard Karen Mok – Departures A-Lin – Guilt 2016 Julia Peng Darling Peggy Hsu – Swing Inc. Huang Qishan – Xiao Xia Su Yunying – Min Ming A-Mei – Amit 2 Tanya Chua – Aphasia 2017 Eve Ai Talk About Eve Jia Jia – Still Missing Waa Wei – Run! Frantic Flowers! Ellen Joyce Loo – Imperfections Faith Yang – Centrifugal Force Miss Ko – Queen of Queens 2018 Lala Hsu The Inner Me Amuyi – O_Love Faye – Little Outerspace A-Mei – Story Thief Julia Peng – When I Look Back 2019 Sandy Lam 0 Eve Ai – Fade to Exist Sun Sheng Xi – Shi's Journey Yoyo Sham – Nothing Is Under Control Jolin Tsai – Ugly Beauty
2020s Year Winner(s) Work Nominees 2020 Waa Wei Hidden, Not Forgotten Joanna Wang – Love is Calling Me Fish Leong – The Sun Also Rises G.E.M. – City Zoo Peggy Hsu – Hypnocity Faith Yang - The More Beautiful, The More Invisible 2021 Hebe Tien Time Will Tell Wanfang – Dear All Panai Kusui – Love, And Yet Sun Sheng Xi – Where is SHI? Tarcy Su – Every Side of Me Tan Weiwei – 3811 2022 Tanya Chua Depart Karencici – 99% Angel Faye – Zai Yun Cai Shang Tiao Wu Ji Ji Zha Zha Ilid Kaolo – Longing Waa Wei – Have a Nice Day Tia Ray – Once Upon a Moon 2023 A-Lin Link Lala Hsu – Gei Hong Pei-yu – Silver Lining Yisa Yu – Dear Life Penny Tai – The Passive Audience Lexie Liu – The Happy Star 2024 Sun Sheng Xi Boomerang Tia Ray – Allure Faith Yang – Flow 9m88 – Sent Su Yunying – Circle 2025 Waa Wei Ordeal by Pearls Tanya Chua – Imperfect Us Penny Tai – Twin Flame Vicky Chen – V Karencici – Made for You 2026Jolin TsaiPleasure Hong Pei-yu – Still Moving Chen Hsien-ching – If Every Day Could Be Happy Happy, Who Would Want Sad Julia Peng – Incompletely Fully Grown Erika Liu – Pisces Palace Shan Yichun – Lil Sis
Category facts Most Wins in Category Rank1st2nd3rdArtistTanya ChuaA-MeiSarah ChenStella ChangKaren MokSandy LamWaa WeiJolin TsaiTotal wins4 wins3 wins2 wins
Most nominations Rank1st2nd3rd4th5th6thArtistA-MeiTanya ChuaStella ChangKaren MokStefanie SunFish LeongPenny TaiWaa WeiFaye WongA-LinFaith YangJolin TsaiShunzaSandy LamTotal nominations14 nominations11 nominations7 nominations6 nominations5 nominations4 nominations
Other facts A-Mei is the only artist to receive the six consecutive nominations in this category and she won for Truth among them.
See also
List of music awards honoring women
References