The 34th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第34屆金曲獎) took place in Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan in 2023. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by WeiBird and broadcast on TTV on 1 July 2023.
Hung Pei-yu received the most nominations with 8 for her debut album Silver Lining (明室) with Lala Hsu closed behind her on her sixth album Gei, which also got 8 awards.
A-Lin won her first Female Mandarin Singer award after being nominated on the same category for the past 6 awards, while the biggest surprise on Male Mandarin Singer award goes to the first-timer HUSH, where he edges out Qing Feng Wu.
Winners and Nominees Below are the list of winners and nominees: +Vocal category – Record label awardsAlbum of the YearSong of the Year Mallarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu Gei – Lala Hsu Silver Lining – Pei-Yu Hung Snow White – JADE PRO – Kumachan (Xinkuan Xiong)
Pleasing Myself – HUSH Mercury Retrograde – Enno Cheng Holy Gazai – A_Root KEH – DJ MR.GIN Marigold – HAOTING Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao Waiting a present for – Chiu Shu Yam Fung leu – Rita Lin Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng Snail – Misa Humble – Boiii P Together, us – Biung Watershed – Kivi The Roots – Matzka Ita – Kasiwa ABUS – Abus・Tanapima | "A Flash and How It Lasts" (from 9522) – anpu "Like A Star" (from Gei) – Lala Hsu "Silver Lining" (from Silver Lining) – Hung Pei-yu "Greatest Works of Art" (from Greatest Works of Art) – Jay Chou "Daughters feat.Chunho (from Mercury Retrograde)" – Enno Cheng
"Semane sepi" (from ITA) – Kasiwa |- !Best Mandarin Album !Best Taiwanese Album
PRO – Kumachan (Xinkuan Xiong) Gei – Lala Hsu Silver Lining – Pei-Yu Hung Snow White – JADE
Mallarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu Pleasing Myself – HUSH | Mercury Retrograde – Enno Cheng Holy Gazai – A_Root KEH – DJ MR.GIN Marigold – HAOTING Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao |- !Best Hakka Album !Best Indigenous Language Album
Yam Fung leu – Rita Lin Waiting a present for – Chiu Shu
Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng Snail – Misa Humble – Boiii P The Roots – Matzka Together, us – Biung Watershed – Kivi
Ita – Kasiwa ABUS – Abus・Tanapima |- !Best Music Video !
Little Balcony (from Little Balcony) – Director: Pennacky Beanstalk (from BEANSTALK) – Director: JYUN CHANG I Will Find You (from Memorable Moments) – Director: Peifu Chen Gei (from Gei) – Director: BILL+ in peace (from healism) – Director: Almost (from Snow White) – Director: Birdy Nio ...... Siren Salon (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Director: Show Yanagisawa
! colspan="2" |Vocal category – Individual awards|- !Best Composition !Best Lyrics
"Anything But" (from Silver Lining) – Lala Hsu (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung) "Nomadland" (from Nomadland) – Zooey Wonder (Performer: Zooey Wonder)
"Blame" (from LINK) – Eve Ai (Performer: A-LIN) "Daughters (feat.Chunho) – Enno Cheng and Chunho (Performer: Enno Cheng) "Farce" (from The Passive Audience) – Penny Tai (Performer: Penny Tai) "......Fragments d'un Discours Amoureux (Feat.Karena Lam)" (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Qing Feng Wu (Performer: Qing Feng Wu and Karena Lam) | "Homo Sapiens" (from Homo Sapiens) – Chow Yiu Fai (Performer: Eason Chan) "Heading North" (from Take It Slow, I Will Be There) – Skippy (Performer: Crispy) "Anything But" (from Silver Lining) – David Ke (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung) "NFT" (from Mr. Yao's 8th Grade Syndrome) – MC Hot Dog (Performer: MC Hot Dog) "How the brain got language? feat.Chunho" (from Mecury Retrograde) – Enno Cheng (Performer: Enno Cheng) "Regression" (from MEMENTO) – Lin Xi (Performer: Terence Lam)
!Best Music Arrangement !Producer of the Year, Album
"Kungkung Workbook" (from 9522) – Chico Tsai (Performer: anpu) "Bearish" (from Snow White) – Kyle Lu (Performer: JADE) "Witches" (from Dreams) – Elephant Gym (KT Chang, Chia-Chin Tu, Tell Chang) (Performer: Elephant Gym) "Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight" (from Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight) – Owen Wang (Performer: WeiBird)
"Bondage" (from Discipline) – Jason Choi (Performer: Sandee Chen) "......The Great Hypnotist" (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Qing Feng Wu, Howe Chen (Performer: Qing Feng Wu) | Holy Gazai – Blaire Ko (Performer: A_Root) Gei – LaLa Hsu, Howe Chen (Performer: LaLa Hsu) Silver Lining – George Chen (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung) REVELATION – G.E.M, GONG (Performer: G.E.M)
Déjà Fu – LÜCY (Performer: LÜCY) Mellarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu, Howe Chen (Performer: Qing Feng Wu) |- !Producer of the Year, Single !Best New Artist
"Telephone" (from Snow White) – Kyle Lu, Itun Chou (Performer: JADE) "Nomadland" (from Nomadland) – Howe Chen (Performer: Zooey Wonder) "Henshin" (from Tshut Tsit Ki Tshui) – Chen Chien-Wei (Performer: Shao Da-Lun)
"Shadow" (from Dreams) – HLK／ (Performer: Elephant Gym and 9m88) "Bi Li Ka Li Hai" (from Bi Li Ka Li Hai) – NICKTHEREAL, Jae Chong (Performer: Billie Wang) "Fashion !" (from Fashion !) – LimGiong, ChihSiou, Yu (Performer: ChihSiou) "Tina's Hausu" (from Tina's Hausu) – Joanna Wang, Adam Lee (Performer: Joanna Wang) | Silver Lining – Pei-Yu Hung Shin Formosa Youth? – Mango Jump LÜCY – LÜCY Marigold – HAOTING Talent – The Crane CZ Dogg – CZ Dogg Abus – Abus・Tanapima |- !Best Male Mandarin Singer !Best Female Mandarin Singer
Pleasing Myself – HUSH Mr. Yao's 8th Grade Syndrome – MC Hot Dog PRO – Kumachan Melarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu
Talent – The Crane Teen on Shuqian Street – Zhao Lei | LINK – A-LIN Gei – Lala Hsu Silver Lining – Hung Pei-yu Dear Life – Yisa Yu A Passive Audience – Penny Tai The Happy Star – Lexie Liu |- !Best Male Singer (Taiwanese) !Best Female Singer (Taiwanese)
Thank You My Love – A Ge La Tshut Tsi̍t Ki Tshuì – Shao Da-Lun INTO – Sam Liao Extends – Bamboo Chen Since Chou – Since Chou | Mecury Retrograde – Enno Cheng No Hindrance – Kelly Tsai Think of Someone – Fei Huang
Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao |- !Best Singer (Indigenous Language) !Best Singer (Hakka)
Ita – Kasiwa Together, Us – Biung The Vine – Yaway·Mawring Watershed – Kivi The Roots – Matza
ABUS – Abus・Tanapima | Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng Yam Fung Ieu – Rita Lin
Hakka Kafka – Huang Zixuan Snail – Misa Go Mode – VUIZE |- !Best Band !Best Vocal Group
The Moment – Cosmos People Kafka on the Rivers-and-Lakes– Sheng Xiang & Band Understory – Bugs of Phonon Snow White – JADE Dreams – Elephant Gym
Holy Gazai – A_Root SYSTEM BOOTING – Robot Swing | Take It Slow, I Will Be There – Crispy Our Adventure Begins – Running Youth Backfire – Deepwhite2 BROMAN – Nine One One Bedside Fudge – Mr.Miss |- ! colspan="2" |Instrumental category – Record label awards |- !Best Instrumental Album
Connected – Chien Chien Lu and Richie Goods I Prefer – S'yo Fang, Priscilla Nokoe, Yoojin Ko, Alessio Bruno, Richie Struck and Emilio Parrilla CHÁO – Rich Huang
Sunset In The Alps – Baby-C and Yannick Barman Sunrise – Teriver Cheung and So To Chit
! colspan="2" |Instrumental category – Individual awards |- !Best Instrumental Album Producer !Best Instrumental Composer
Sunset in the Alps – Baby-C, Yannick Barman I Prefer – S'yo Fang CHÁO – Rich Huang, Baby-C Connected – Richie Goods tsiánn – Ohtake Ken "Auntie in the Market" (from CHÁO) – Baby-C, Rich Huang
"Waves" (from CHÁO) – Baby-C "Breaking the Circle" (from I'll See You in the Fog) – Tony Li "Sunset In The Alps" (from Sunset In The Alps) – Baby-C, Yannick Barman "Herniated Intervertebral Disc" (from Szu Chien Lu) – Szu-Chien LuTechnical category – Individual awardsBest Album Design Discipline – Hitsu Pi Kafka on the Rivers-and-Lakes – Wu Chia Lin EARTHBOUND – FK WU, Hitsu Pi, HUNG JUI CHIA Echoes Of All The Flowers – Joe Fang、Pei-Cen, Guo Together, us – Andrew Wong、Karen TsaiTechnical category – Record label awardsBest Album RecordingBest Instrumental Album Recording Time's up – (Recording Engineers：Chou Han Tsay／Main Mixing Engineers：Chou Han Tsay／Main Mastering Post-Production：John Greenham) Nomadland – (Recording Engineers：Yu Hsuan Yeh, HLK, Link Shan, Zen Chien, AJ Chen, ioui, Chief Wang, Lin Shang-Po, Chou Han Tsay, SHENB／Main Mixing Engineers：cts, ioui, Ziya Huang, Howe Chen, Link Shan, Jerry Lin／Main Mastering Post-Production：Mike Bozzi, Cass Irvine) Gei – (Recording Engineers：Micky Yang, Zen Chien, Min-Hsiang Chang, YuHsuan Yeh, SHENB, Hendrik Pan, Lin Shang-Po, LaLa Hsu, Chou Han Tsay／Main Mixing Engineers：Ziya Huang, Howe Chen／Main Mastering Post-Production：Randy Merrill) Get My Way Up – (Recording Engineers：Attis, Thomas Chuang, Leo Chou, Levii, Joshua Lee／Main Mixing Engineers：Leo Chou, LuuX, Chou Han Tsay, Thomas Chuang, Itun Chou, Link Shan／Main Mastering Post-Production：Sabrina Lo, Marcus Tsao, Jeff Lipton, Maria Rice)
The Roots – (Recording Engineers：Fengtse, BonBon Chen／Main Mixing Engineers：Matthew Sim／Main Mastering Post-Production：Peter Hewitt-Dutton) SEDAR Trio - Vol. 1–(Recording Engineers：Li You, Li Yang／Main Mixing Engineers：Kevin Killen／Main Mastering Post-Production：Bob Ludwig) CHÁO – (Recording Engineers：David Wang, Shao-Ting Sun／Main Mixing Engineers：Baby-C, Shao-Ting Sun／Main Mastering Post-Production：Shao-Ting Sun) Hakudou – (Recording Engineers：Yang Li, Andy Baker／Main Mixing Engineers：David Darlington／Main Mastering Post-Production：David Darlington) Szu Chien Lu – (Zen Chien, Chou-Han Tsay, Joshua Lee, Link Shan, BonBon Chen, Szu-Chien Lu／Main Mixing Engineers：Joshua Lee, Zen Chien, Jay Cheng, Itun Chou, Sam Wu, J-Jyun Ciou, Troy Lin, Rose Liang／Main Mastering Post-Production：John Davis) For Papa Shawna Yang Quartet Live at Yilan – (Recording Engineers：Kao Min Fu／Main Mixing Engineers：Dave Darlington／Main Mastering Post-Production：Dave Darlington)Special Contribution AwardEric LinOuyang Fei Fei Jury AwardIta – Kasiwa
Notes
References