29th Golden Melody Awards

29th Golden Melody Awards
Date	23 June 2018 (2018-06-23) (Popular music)
Location	Taipei Arena, Taiwan (Popular music)
Hosted by	Jam Hsiao (Popular music)
Website	http://gma.tavis.tw/
Television/radio coverage
Network	TTV

The 29th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第29屆金曲獎) took place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2018. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Jam Hsiao and broadcast on TTV on 23 June.

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
C'mon In~ – Eason Chan When I Leave Taipei – Leon Zheng The Inner Me – Lala Hsu Story Thief – A-Mei Message in a Bottle – JJ Lin The Journal – Dean Ting Cartoon Character – EggPlantEgg Mend the Dreams – Henry Hsu Shaking the Mountains and Rivers – Chen Ming-chang Kin – Chiang Yu-ta Cheers – Hsiao Huang-chi Da Ling Jiao Xia 2 – Qiu Lin Dim Night – Huang Wei-jie The Dirt Road – Ayugo Huang Hakka Girl 2017 – Caleb Hsiao Sitting Together – Paliulius Infection – Seredau Naomi – CMO Group With You – Siva9 Band	"He-R" (from He-R) – Crowd Lu "To Have, or Not to Have" (from The Great Buddha + Soundtrack) – Lin Sheng Xiang "Southbound Night Bus" (from Begin the Second Half) – Fire EX. "Guan Yin Shan" (from Home III) – Lo Ta-yu "Little Big Us" (from Message in a Bottle) – JJ Lin
Best Mandarin Album	Best Taiwanese Album
The Inner Me – Lala Hsu When I Leave Taipei – Leon Zheng C'mon In~ – Eason Chan Story Thief – A-Mei Message in a Bottle – JJ Lin The Journal – Dean Ting	Cartoon Character – EggPlantEgg Mend the Dreams – Henry Hsu Shaking the Mountains and Rivers – Chen Ming-chang Kin – Chiang Yu-ta Cheers – Hsiao Huang-chi
Best Hakka Album	Best Aboriginal Album
The Dirt Road – Ayugo Huang Da Ling Jiao Xia 2 – Qiu Lin Dim Night – Huang Wei-jie Hakka Girl 2017 – Caleb Hsiao	Naomi – CMO Group Sitting Together – Paliulius Infection – Seredau With You – Siva9 Band
Best Music Video
"Left Behind" (from Story Thief) – Director: Lo Ging-zim "He's a Space Deris from the Doomsday Prophecy" (from Martial God Cardea) – Director: Tan Tsung-fan "Thai Cha Cha" (from All Eat Asia) – Director: Chayanop Boonprakob "The Prayer" (from The Inner Me) – Director: Bill Chia "Waves" (from Insignificant Secret) – Director: Birdy "Pseudo-Single, Yet Single" (from A-Lin) – Director: Leo Liao and Yao Kuo-chen "Yuki Onna" (from Run! Frantic Flowers!) – Director: Mo (Yamanyamo)
Vocal category – Individual awards
Best Composition	Best Lyrics
"He-R" (from He-R) – Crowd Lu (Performer: Crowd Lu) "No No" (from Martial God Cardea) – Sandee Chan and Waa Wei (Performer: Sandee Chan and Waa Wei) "The Prayer" (from The Inner Me) – Eve Ai (Performer: Lala Hsu) "Hometown" (from Still an Outlander) – Li Jianqing (Performer: Li Jianqing) "Little Big Us" (from Message in a Bottle) – JJ Lin (Performer: JJ Lin)	"Guo Yuan Chao" (from Guo Yuan Chao) – Song Dongye (Performer: Song Dongye) "To Have, or Not to Have" (from The Great Buddha + Soundtrack) – Wang Chao-hua (Performer: Lin Sheng-xiang) "He-R" (from He-R) – Crowd Lu (Performer: Crowd Lu) "Hometown" (from Still an Outlander) – Yan Bin and Jonathan Lee (Performer: Li Jianqing) "Full Name" (from Story Thief) – David Ke (Performer: A-Mei)
Best Music Arrangement	Producer of the Year Album
"Grim Reaper" (from I Have Myself) – Wen Yi-zhe (Performer: Janice Yan) "With You" (from With You) – Huang Shao-yong (Performer: Xiao Yu) "A Dancing Van Gogh" (from No. 13 – A Dancing Van Gogh) – Kenn C (Performer: Stefanie Sun) "Wake" (from C'mon In~) – Jerald Chan (Performer: Eason Chan) "Piao Bai" (from Tomorrow Never Ends) – Chang Shilei (Performer: Isabelle Huang)	Still an Outlander – Jonathan Lee (Performer: Li Jianqing) Hors du commun – Penny Tai (Performer: Koala Liu) C'mon In~ – Jerald Chan (Performer: Eason Chan) Message in a Bottle – JJ Lin (Performer: JJ Lin)
Producer of the Year Single	Best Male Mandarin Singer
"To Have, or Not to Have" (from The Great Buddha + Soundtrack) – Lin Sheng-xiang (Performer: Lin Sheng-xiang) "Southbound Night Bus" (from Begin the Second Half) – Fire EX. (Performer: Fire EX.) "He-R" (from He-R) – Crowd Lu (Performer: Crowd Lu) "A Dancing Van Gogh" (from No. 13 – A Dancing Van Gogh) – Kenn C, Stefanie Sun (Performer: Stefanie Sun) "Mybong" (from Longhumen) – Poetek (Performer: Poetek, Julia Wu)	C'mon In~ – Eason Chan With You – Xiao Yu Will You Remember – Nicky Lee Message in a Bottle – JJ Lin How – Haor
Best Female Mandarin Singer	Best Male Taiwanese Singer
The Inner Me – Lala Hsu O_Love – Amuyi Little Outerspace – Faye Story Thief – A-Mei When I Look Back – Julia Peng	Cheers – Hsiao Huang-chi I Do Your Patrons – Weng Li-you The Phonograph of Life, Drama Soundtracks Collection 2 – Ric Jan Mend the Dreams – Henry Hsu Still Loving You – Tsai Chia-lin
Best Female Taiwanese Singer	Best Hakka Singer
Elly Love You – Elly Chang Bo Li Xin – Lin Chiao-an Deng Tian Guang – Angel Chu Look Up – Hanya Chang True Happiness Indeed – Gigi Wu	Da Ling Jiao Xia 2 – Qiu Lin Dim Night – Huang Wei-jie The Dirt Road – Ayugo Huang Hakka Girl 2017 – Caleb Hsiao
Best Aboriginal Singer	Best Band
Infection – Seredau Sitting Together – Paliulius La mathuaw maqitan apiakuzan – Magaitan Lhkatafat	The Offering – The Chairman Begin the Second Half – Fire EX. Dear – Sweet John Cartoon Character – EggPlantEgg Be Well World – LEO37+SOSS I'm Not a Superman – Mr. Loud Who Chance
Best Vocal Group	Best New Artist
Big Thing – MJ116 OwO – Yeemao Loneliness, Sadness and a Thank You – Astro Bunny In Search of Happiness – Crispy Chang and Lee – Chang and Lee	Cartoon Character – EggPlantEgg When I Leave Taipei – Leon Zheng J.Sheon – J.Sheon Stay Sober – Jerry Li I Have Myself – Janice Yan We Are All Lonely Souls – Paige Su The Journal – Dean Ting
Special Contribution Award
Su Rui Joy Kuo
Jury Award
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External links

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