The 20th Golden Melody Awards (GMA) ceremony to be held this Saturday spells another thrilling time for Chinese music lovers. The annual GMA, dubbed the Chinese-language Grammys, are Taiwan’s premier music awards. This year, 23 awards will be up for grabs. In the running: Fish Leong is up for best Mandarin female singer award at Taiwan’s 20th Golden Melody Awards. Malaysian songbird Fish Leong, who is based in Taiwan, is again in the running for the best Mandarin female singer title for her album Today Is Our Valentine’s Day. Not surprisingly, Asia’s King of Pop Jay Chou tops with eight nominations, including best Mandarin album, best Mandarin male singer, best album producer, best song of the year, best lyricist, best composer for his hit song Rice Fragrance and best music video for Mr Magic for his ninth album Capricorn. Yet, the year’s most exciting performer has to be the seriously laidback indie musician Crowd Lu. The highly acclaimed newcomer has emerged as the dark horse, surging ahead with five nominations in major award categories. With his refreshing debut album 100 Ways For Living, Lu is in the running for the much-coveted best newcomer, best song of the year, best Mandarin album, best composer and best arrangement awards. Taiwanese pop princess Jolin Tsai and TV host Patty Hou will be co-hosting the awards ceremony while South Korean boyband Super Junior will perform. The categories Best Song Of The Year 100 Ways of Living (100種生活) – 100 Ways of Living (100種生活) – Crowd Lu (盧廣仲) Fragrant Rice (稻香) – Capricorn (魔杰座) – Jay Chou Hold You Tightly (甲你攬牢牢) – Hold You Tightly (甲你攬牢牢) – Jody Chiang South of the Border (國境之南) – Cape No. 7 soundtrack – Van Fan (范逸臣) The Next Dawn (下一個天亮) – The Next Dawn (下一個天亮) – Claire Kuo You're Not Truly Happy (你不是真正的快樂) – Poetry of the Day After (後青春期的詩) – Mayday Best Mandarin Album 100 Ways of Living (100種生活) – Crowd Lu (盧廣仲) Capricorn (魔杰座) – Jay Chou Don't Want to Let Go (不想放手) – Eason Chan If One Thing Is Important (如果有一件事是重要的) – Sandee Chan (陳珊妮) We All Lay Down in the End (最后只好躺下来) – Stanley Huang Best Music Video Black and White (黑白), directed by Penny Tai and sung by Khalil Fong Love's Miracle Cure (愛情靈藥), directed by Kao Hui (高輝) and sung by Josie Ho Morbid (病態), directed by Bounce (比爾賈) and sung by Yoga Lin Mr. Magic (魔術先生), directed and sung by Jay Chou Spacebomb (太空彈), directed by Wang Jen-li (王仁裡) and sung by Wu Bai & China Blue The Happiest Thing (最幸褔的事), directed by Chou Ke-tai (周格泰) and sung by Rachel Liang (梁文音) Wind (風), directed by Penny Tai and sung by Abin (方炯鑌) Best Composer Crowd Lu (盧廣仲) – 100 Ways of Living (100種生活), sung by Crowd Lu (盧廣仲) Jay Chou – Fragrant Rice (稻香), sung by Jay Chou Khalil Fong – Singalongsong, sung by Khalil Fong Li Ch'üan (李泉) – Gaze (眼色), sung by Yoga Lin Purdur (陳建年) – Memories of the Ancients (烙印祖靈), sung by the Nanwan Sisters (南王姐妹花) Best Lyricist Ashin – Like Smoke (如煙), sung by Mayday Ashin – The Yet Unbroken Part of My Heart (我心中尚未崩壞的地方), sung by Mayday Jay Chou – Fragrant Rice (稻香), sung by Jay Chou Wu Yü-hsüan (巫宇軒) – In the Trollycar (電車內面), sung by Jody Chiang Yen Yün-nung (嚴云農) – South of the Border (國境之南), sung by Van Fan (范逸臣) Best Arrangement Chung Ch'eng-hu (鍾成虎), Ch'en Pai-chou (陳柏州), and Crowd Lu (盧廣仲) – Good Morning, Beautiful Dawn! (早安,晨之美!), for Crowd Lu (盧廣仲) Lee-Hom Wang – No Reason to Pay Attention to You (我完全沒有任何理由理你), for Lee-Hom Wang Martin Tan – As Love Begins to Mend, for Joanna Wang Khalil Fong – Singalongsong, for Khalil Fong Chung Hsing-min (鍾興民) – Mr. Magic (魔術先生), for Jay Chou Best Album Producer Ch'en Tzu-hung (陳子鴻) and Jody Chiang – Hold You Tightly (甲你攬牢牢), released by Jody Chiang Jay Chou – Capricorn (魔杰座), released by Jay Chou Purdur (陳建年) – The Nanwan Sisters (南王姐妹花), released by the Nanwan Sisters (南王姐妹花) Sandee Chan (陳珊妮) – If One Thing Is Important (如果有一件事是重要的), released by Sandee Chan (陳珊妮) Stanley Huang and Jae Chong – We All Lay Down in the End (最后只好躺下来), released by Stanley Huang Best Single Producer Lü Sheng-fei (呂聖斐) – South of the Border (國境之南), released for the Cape No. 7 soundtrack Lim Giong (林強) – Bosom (交心), released for the CC Asia Band Kay Huang (黃韻玲) – Hope for Love (對愛渴望), released by Aska Yang Wang Chih-p'ing (王治平) and Kuo Wen-tsung (郭文宗) – Gaze (眼色), released by Yoga Lin Lin Sheng-yang (林生祥) – Drying the Fields (曬穀場), released by Wu Sheng (吳晟) Best Mandarin Male Singer Eason Chan – Don't Want to Let Go (不想放手) Jay Chou – Capricorn (魔杰座) Khalil Fong – Orange Moon (橙月) Lee-Hom Wang – Heart Beat (心·跳) Ricky Hsiao – I am Ricky Hsiao (我是蕭煌奇) Best Mandarin Female Singer A-lin (黃麗玲) – Diva (天生歌姬) Fish Leong – Today is Our Valentine's Day (今天情人節) Sandee Chan (陳珊妮) – If One Thing Is Important (如果有一件事是重要的) Tanya Chua – My Space Tsai Chin – No Regrets (不悔) Best Band 13 Band (拾參樂團) – Horse-Faced Sailor's Summer (馬臉水手的夏天) Mayday – Poetry of the Day After (後青春期的詩) Natural Q (自然捲) – Breakthrough (破捲而出) The Chairmen (董事長樂團) – Spent All His Money (花光他的錢) The Hohak Band (好客愛吃飯) – Rice and Love (愛吃飯) Best Singing Group Da Mouth – Wanka (王元口力口) NyLas – /'naɪləs/ The Nanwan Sisters (南王姐妹花) – The Nanwan Sisters (南王姐妹花) Y2J – Live for You (為你而活) Best Newcomer Crowd Lu (盧廣仲) – 100 Ways of Living (100種生活) Hsiao Hung-jen (蕭閎仁) – Hsiao Hung-jen (蕭閎仁) Jam Hsiao – Jam Hsiao (蕭敬騰) Joanna Wang – Start From Here Rachel Liang (梁文音) – Love Poem (愛的詩篇) Yoga Lin – Mystery (神秘嘉賓) The 20th Annual Golden Melody Awards ceremonywill be held at Taipei Arena, Taiwan, this Saturday and will air live on Astro AEC (Channel 301). The red carpet starts at 6pm while the awards presentation starts at 7pm. For more information, browse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Golden_Melody_Awards. credit: Seto Kit Yan @thestar.com.my
Khalil Fong is not going to win Best Composer.........that song he's nominated for isn't his best. The lyrics are really..........he can do better than that.
