The 26th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第26屆金曲獎) ceremony for popular music category was held on June 27, 2015. The TTV network broadcast the show live from the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which runs from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.
| 26th Golden Melody Awards | |
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| Date | June 27, 2015 (Popular) |
| Location | Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan (Popular) |
| Hosted by | Harlem Yu (Popular) |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | TTV |
Winners and nominees edit
Winners are highlighted in boldface.[1]
Vocal category – Record label awards edit
Song of the Year edit
- "Island's Sunrise (Original Version Re-mixed)" (from Island's Sunrise) – Fire EX.
- "Missing" (from Missing) – Lala Hsu
- "The Rest of Time" (from Wake Up Dreaming) – Jacky Cheung
- "Faces of Paranoia" (from Faces of Paranoia) – aMEI, Soft Lipa
- "Play" (from Play) – Jolin Tsai
Best Mandarin Album edit
- Play – Jolin Tsai
- Missing – Lala Hsu
- Wake Up Dreaming – Jacky Cheung
- Rice & Shine – Eason Chan
- Aiyo, Not Bad – Jay Chou
- Departures – Karen Mok
Best Hokkien Album edit
- The Most Beautiful Flower – Ricky Hsiao
- Timeless Sentence – Chthonic
- The Tenth Album – New Formosa Band
- Ye Shou – Hsieh Ming-yu
- Polaris – Chan Ya-wen
Best Hakka Album edit
- The Songs of Mountain Are All on the One Road – Ayugo Huang
- Daylight – Huang Wei-jie
- Curving Roads – Huang Pei-shu
- On the Road – Misa
- Moments of Love – Sinco Chiu
Best Aboriginal Album edit
- Polynesia – Chalaw Pasiwali
- Hosa – Hosa
- Wild Boxing – Boxing
- Ocean, Forest – Suming
- Ima Lalu Su – Inka Mbing & Her Young Atayal Friends
Best Music Video edit
- Shockley Huang – "Nebulous" (from You Lovely Bastard)
Vocal category – Individual awards edit
Best Composition edit
- William Wei – "Wolves" (from Journey Into The Night)
- Europa Huang – "Missing" (from Missing)
- Li Ronghao – "King of Comedy" (from Li Ronghao)
- JJ Lin – "Listen Up" (from Rice & Shine)
- Chang Shilei – "Departures" (from Departures)
Best Lyrics edit
- Francis Lee – "Departures" (from Departures)
- Hush – "Missing" (from Missing)
- Wyman Wong – "King of Comedy" (from Li Ronghao)
- Lin Xi – "Listen Up" (from Rice & Shine)
- Lin Xi – "It's All Good" (from Departures)
Best Music Arrangement edit
- Buddha Jump – "Let You See" (from Let You See)
Producer of the Year, Album edit
- Arai Soichiro – Departures
- Ayugo Huang – The Songs of Mountain Are All on the One Road
- Joanna Wang, Pessi Levanto – Midnight Cinema
- Chen Chien-chi – You Lovely Bastard
- Jay Chou – Aiyo, Not Bad
Producer of the Year, Single edit
- Xiao An – "Lip Reading" (from Play)
- JJ Lin – "Listen Up" (from Rice & Shine)
- Stefanie Sun – "Kepler" (from Kepler)
- Xiao An – "Sophisticated Game" (from Grown Love)
- Starr Chen – "Play" (from Play)
Best Mandarin Male Singer edit
- Eason Chan – Rice & Shine''
- Jacky Cheung – Wake Up Dreaming
- Khalil Fong – Dangerous World
- William Wei – Journey Into the Night
- Roger Yang – Beast in the Dark
Best Mandarin Female Singer edit
- aMEI – Faces of Paranoia''
Best Taiwanese Male Singer edit
- Hsiao Huang-chi – The Most Beautiful Flower''
- Daniel Luo – Hero
- Henry Hsu – An Inch of True Heart
- Hsieh Ming-yu – Ye Shou
- Michael Shih – Kui-Cho Hai-Liau-Liau
Best Taiwanese Female Singer edit
- Angie Lee – Breeze, City''
- Tseng Hsin-mei – Rainwater
- Ara Guo – Women's Courage
- Chan Ya-wen – Polaris
- Sun Shu-may – Love Me Forever If You Dare
Best Hakka Singer edit
- Ayugo Huang – The Songs of Mountain Are All on the One Road
- Huang Wei-jie – Daylight
- Huang Pei-shu – Curving Roads
- Misa – On the Road
- Sinco Chiu – Moments of Love
Best Aboriginal Singer edit
- Chalaw Garu – Polynesian''
- Boxing – Wild Boxing
- Suming – Sea, Forest
Best Band edit
- Buddha Jump – Let You See''
- Chthonic – Timeless Sentence
- Trash – Start from Zero
- The Chairman – One World
- Boxing – Boxing
- Magic Power – Fighting for Love
Best Group edit
- Murmurshow – Murmurshow
- New Formosa Band – The Tenth Album
- MJ116 – Fresh Game
- PiA – Ain't Life a Surprise
- Gentleman – Imperfect Gentleman
Best New Artist edit
- Boxing – Boxing
- Shi Shi – Girls
- Adrian Fu – Good Morning, Hard City
- Chen Hui-ting – 21 Grams
- Wang Hui-chu – A Voyage of Vera
Instrumental category – Record label awards edit
Best Instrumental Album edit
- The Flow – Eiji Kadota
- Interestring Quartet – Interestring Quartet
- Homeland – Vincent Hsu
- The Rest of Life - Seediq Bale – Purdur
Instrumental category – Individual awards edit
Producer of the Year, Instrumental edit
- Daniel Ho – Our World in Song - An Odyssey of Musical Treasures
- Yu Chia-lun, Huang Wei-Jun – Interestring Quartet
- Eiji Kadota, Michael Ning – The Flow
- Vincent Hsu – Homeland
- Peng Fei – 3rd Month
Best Instrumental Composition edit
- Peng Fei – "Night Cats" (from 3rd Month)
- Huang Wei-Jun – "Let's Play" (from Interestring Quartet)
- Eiji Kadota – "Dolphin Island" (from The Flow)
- Vincent Hsu – "A New One" (from Homeland)
- Purdur – "The Rest of Life" (from The Rest of Life - Seediq Bale)
Technical category – Individual awards edit
Best Album Design edit
- Aaron Nieh – Enchantment
- Joe Fang – Faces of Paranoia
- Lo Wen-tsen, Tsai An-teng, Wu Chih-yin – Faces of Paranoia
- Howza Hsu – Sweet Home Ka-Aluwan
- Aaron Nieh – Play
- Lee Chung-chiang – Aiyo, Not Bad (USB version)
Technical category – Record label awards edit
Best Vocal Recording Album edit
- Play – Jolin Tsai
- Midnight Cinema – Joanna Wang
- Dangerous World – Khalil Fong
- Departures – Karen Mok
- Polynesia – Chalaw Pasiwali
Best Instrumental Recording Album edit
- Led by the Sea Breeze – Rich Huang
- Interestring Quartet – Interestring Quartet
- Stranger – Chen Jo-yu
- Music Non-Stop – Lee Shih-yang, Sabu Toyozumi
Lifetime Contribution Award edit
- Chen Yang
- Jody Chiang
References edit
- ^ TTV. "第26屆金曲獎頒獎典禮暨金曲國際音樂節". 金曲26 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2017-05-21.