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19th Golden Melody Awards
| 19th Golden Melody Awards | |
|---|---|
| Location | Taipei Arena, Taiwan |
| Hosted by | Tao Ching-Ying Patty Hou Barbie Shu Dee Shu |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Azio TV |
Ceremonies of the 19th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第19屆金曲獎; pinyin: Dì shíjiǔ jīn qū jiǎng) were held in Taipei, Taiwan in 2008. Nominees were announced on 22 May, 2008, and the award winners in 12 traditional music categories (of 47 nominees) and 23 popular music categories (of 124 nominees) were selected by a panel of 33 judges after four rounds of jury meetings. Initially, there were 10,632 submissions from 185 companies in the music industry, making it the largest submission pool in the Awards' history.[1]
Winners for artistic and traditional music categories were announced on 21 June, 2008, at Taipei County Hall in a ceremony separate from that for popular music categories. It was the second consecutive year that the ceremony for this category group was held separately, and it did not attract as much media attention as the ceremony for the popular music categories.[2] By contrast, artists from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, and Canada attended the awards ceremony for popular music categories, which was held at the Taipei Arena on 5 July, 2008.[3] Actress sisters Barbie and Dee Shu, former news anchor Patty Hou, and actress Matilda Tao hosted this event, whose list of award presenters included Canadian recording artist Daniel Powter and Japanese drama stars Akito Kiriyama, Junta Nakama, and Yuya Takaki.[4][5][6] Both events were broadcast on the satellite cable Azio Television channel on June 28 and July 5, respectively.
Malaysian singer Gary Chaw and Singaporean singer-songwriter Tanya Chua were named Best Mandarin Male and Female Singers in the popular music category, respectively. Chua won the Best Mandarin Female Singer award for the second time; she last won the award in the 17th Golden Melody Awards.[7] Chua's record seven nominations for her album Goodbye & Hello are the most received by a female artist. Taiwanese musician and singer Jay Chou, who received a record-breaking eight nominations for his album On the Run and film Secret, was not able to attend the event due to his tour in China.[8] Chou's primary lyricist Vincent Fang was present to receive the award of Best Lyricist for the song "Blue and White Porcelain" (Chinese: 青花瓷; pinyin: qīng huā cí). Pop rock band Sodagreen received its second consecutive award as Best Band for its album Incomparable Beauty.[3]
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- ^ "Many a golden melody played on an old fiddle". Taipei Times. 22 June 2008. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
- ^ a b Ho, Yi (6 July 2008). "Sodagreen does it again". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 22 August 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ^ "金曲獎定裝超級閃 大小S侯佩岑陶子4美爭艷" (in Chinese). Sina.com. 27 June 2008. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
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- ^ "「ごくせんトリオ」台湾グラミー賞プレゼンター "Gokusen" boys to present Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards". Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). 5 June 2008. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- ^ "Singaporean Tanya Chua scoops top honours at Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards". Channel NewsAsia. 6 July 2008. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
- ^ "金曲獎周杰倫8項提名破紀錄 阿妹入圍尖叫 Golden Melody Awards: Jay Chou's 8 record-breaking nominations, A-mei qualifies" (in Chinese). Sina.com. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 24 February 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
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