21st Golden Melody Awards Noms Now Out!

The 21st Taiwan Golden Melody Awards’ nomination list has been announced. Mandopop singer A-Mei received the most nominations, ten to be exact, for her album A-mit. Two superstars you won’t see in competition this year are Leehom Wang and Jay Chou. They did not release any albums in 2009. The awards ceremony will be held at the Taipei Arena on June 26th. Check out the (partial) nomination list below.
Best Song of the Year

• Riding White Horse from Lala Shu’s Lala Shu

• Come If You Have The Courage from A-mei’s A-MIT

• Singing In The Trees from Claire Kuo’s Singing In The Trees

• Desperado from Super Band North Bound Mega EP

• Fish from Cheer Chen’s “Immortal”

Best Mandarin Album

• If You See Him – Tanya Chua

• Hui Wei – Karen Mok

• Lala Shu - Lala Shu

• A-MIT - A-mei

• Immortal – Cheer Chen

Best Mandarin Male Singer

• JJ Lin – 100 Days

• David Tao – Opus 69

• Eason Chan – Fifth Floor’s Happiness

• Khalil Fong – Khalil Fong Classics

• Jam Hsiao – Princess

Best Mandarin Female Singer

• Tanya Chua – If You See Him

• Karen Mok – Hui Wei

• A-mei Chang – A-MIT

• Tiger Huang – Simple/Not Simple

• Cheer Chen – Immortal

Best Band

• Kou Chou Ching – Unsung Heroes

• Super Band – North Bound Mega

• Sodagreen – Fever

• Sodagreen – Daylight of Spring

• Mavis Fan, 100% – Innocent

• Tu Teng – Boy Who Cried Wolf

• 1976 – Manic Pixie Dream Girl

Best Singing Group

• katncandix2 – Small Flight

• Come On! Bay Bay! – No Fear or Tolerance

• Da Xi Men - X

• Super Junior M – Super Girl

• Power Station – Moving On

ONEWORLD
Best Newcomer

• Shadya Lan – The Secret

• A-Chord – Nothing But A Chord

• Lala Shu – Lala Shu

• Alisa Galper – Alisa Galper

• Soft Lipa – Winter Sweet

Song of the Year (最佳年度歌曲獎):
“Riding a White Horse (身騎白馬),” Lala Shu《徐佳瑩 LALA創作專輯》[Lala Shu]
“Come If You Dare (好膽你就來),” A-Mit 《A-MIT 阿密特 張惠妹意識專輯》[A-mei]
“Singing in the Trees (在樹上唱歌),” Singing in the Trees《在樹上唱歌》[Claire Kuo]
“Desperado (亡命之徒),” North Bound《北上列車》 [Superband]
“Fish (魚),” Immortal《太陽》[Cheer Chen]

Mandarin Album of the Year (最佳國語專輯獎):
If You See Him (若你碰到他) [Tanya Chua]
Hui Wei (回蔚) [Karen Mok - I can't find an English title, but the second character is part of her name, so like "returning to Karen"]
Lala Shu (徐佳瑩 LALA創作專輯) [Lala Shu]
A-MIT (A-MIT 阿密特 張惠妹意識專輯) [A-mei Chang]
Immortal (太陽) [Cheer Chen]

Best Music Video (最佳音樂錄影帶獎)
“Master (主人),” Innocent《赤子innocent》 [Mavis Fan & 100%]
“Daylight (日光),” Daylight of Spring 《春．日光》[sodagreen]
“Eat What You See (看見什麼吃什麼),” Senses Around《感官 世界》[Yoga Lin]
“Jimmy Baby (吉米寶貝),” Seven Days《七天》[Crowd Lu]
“I Come to the Seaside (我行來海邊),” Celebrations of Our Incomparable Selves – 2009 Taiwan Original Music Awards Album《98年臺灣原創流行音樂大獎作品輯「風神之歌」》[沈懷一]
“Come If You Dare (好膽你就來),” A-MIT 《A-MIT 阿密特 張惠妹意識專輯》[A-mei]
“A Trouble Like This (這樣的一個麻煩), Fifth Floor Bliss《上五樓的快活》[Eason Chan]

Best Composition (最佳作曲人獎)
Tanya Chua (蔡健雅), “Parabola (拋物線),” If You See Him《若你碰到他》
Shu Lala (徐佳瑩)、Su Tongda (蘇通達), “Riding a White Horse (身騎白馬),” Shu Lala《徐佳瑩 LALA創作專輯》[Shu Lala]
Qingfeng Wu (吳青峯), “Lost It (掉了),” A-MIT《A-MIT 阿密特 張惠妹意識專輯》[A-mei]
Chen Xiaoxia (陳小霞／), “Singing in the Trees (在樹上唱歌),” Singing in the Trees《在樹上唱歌》[Claire Kuo]
Cheer Chen (陳綺貞), “Fish (魚),” Immortal《太陽》[Cheer Chen]

Best Lyrics (最佳作詞人獎)
Yao Ruolong (姚若龍), “Needle in my Heart (心裡有針),” Dreamers《愛作夢的人》[Ricky Hsiao]
Lin Xi (林夕) “Getting Straight to the Point (開門見山),” A-MIT《A-MIT 阿密特 張惠妹意識專輯》[A-mei Chang; song title is literally, "Open the Door and See Mountains."
Qingfeng Wu (吳青峯), "Lost It (掉了)," A-MIT《A-MIT 阿密特 張惠妹意識專輯》[A-mei Chang]
Superband (縱貫線), “Desperado (亡命之徒),” North Bound《北上列車》[Superband]
Cheer Chen (陳綺貞), “Fish (魚),” Immortal《太陽》[Cheer Chen]

Best Arrangement (最佳編曲人獎 )
“Daylight (日光),” Daylight of Spring《春．日光》 [sodagreen]
“Slippery Love Song (溜溜的情歌),” Hui Wei《回蔚》[Karen Mok]
“A Tale of Two Chens (雙陳記),” A Tale of Two Chens《雙陳記》[Sandee Chan and Kimmy Chen]
“Riding a White Horse (身騎白馬),” Shu Lala《徐佳瑩 LALA創作專輯》[Lala Shu]
“Come If You Dare (好膽你就來),” A-MIT 《A-MIT 阿密特 張惠妹意識專輯》[A-mei]

Best Album Production (最佳專輯製作人獎)
Ricky Hsiao (蕭煌奇), Dreamers (愛作夢的人)
Tanya Chua (蔡健雅), If You See Him (若你碰到他)
Will Lin (林暐哲), Daylight of Spring (春．日光)
Zhang Yadong (張亞東), Hui Wei (回蔚)
Adizai (阿弟仔), A-MIT (A-MIT 阿密特 張惠妹意識專輯)
Zhong Chenghu (鍾成虎), Immortal (太陽)
Li Yunling (李昀陵)、Shi Jiahao (石家豪)、Yachun Asta Tzeng (曾雅君), Yachun Asta Tzeng (曾雅君)

Best Production of a Single (最佳單曲製作人獎)
“A Tale of Two Chens (雙陳記),” A Tale of Two Chens《雙陳記》[Sandee Chan and Kimmy Chen]
“Riding a White Horse (身騎白馬),” Shu Lala《徐佳瑩 LALA創作專輯》[Lala Shu]
“Master (主人),” Innocent《赤子innocent》 [Mavis Fan & 100%]
“Mulan’s Passion (木蘭情),” Hua Mulan Original Motion Picture Soundrack《花木蘭電影原聲帶》[Stephanie Sun]
“Not So Simple (沒那麼簡單),” Tiger Huang, Simple or Not?《黃小琥 簡單/不簡單》[Tiger Huang]

Best Male Mandarin Artist (最佳國語男歌手獎)
J.J. Lin (林俊傑), J.J. Lin 100 Days (JJ林俊傑 100天)
David Tao (陶喆), Opus 69 (六九樂章)
Eason Chan (陳奕迅), Fifth Floor Bliss (上五樓的快活)
Khalil Fong (方大同), Timeless (可啦思刻)
Jam Hsiao (蕭敬騰), Princess 王妃

Best Female Mandarin Artist (最佳國語女歌手獎)
Tanya Chua (蔡健雅), If You See Him (若你碰到他)
Karen Mok (莫文蔚), Hui Wei (回蔚)
A-mei Chang (張惠妹), A-MIT (A-MIT 阿密特 張惠妹意識專輯)
Deserts Chang (張懸), City (城市)
Tiger Huang (黃小琥), Simple or Not (黃小琥 簡單/不簡單)
Cheer Chen (陳綺貞), Immortal (太陽)

Best Band (最佳樂團獎)
Kou Chou Ching (拷秋勤), Kou Chou Ching Presents: Unsung Heroes (拷秋勤Presents：無名英雄)
Superband (縱貫線), North Bound (北上列車)
sodagreen (蘇打綠), Summer/Fever (夏/狂熱)
sodagreen (蘇打綠), Daylight of Spring (春．日光)
Mavis Fan & 100% (范曉萱、100%樂團), Innocent (赤子)
Totem Band (圖騰樂團), Shephard Boy (放羊的孩子)
1976, Manic Pixie Dream Girl (不合時宜)

Best Performing Group (最佳演唱組合獎)
Marshmallow Katncandix2 (棉花糖), Fly Away (小飛行) [I'm totally making up their English name - I tried to find it, but came up empty. (Thanks for the help, hobielover!)]
Come On! Bay Bay! (來吧！焙焙！), Fearlessness and Tolerance (無所畏懼與寬容)
DaXiMen (大囍門), DaXiMen X Album (大囍門X專輯)
SUPER JUNIOR M, SUPER GIRL
Power Station (動力火車), Moving On (繼續轉動)

I skipped the new artists – I just don’t know any of them and have lost momentum on looking things up. If I find the time, I may add it later!

Update: Christine very kindly supplied the new artists translation in the comments (thanks so much, Christine!):

Best Newcomer (最佳新人獎)
Shadya Lan (藍又時), Shadya Lan Secret First Album (藍又時 秘密 1號創作專輯)
A Chord Hsieh (謝和弦), Nothing But A Chord (雖然很芭樂)
Shu Lala (徐佳瑩), Lala Shu Self-composed Album (徐佳瑩 LALA創作專輯)
Alisa Gao (高以愛), Alisa (Alisa高以愛)
Soft Lipa Dan Bao (蛋堡), Soft Lipa presents: WINTER SWEET