Taiwanese rock group No Party for Cao Dong received triple prizes for finest band, album of the yr and finest Mandarin album over the weekend on the Golden Melody Awards.
Taiwanese rapper MC HotDog received the most effective Mandarin male singer award, whereas the most effective Mandarin feminine singer award went to Shi Shi Solar.
The Taiwan-based awards, celebrating their thirty fifth version, type themselves because the Grammys of the Mandarin pop world. They honor excellent work by recording trade expertise working in Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka and Indigenous languages together with Bunun.
No Celebration for Cao Dong quartet achieved fame seven years in the past with a earlier trio of awards; finest new artist, finest band and track of the yr – on the 2017 version of the GMAs. “The Clod” is their first album since then.
The quartet weren’t current on the ceremony and had been as a substitute represented by their supervisor. “This album captures probably the most real features of that point. We’re nonetheless striving to return to the trail of pure creation,” she mentioned from the stage.
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Solar and MC HotDog are additionally each earlier GMA contributors. HotDog beforehand received the most effective Mandarin album award on the 18th Golden Melody Awards with “Wake Up.” Solar was nominated for finest Mandarin feminine singer on the thirtieth GMA in 2019 along with her album “Shi’s Journey.” Her newest album is “Boomerang.”
Panai Kusui, an Indigenous rights advocate, received the most effective Taiwanese album award, with “I?-Pô.” She used her acceptance speech, to mark a parallel between the anniversary version of the GMAs and the thirty fifth anniversary of the Tiananmen Sq. incident in mainland China, when Chinese language authorities used tanks to quell pro-democracy pupil protesters in Beijing.
“The rationale why I discussed that occasion on stage is as a result of Taiwan’s democracy is a course of that every one of us must cherish. Our freedom and freedom of speech is what we have to defend,” Kusui added offstage, the Reuters information company reported.
The GMAs gave nominations to mainland Chinese language artists in a number of classes, however native media reported that none attended the ceremony. Chinese language singer Jude Chiu arrived in Taiwan, however returned dwelling sick, in keeping with Taiwan’s Central Information Company.
The GMAs sit alongside the Golden Melody Pageant, a music business-focused occasion. Held yearly, it invitations music specialists, competition curators and promoters from all over the world to Taiwan to hunt alternatives within the Mandarin music scene. Actions vary from explorations of worldwide music traits to structured matchmaking conferences amongst music professionals.
Members included representatives from abroad organizations together with: France’s MaMA Music & Conference; the SPIKE Bulgarian Music Showcase; Future Echoes from Sweden; Summer season Sonic from Japan; the Busan Worldwide Rock Pageant from South Korea; We The Fest in Indonesia; Clockenflap from Hong Kong; promoter GMM Grammy from Thailand; and the American Affiliation of Impartial Music.
After all, no music occasion is full with out performances. These had been structured in two linked occasions, the Golden Melody Pageant Showcase and live performance collection and GMA Warmth, which presents probably the most promising Mandarin pop music artists.
The three-night 2024 Showcase featured 9 Taiwanese artists, together with The Wished, Haezee, The Crane, Cicada, Kivi, LÜCY, A_Root, Mandark and Lilium.
Returning after 5 years, GMA Warmth included seven nominees for this yr’s Golden Melody Award for finest new artist, together with singer and established actor, Rhydian Vaughan; Joyceln9.4.0; ADEN Wang; Makav; Tēnn Pîng ; Hogan T.; and Vash Hsu. With musical genres starting from pop and hip-hop by means of rock and R&B, they carried out collectively forward of the thirty fifth Golden Melody Awards ceremony.
GMA Warmth additionally featured 5 potential new-generation artists and teams from the Mandarin music scene: JOYCE, JUD, U:NUS, Lu Yun and Aquaman.
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