18th Golden Melody Awards

The 18th Golden Melody Awards for the Popular Music Category was held on 16 June 2007 at Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan. It was themed "Mii", which stood for "Music is international".

Summary

The 18th Golden Melody Awards nominated a number of independent and alternative artists in major categories. Alternative rock band Sodagreen received the most number of nominations, including Best Band.^[1] The 2007 awards also added a new category, Most Popular Artist, nominated from among Taiwan's five largest record labels and 2006 top-selling albums. The winners of the category are voted upon by fans.^[2] The ceremony also featured South Korean pop group Super Junior and Japanese pop singer Mai Kuraki as guests.^[3]

Nominees and winners

Winners are highlighted in boldface.^[4][5]

Best Song

• "種樹" (Planting Trees) - Planting Trees (種樹) - Lin Sheng-xiang
• "千里之外" (Faraway) - Still Fantasy (依然范特西) - Jay Chou
• "天下大同" (Same World) - Without You (如果沒有你) - Karen Mok
• "寶貝(in the night)" (Baby in the night) - My Life Will… - Deserts Chang
• "小情歌" - Little Universe (小宇宙) - Sodagreen
• "今天妳要嫁給我" (Marry Me Today) - Beautiful (太美麗) - David Tao feat Jolin Tsai

Best Mandarin Album

• Blue in Love - Hào En Jiā Jiā (昊恩家家)
• My Life Will… - Deserts Chang
• Little Universe (小宇宙) - Sodagreen
• All I Want (浪費時間是快樂的) - Péng jìng huì (彭靖惠)
• Wake Up - MC HotDog
• Dancing Diva (舞孃) - Jolin Tsai

Best Taiwanese Album

• Sea costumes tung flowers bride (海尪·油桐花新娘) - Chen Ming-chang
• If it is true!? (真的假的!?)
• Bo Cup (博杯)
• Pop Band (砰砰樂隊檳榔交出來)
• New Formosa Band 6 rounds (新寶島康樂隊第6發)

Best Hakka Album

• Planting Trees (種樹) - Lin Sheng-xiang
• Snow Wolf (雪狼人)
• Mountain and Field (山與田)

Best Aboriginal Album

• Sing A Song (唱一首好聽的歌)
• Beautiful Heart Folk (美麗心民謠)

Best Music Video Director

• Jay Chou - "紅模仿" (Popular Imitation) - Still Fantasy (依然范特西)
• Wang Teng Yu (王登鈺) - "造字的人" (Creation People) - Darkness Light (黑暗之光)
• Chen Pei Fu (陳霈芙) - "幸福感" (Happiness Feeling) - Happiness Feeling (幸福感)
• Stephen Fung - "天下大同" (Same World) - Without You (如果沒有你)
• Cáo Ruì Yuán (曹瑞原) - "純純的愛" (Pure Love) - Lau Ka Cheong Affection (劉家昌 深情)
• Zhōu Gé Tài (周格泰) - "約定" (Promise) - Michael Wong Series debut record creation (光良約定首張創作紀錄輯(創作演唱盤)

Most Popular Male Artist

• Show Luo (by popular vote)^[6]

References

External links

• (Chinese) 18th Golden Melody Awards nominees
• (Chinese) 18th Golden Melody Awards winners
• 18th Golden Melody Awards photographs by Agence France-Presse