# 31st Golden Melody Awards

The 31st Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第31屆金曲獎) took place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2020. The ceremony was scheduled for 27 June 2020, but rescheduled to 3 October, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and moved to the Taipei Music Center.

## Winners and nominees

Below is the list of winners and nominees for the popular music categories.
Vocal category – Record label awards :
| Album of the Year | Song of the Year |
| Kinakaian MOTHER TONGUE – ABAO Love is Calling Me – Joanna Wang City Zoo – G.E.M. Hypnocity – Peggy Hsu Juvenile A – Sandee Chan Hidden, Not Forgotten – Waa Wei Spaceman – Wu Tsing-fong Makeover – Loh Tsui Kweh Commune We all have good nature – Justin Su Reflection – Michelle Pan We Are Gonnna Get Married – EggPlantEgg Burnana – Lilium Stand Up Like A Taiwanese – Fire EX. Yourself – Yachun Asta Tzeng THE SHIP OF FOOLS – Misa Going Up To The Country – Zixuan & Slow Train Someday – Huang Yu Han Sasela'an – Ado Diligent Life – Anu Kaliting Sadipongan Insides Revealed – Sauljaljui Salama – Chalaw Basiwali | "Thank You" (from kinakaian MOTHER TONGUE) – ABAO "Airplane Mode" (from Beyond Mediocrity) – 9m88 and Leo Wang "Distant Journey" (from a Sun original Soundtrack) – Lin Sheng Xiang "Without You" (from #osnrap) – OSN "City Zoo" (from City Zoo) – G.E.M. "Ghost Island" (from Calling Asia) – Namewee and Dwagie "City of Sadness" (from Stand Up Like A Taiwanese) – Fire EX. |
| Best Mandarin Album | Best Taiwanese Album |
| Love is Calling Me – Joanna Wang City Zoo – G.E.M. Hypnocity – Peggy Hsu Juvenile A – Sandee Chan Hidden, Not Forgotten – Waa Wei Spaceman – Wu Tsing-fong | Makeover – Loh Tsui Kweh Commune We all have good nature – Justin Su Reflection – Michelle Pan We Are Gonnna Get Married – EggPlantEgg Burnana – Lilium Stand Up Like A Taiwanese – Fire EX. |
| Best Hakka Album | Best Aboriginal Album |
| THE SHIP OF FOOLS – Misa Yourself – Yachun Asta Tzeng Going Up To The Country – Zixuan & Slow Train Someday – Huang Yu Han | kinakaian MOTHER TONGUE – ABAO Sasela'an – Ado Diligent Life – Anu Kaliting Sadipongan Insides Revealed – Sauljaljui Salama – Chalaw Basiwali |
| Best Music Video | |
| "LOVE" (from Somewhere in time, I love you.) – Director: Yin Chen-hao "Last Winter" (from Last Winter) – Director: Hi-Organic "Lady In Red" (from Ugly Beauty) – Director: Cheng Wei Hao "Only Care About You" (from Love is Calling Me) – Robert Youngblood "Be There for You" (from Hidden, Not Forgotten) – Director: Yao Kuo Chen "Uncanny Valley" (from Juvenile A) – Director: Sandee Chan | |
| Vocal category – Individual awards ||
| Best Female Mandarin Singer | Best Male Mandarin Singer |
| Hidden, Not Forgotten – Waa Wei Love is Calling Me – Joanna Wang The Sun Also Rises – Fish Leong City Zoo – G.E.M. Hypnocity – Peggy Hsu Faith Yang - The More Beautiful, The More Invisible | Spaceman – Wu Tsing-fong The Younger Me – Wakin Chau THE ALLEY – J.Sheon Gone Away – Ayal Komod Calling Asia – Namewee Flee From The Ceremony - Jude Chiu |
| Best Female Taiwanese Singer | Best Male Taiwanese Singer |
| Blooming – Angel Chu U-KAU-NIAU – Tien Du Reflection – Michelle Pan Live On Air – Anna Wang Cherish our Pain – Hanya Chang | We all have good nature – Justin Su Long Distance Relationship – Fang Shunji When I Find My Heart Inside You – Yi Heng Chen M-THANG – Kuljelje Salevelev Floating Flowers in the Wind - Wu Yung-Chi |
| Best Aboriginal Singer | Best Hakka Singer |
| Ceko Tribute to Falangaw – Ceko Sasela'an – Ado Diligent Life – Anu Kaliting Sadipongan Insides Revealed – Sauljaljui Kinakaian MOTHER TONGUE – ABAO | THE SHIP OF FOOLS – Misa Alongside the Road – Liu Jung-Chang Twine and Linger – Pei-Shu Huang Someday – Huang Yu Han |
| Best Vocal Group | Best New Artist |
| Beat Maker – Chick en Chicks Nemo – JADE 1+1<3 – MURMURSHOW SUGARCAT – SUGARCAT Group Pillow Talk Concept EP – Night Keepers | The Elephant in The Room – Chih Siou Beyond Mediocrity – 9m88 Nemo – JADE #osnrap – OSN Somewhere in time, I love you. – Accusefive FANTASIA – Goat Bad Midi – Midi Yang |
| Best Composition | Best Lyrics |
| "The Wedding feat.Luantan Ascent" (from Jen Jen) – Jen Jen (Performer: Jen Jen) "Distant Journey" (from a Sun original Soundtrack) – Lin Sheng Xiang (Performer: Lin Sheng Xiang) "City Zoo" (from City Zoo) – G.E.M. (Performer: G.E.M.) "Thank You" (from Kinakaian MOTHER TONGUE) – ABAO and Dizparity (Performer: ABAO) "Spaceman" (from Spaceman) – Wu Tsing-fong (Performer: Wu Tsing-fong) | "Road" (from Road) – Hsieh Ming-yu (Performer: Hsieh Ming-yu) "If I were a Tree" (from THE SHIP OF FOOLS) – Misa (Performer: Misa) "Ta De Mei Yi Tian" (from SevenDays) – Bobby Chen (Performer: Bobby Chen) "Be An Extraordinary Ordinary Person" (from Juvenile A) – Sandee Chan and Trout Fresh (Performer: Sandee Chan and Trout Fresh) "Ophelia" (from Hidden, Not Forgotten) – Katie Lee (Performer: Waa Wei) "ONE TO TEN ft. Dizparity" (from Kinakaian MOTHER TONGUE) – ABAO and Ayzin (Performer: ABAO) |
| Best Music Arrangement | Producer of the Year, Album |
| "Ikusa" (from Hypnocity) – KOBUDO (Performer: Peggy Hsu) "Ballad" (from THE ALLEY) – RAZOR (Performer: J.Sheon) "Blues in the Rain" (from Love is Calling Me) – Ryan Francesconi (Performer: Joanna Wang) "cemavulid" (from Insides Revealed) – Tseng Jen-yi, Hung Tzu-lung, Dakung, Sauljaljui (Performer: Sauljaljui) "MOTHER TONGUE" (from Kinakaian MOTHER TONGUE) – Dizparity (Performer: ABAO) | Juvenile A – Sandee Chan (Performer: Sandee Chan) Hypnocity – Owen Wang and Peggy Hsu (Performer: Peggy Hsu) Hidden, Not Forgotten – George Chen (Performer: Waa Wei) Kinakaian MOTHER TONGUE – Huang Shao Yong and ABAO (Performer: ABAO) Stand Up Like A Taiwanese – Mike Green and Fire EX. (Performer: Fire EX.) |
| Producer of the Year, Single | Best Band |
| "Road" (from Road) – Ming-Yo Hsieh (Performer: Ming-Yo Hsieh) "Airplane Mode" (from Beyond Mediocrity) – Soft Lipa (Performer: 9m88) "Y.O.Y (feat. Chili)" (from Dark Paradise Records J7 White Diamonds) – Howe Chicken (Performer: Howe Chicken and Chili) "fly" (from fly) – Jason Choi (Performer: YoYo Sham) "Murmur" (from Murmur) – Xiaoyu Sung (Performer: Xiaoyu Sung) "Once In A Blue Moon" (from CIRCUS FEVER) – Chia-Lun Yue and YELLOW (Performer: YELLOW and Mavis Fan) | Stand Up Like A Taiwanese – Fire EX. Never Die – TRASH Somewhere in time, I love you. – Accusefive Call me when Night go Blue – Iruka Porisu We Are Gonnna Get Married – EggPlantEgg The art of embarrassment - Wayne's so sad Existing like God - ZenKwun |
| Instrumental category – Record label awards ||
| Best Instrumental Album | |
| Ciao Bella – Shen Yu Su, Tseng Yi Tseng, Kuan Liang Lin Petrichor – Alan Kwan, Fabian Almaza, Linda May Oh, Johnathan Blake Baby-C Portfolio Initial Value – Baby-C Ken – Ken Ohtake Detention (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Lu Luming | |
| Instrumental category – Individual awards ||
| Best Instrumental Album Producer | Best Instrumental Composer |
| Non-Confined Space – Flow, Gesture, and Spaces Petrichor – Alan Kwan Mugen – Sakamoto Hiking in the Mist – Jesy Chiang Baby-C Portfolio Initial Value – Baby-C | "Okinawa" (from Ken) – Ken Ohtake "When Will I See You Again?" (from Petrichor) – Alan Kwan "Non-Confined Space" (from Flow, Gesture, and Spaces) – Non-Confined Space "Initial Value" (from Baby-C Portfolio Initial Value) – Baby-C "Ciao Bella" (from Ciao Bella) – Shen Yu Su |
| Technical category – Individual awards ||
| Best Recording Package | |
| Awakening – Timonium Lake Somewhere in time, I love you. – Yen Po Chun Chicken Lunch Box – Godkidlla We Are Gonnna Get Married – FKWU BJ4 – FKWU and Chien Ying Tseng | |
| Technical category – Record label awards ||
| Best Vocal Recording Album | Best Instrumental Recording Album |
| The Younger Me – Recording Engineers: Wilson Teng, Zach Hung Main Mixing Engineers: Jerry Lin, Keller Wang Main Mastering Post-Production; M.T. Sun One of Two – Recording Engineers: Colate Huang, Shizoku Lin Main Mixing Engineers: Dave Yang Main Mastering Post-Production: Dave Yang Hypnocity – Recording Engineers: Peggy Hsu, Shang-Po Lin, Hsing Tso, Lugia Su, Toshiyasu Shiozawa/ Main Mixing Engineers: Ziya Huang Main Mastering Post-Production: Randy Merrill Toliara – Recording Engineers: Mario Karpinsky, Danial Casas Main Mixing Engineers: Carlos Maria Vera Del Moral Main Mastering Post-Production: Carlos Maria Vera Del Moral BJ4 – Recording Engineers: Chief Wang Main Mixing Engineers: Dan Korneff Main Mastering Post-Production: Ted Jenson | Baby-C Portfolio Initial Value – Recording Engineers: YuSong Li, David Wang Main Mixing Engineers: Baby-C Main Mastering Post-Production: Bernie Grundman West 17th Street, New York City – Recording Engineers: WeiSheng Lin, Lou Rainone, Seiji Ochiai, Kenji Omae Main Mixing Engineers: Peter Karl Main Mastering Post-Production: Peter Karl Somewhere In The Middle – Recording Engineers: Zen Chien Main Mixing Engineers: Zen Chien Main Mastering Post-Production: Scott Hull A voice in the Chaos – Recording Engineers: Dakung Main Mixing Engineers: Dakung Main Mastering Post-Production: Dakung Detention (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Recording Engineers: Zen Chien Main Mixing Engineers: Zen Chien Main Mastering Post-Production: Zen Chien |
| Special Contribution Award ||
| Rich Huang ||
| Jury Award ||
| City Zoo – G.E.M. ||