# 35th Golden Melody Awards

The 35th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第35屆金曲獎) took place in Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan in 2024. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Lulu Huang and broadcast on TTV on 29th June 2024.
Faith Yang received the most nominations with 8 for her eighth recording studio album Flow, receiving nods from the jury for Album of the Year, Best Mandarin Album, Best Female Mandarin Singer, Best Vocal Recording Album among others.
Shi Shi (孙盛希) won her first Female Mandarin Singer award on her third nomination in the category, beating Faith Yang, while MC HotDog claimed Best Male Mandarin Singer, edging out Jude Chiu, a third-time nominee and JJ Lin, who released his 20th anniversary album in 2023.
The biggest winner of the night was No Party for Cao Dong, who won Album of the Year, Best Mandarin Album and Best Band for their second studio album, The Clod.

## Winners and Nominees

Below is the list of winners and nominees:
Vocal category – Record label awards :
| Album of the Year | Song of the Year |
| The Clod – No Party for Cao Dong Flow – Faith Yang OPEN IT – Xu Jun Posture – Fool and Idiot In The Clouds – Accusefive Jude Chiu – Jude Chiu kán-tan tsi̍t kù uē – Tēnn Pîng Hái-hái Jîn-sing – Aoi Human Condition – Fire EX. Iā-Pô – Panai Carry On – Meilinbear Jinsei Daigaku – Henry Hsu A Dragonfly Reads a Poem – Rita Lin Migration – Leaf Yeh Shape of Life – Shu-Chan Chiu Zhin' Moi – Zoomie Hakka Glory – Boiii P PAMERICAH – AZ Lixiaozu・Mayaw Alang A Letter To Happiness – Li-Ting Chiu, Sapa Truku Children's Choir Vusam – Utjung Tjakivalid Those Days – O-Kai Singers Treasure – Makav Women's Island – Ado' Kaliting Pacidal [zh] World – Elephant Gym You'll Forever Live In My Song – Paige Su | "We Will Be Fine" (from In The Clouds) – Accusfive "Sabotage feat. Buddha Jump" (from Flow) – Faith Yang "Solo Dance at Midnight" (from Human Condition) – Fire EX. "Damn" (from The Clod) – No Party for Cao Dong "The Landlord Upstairs (from Disguseted Performed By)" – MC Hotdog "Tristesse" (from Tristesse) – A-Mei |
| Best Mandarin Album | Best Taiwanese Album |
| The Clod – No Party for Cao Dong Flow – Faith Yang OPEN IT – Xu Jun Posture – Fool and Idiot In The Clouds – Accusefive Jude Chiu – Jude Chiu | lā-Pô – Panai kán-tan tsi̍t kù uē – Tēnn Pîng Hái-hái Jîn-sing – Aoi Human Condition – Fire EX. Carry On – Meilinbear Jinsei Daigaku – Henry Hsu |
| Best Hakka Album | Best Indigenous Language Album |
| Shape of Life – Shu-Chan Chiu A Dragonfly Reads a Poem – Rita Lin Migration – Leaf Yeh Zhin' Moi – Zoomie Hakka Glory – Boiii P | Treasure – Makav PAMERICAH – AZ Lixiaozu・Mayaw Alang A Letter To Happiness – Li-Ting Chiu, Sapa Truku Children's Choir Vusam – Utjung Tjakivalid Those Days – O-Kai Singers Women's Island – Ado' Kaliting Pacidal [zh] |
| Best Music Video | |
| Don't Mind Me (from CHIN UP!) – Director: Mark Bong delulu (from delulu) – Director: Jeremy Z. Qin Tokyo Calling (from Tokyo Calling) – Director: Pennaky Bon Bon (from SweetBox) – Director: Yin Chen-Hao GOOD LOOKING (from GOOD LOOKING) – Director: Jeremy Z. Qin Ho(l)e (from Way out) – Director: Haoyan of America Runner Runner (from RISE) – Director: Martin Tan | |
| Vocal category – Individual awards ||
| Best Composition | Best Lyrics |
| "Moments" (from OPEN IT) – Xu Jun (Performer: Xu Jun) "Dust and Ashes" (from Happily, Painfully After) – JJ Lin (Performer: JJ Lin) "Damn" (from The Clod) – No Party For Cao Dong (Performer: No Party For Cao Dong) "The Adults" (from The Wonder of Wondering Life – Eric Chou (Performer: Fish Leong) "Tristesse" (from Tristesse) – Kay Huang (Performer: A-Mei) "Someday, Somewhere" (from Someday, Somewhere) – Jolin Tsai, Richard Craker (Performer: Jolin Tsai) | "The Landlord Upstairs" (from Disgusted Performed By) – MC Hotdog (Performer: MC Hotdog) "Getting old" (from Getting old) – Bu-Hiong (Performer: Michael Shih) "Devil In My Hat" (from Seven) – Katie Lee (Performer: Rhydian Vaughan) "Down Lies The Skeleton" (from Jude Chiu) – David Ke [zh] (Performer: Jude Chiu) "The Adults" (from The Wonder of Wandering Life) – Daryl Yao (Performer: Fish Leong) "Farewell of the Fall" (from Carry On) – Yang Su-Hao, Ding Jin, Eric Lin (Performer: Melinbear) |
| Best Music Arrangement | Best Album Producer |
| "OPEN IT" (from OPEN IT) – Xu Jun (Performer: Xu Jun) "A Dream Of Bonnie And Clyde feat. JADE" (from Flow) – dooodooo (Performer: Faith Yang) "Adica" (from Adica) – OZI, Ian Jeffrey Thomas, Kyle Lu, Chia-Chen Chang (Performer: OZI) "Damn" (from The Clod) – No Party For Cao Dong (Performer: No Party For Cao Dong) "Embryo" (from Jude Chiu) – Jude Chiu, Walter Kwan, Tsui Chin-Hung (Performer: Sandee Chen) "Circle" (from Circle) – Huang Shao-Yong, Wang Wang Yun-Chu (Performer: Su Yun-Ying) | Flow – Howe Chen [zh] (Performer: Faith Yang) kán-tan tsi̍t kù uē – Huang Hao-Lun, Tēnn Pîng (Performer: Tēnn Pîng) OPEN IT – Araiz (Performer: Xu Jun) Seven – HLK (Performer: Rhydian Vaughan) Shape of Life – Shuo Hsiao (Performer: Shu-Chan Chiu) Treasure – Huang Shao-Yong, ABAO (Performer: Makav) |
| Best Song Producer | Best New Artist |
| "A Walk To Remember" (from A Road To Remember) – Ryota Katayama, Wen Hung (Performer: Ryota Katayama) "Gaslight" (from Not So Far Away) – W.LIN, I-Tun Chou (Performer: Marz23, OZI) "Henshin" (from Tshut Tsit Ki Tshui) – Chen Chien-Wei (Performer: Shao Da-Lun) "Tristesse" (from Tristesse) – Kay Huang (Performer: A-Mei) "UMAMI" (from UMAMI) – The Crane, SIRUP, whoosh (Performer: The Crane, SIRUP) "He Already Has Someone (2023)" (from He Already Has Someone (2023) ) – ZERO, Matt Hsu (Performer: Henry Hsu, Flesh Juicer) "Thank God We Survived" (from Thank God We Survived) – Kumachan, rgry (Performer: Kumachan, SOWUT & BR) | Treasure – Makav kán-tan tsi̍t kù uē – Tēnn Pîng Loose Faucet – Hogan T. Be A Lover – ADEN Wang Survive To Remember – Vash Hsu Seven – Rhydian Vaughan Jocelyn 9.4.0 – Jocelyn 9.4.0 |
| Best Male Mandarin Singer | Best Female Mandarin Singer |
| Disgusted Performed By – MC Hotdog OPEN IT – Xu Jun Painfully, Happily After – JJ Lin Not So Far Away – Marz23 Jude Chiu – Jude Chiu | Boomerang – Shi Shi Flow – Faith Yang Sent – 9m88 Circle – Su Yunying Allure – Tia Ray |
| Best Male Singer (Taiwanese) | Best Female Singer (Taiwanese) |
| Empty side of the heart – Justin Su daomadan – Weng Li-you kán-tan tsi̍t kù uē – Tēnn Pîng The Best Year – Sean Lin Jinsei Daigaku – Henry Hsu | Eighteen Martial Arts – Huang Fei Iā-Pô – Panai Carry On – Meilinbear Sleeptalking – Joey Chiang The Secret – Kelly Tsai |
| Best Singer (Indigenous Language) | Best Singer (Hakka) |
| The Beauty of Pangcah – Usay Kawlu Vusam – Utjung Tjakivalid The Answers: Ngerenger Darusakiv and Friends – Ngerenger Darusakiv and Friends The World Is Dancing With Me – Yaway·Mawring Treasure – Makav | Zhin' Moi – Zoomie A Dragonfly Reads a Poem – Rita Lin Migration – Leaf Yeh Shape of Life – Shu-Chan Chiu Chill Huang – Lulu Lin |
| Best Band | Best Vocal Group |
| The Clod – No Party For Cao Dong Human Condition – Fire EX. Beautiful World – The Loophole Posture – Fool And Idiot In The Clouds – Accusefive World – Elephant Gym What A Romance – MIXER | Those Days – O-Kai Singers Hái-hái Jîn-sing – Aoi Chubby! Chubby! – The Wanted WHO CARES – SmashRegz Natural Phenomena – Limi |
| Instrumental category – Record label awards ||
| Best Instrumental Album | |
| Wonderful One – QinQinQin, JJ, Dakanow, Huang Wei, Riga Huang, Unid Huang, Hu Zhe-Ray, Cao Chang-Xuan, Grace Lu Built In System – Jeremy Pelt, Richie Goods, Allan Mednard, Chien-Chien Lu a method for capsaicinoid analysis – dongyi Chen Mingchang's 2023 Soundtrack Trilogy – Chen Mingchang Wuchang Ding – Liu Pi, Szx. | |
| Instrumental category – Individual awards ||
| Best Instrumental Album Producer | Best Instrumental Composer |
| at one – Chia-Lun Yue, T.R. Lai | "High-Tech Pros and Cons" (from Liberated Gesture) – Yu-Han Su |
| Technical category – Individual awards ||
| Best Album Design | |
| Flow – Wu Jian-Long Hái-hái Jîn-sing – Cheng Li-Hua Posture – Lu Yi-Xuan Empty side of the heart – Lu Yi-Xuan, Huang Jia-Hong Almost Human – Liu Yueh-Yueh | |
| Technical category – Record label awards ||
| Best Album Recording | Best Instrumental Album Recording |
| Posture – (Recording Engineers：Minstrel Lu／Main Mixing Engineers：Minstrel Lu, Guanru Zhou／Main Mastering Post-Production：Minstrel Lu) Flow – (Recording Engineers：Chou-Han Tsay, SHENB, Chief, Brent Clark, Zen Chien, Yu-Hsuan Yeh／Main Mixing Engineers：Ziya Huang, Howe, Caesar Edmunds／Main Mastering Post-Production：Matt Colton) OPEN IT – (Recording Engineers：Sanbist Lin, Aydos／Main Mixing Engineers：Sanbist Lin, Zhao Jing BIG.J／Main Mastering Post-Production：3 Dogs, San-Geun Jeon) Jude Chiu – (Recording Engineers：Yuri Red, Shao Tian, Tong X, Zhang Yu-Han, Meng Tao, Li Yang／Main Mixing Engineers：Matthew Sim／Main Mastering Post-Production：Alex Psaroudakis) Sent – (Recording Engineers：Chou-Han Tsay, Tzu-Ting Yang, Eric Chen, Kai-Yuan Cheng／Main Mixing Engineers：Chou-Han Tsay, Shan Wei-Ming／Main Mastering Post-Production：Stuart Hawkes) | Pluto Potato - Chou-Han Tsai／Main Mixing Engineers：Howe、Chou-Han Tsai、Jay Cheng／Main Mastering Post-Production：Alex Gordon) Built In System – (Chou-Han Tsai／Main Mixing Engineers：Howe、Chou-Han Tsai、Jay Cheng／Main Mastering Post-Production：Alex Gordon) Exploitation Suite – (Michael Perez Cisneros, Kevin Thomas ／Main Mixing Engineers：Michael Perez Cisneros／Main Mastering Post-Production：Michael Perez Cisneros) Hello Ghost! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – (Recording Engineers：Chou-Han Tsay、Shao-Ting Sun／Main Mixing Engineers：Chou-Han Tsay／Main Mastering Post-Production：Robert Kleiner) Ghost Of The Dark Path Soundtrack – (Recording Engineers：Yu-Hsuan Yeh／Main Mixing Engineers：Yu-Hsuan Yeh／Main Mastering Post-Production：Yu-Hsuan Yeh) |
| Special Contribution Award ||
| Liu Ching-chih | Cheng Hwa-jiuan [zh] |
| Jury Award ||
| World – Elephant Gym ||