# Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist

The Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist (Chinese: 金曲獎最佳新人獎) is an award given by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan. It was first presented in 1990 as New Artist Award.

## Winners and nominees
### New Artist Award (1990–1996)

| Year | Recipient | Nominees |
| January 1990 | Sky Wu | Samuel Tai Ma Yu-fen Chang Yu-sheng Cheng Tung-fang |
| October 1990 | Tiger Huang | Lee Ming-yi Lin Yun Chiang Nien-ting Huang Xin-mao |
| 1991 | Huo Cheng-chi | Lam Lei Chou Tzu-han Shin Lung Huang Yi |
| 1992 | Tsai Hsiao-hu | Sean Lin |
| 1993 | Sui Hao-ping | Yu Chih-cheng Hsu Shih-chen Yuan Yu-min Huang Ching-chen (Huang Si-ting) |
| 1994 | Blues Chen - Bu Yao Rang Wo Zai Ai Ni Zai Xiang Ni (不要讓我再愛你再想你) | Chen Ya-lan - Wu Qing Ren You Qing Tian (無情人有情天) Chen Jui-yi - Shui Zhong Yue (水中月) |
| 1996 | Liu Yi-chun - Zhen Xin Bian Wu Xin (真心變無心) | Mavis Fan - Talking to Myself (自言自語) Jonathan Chang - Do You Still Remember Me (還記得我嗎) Lesley Lee - Feel Like To (好想好好) |

### Best New Artist (1997–2003)

| Year | Recipient | Nominees |
| 1997 | Julia Peng - Say Something True (說真心話) | Lee Yu-huan and Suya (DMDM) - Falling In Love Is My Mistake (愛上你只是我的錯) Eddie Huang - Lian Lian Qing Shen (戀戀情深) Phoebe Huang - Give Me All Your Love (愛都給我) |
| 1998 | David Tao - David Tao | Shunza - Shunza Power Station - Ruthless Love Letter (無情的情書) Daniel Chan - The Heart Already Knows (心有獨鍾) Shan Feng Dian Huo - Hidden (深藏不露) |
| 1999 | Shino Lin - Shino | Cheer Chen - Think Twice (讓我想一想) Denise Juan - Trace (跟蹤) Ze Hwang - Best Before (賞味期限) Liu Ching - Ching Light (青睞) |
| 2000 | Samingad - Voice of Puyuma (太陽 風 草原的聲音) | Ciacia Ho - Perfect Woman (完美小姐) Showlen Maya - You Qing Ren (友情人) Maggie Chiang - I Love Faye Wong (我愛王菲) Tanya Chua - Tanya |
| 2001 | Stefanie Sun - Yan Zi | Jay Chou - Jay Penny Tai - Penny Freya Lim - Freya Christine Fan - FanFan's World |
| 2002 | Jeffrey Kung - 01 | S.H.E - Girls' Dorm Yi Jet Qi - Yi Jet Qi (易桀齊) Peggy Hsu - Balloon (汽球) Stella - Waiting (等) |
| 2003 | Evonne Hsu - To Be Happy | Z-Chen - May I Love You A-do - Night Fall (天黑) Van Fan - Van Lisa - More Lisa |
| 2004 | JJ Lin - Music Voyager | Canace Wu - Wo De Yin Yue Yong Chuang Tian Ya (我的音樂勇闖天涯) A-Sun - Love Hurts (受了點傷) Song Yue Ting - Life's a Struggle Renée Chen - Who's Renee |

### Popular music - Best Mandarin New Artist (2005)

| Year | Recipient | Nominees | Ref |
| 2005 | F.I.R. - F.I.R.-Fairyland in Reality | Queenie Lin - Martian (我是火星人) Daniel Chang - Daniel Chang Yida Huang - Undefinable (無法定義 黃義達) | |

### Popular music - Best New Artist (2006)

| Year | Recipient | Nominees | Ref |
| 2006 | Rynn Lim - Rynn Lim | Liu Yun-le - Yun-le (允樂專輯) Alex Lee - Pray (祈禱) Rebecca Hsu - Be Myself (做自己) | |

### Most Promising New Artist (2008)

| Year | Recipient | Nominees | Ref |
| 2007 | Europa Huang - Over the Way | Zhang Xianzi - Xian Zi (首張同名專輯) A-Lin - Lovelorn, Not Guilty (失戀無罪) Evan Yo - 19 | |

### Best New Artist (2009-present)

| Year | Recipient | Nominees |
| 2008 | Debbie Hsiao - Shuo's Map Album (碩一碩的流浪地圖) | Olivia Yan - Silly Child (傻孩子) Connie Lu - Moment of Love (心動的時刻) Lo Si-rong - Everyday (每日) Chris Wu - Stay Up (徹夜未眠) Wow - The Big Hits (頭號人物) |
| 2009 | Crowd Lu - 100 Ways of Living (100種生活) | Rachel Liang - Love Poem (愛的詩篇) Hsiao Hung-jen - Hsiao Hung-jen (蕭閎仁首張同名創作專輯) Joanna Wang - Start from Here Jam Hsiao - Jam Hsiao Yoga Lin - Mystery Guest |
| 2010 | Lala Hsu - Lala Hsu | Shadya Lan - The Secret (秘密 1號創作專輯) A-Chord - Nothing But A Chord (雖然很芭樂) Alisa Galper - Alisa Galper Soft Lipa - Winter Sweet |
| 2011 | William Wei - William Wei | Io - Even If You Win Today, So What? (就算今天贏了 明天又會如何？) Yen-j - Thank You For Your Greatness (謝謝你的美好) Matzka - Matzka |
| 2012 | Ilid Kaolo - My Carefree Life (輕快的生活) | Fiona Wu - I'm Only Fiona Wu (我只是吳南穎) The Girl and the Robots - Miss November A-fu - That's How It Is (原來如此！！) Jess Lee - Thank You My Love |
| 2013 | Miss Ko - Knock Out (葛屁) | Amuyi Lu - We Don't Talk Sangpuy - Dalan Ann - The Catcher in the Rye (麥田捕手) Jia Jia - Unforgettable (忘不記) Eve Ai - If You Love Me (如果你愛我) O-Kai Singers - A Cappella |
| 2014 | Li Ronghao - Model (模特) | Jacky Chen - Sam Ts'ap Tho'ng (30 出頭) Simhanada - 1/84000 Funky Brothers - Funky Brothers (放客兄弟) Xiao Ren - Kiddo Kingdom (小人國) Koala Liu - Embrace (擁抱你) |
| 2015 | Boxing - Boxing | Adrian Fu - Good Morning, Hard City Shi Shi - Girls Chen Hui-ting - 21 Grams (21克) Wang Hui-chu - A Voyage of Vera (少女維拉) |
| 2016 | Eli Hsieh - Progress Reports (查理) | Hello Nico - Familiar Desolation (熟悉的荒涼) Kowen - Ni Bu Zhen De Xiang Liu Lang (你不真的想流浪) Yoyo Sham - Here Chang and Lee - Chang and Lee (張三李四) Su Yunying - Ming Ming (冥明) Xiong Zai - ∞ Infinity (∞ 無限) |
| 2017 | No Party for Cao Dong - The Servile (醜奴兒) | Flux - Pluralism (多元觀點) Mr. Miss - Mr. Miss (先生小姐) Shio - Abstract Painting (抽象圖) Erika - I Am Erika Gong - Gong |
| 2018 | EggPlantEgg - Cartoon Character (卡通人物) | Leon Zheng - When I Leave Taipei (忽然有一天，我離開了台北) J.Sheon - J.Sheon (街巷) Jerry Li - Stay Sober (醒著不醉) Janice Yan - I Have Myself (我有我自己) Paige Su - We Are All Lonely Souls (我們都是寂寞的) Dean Ting - The Journal (神經誌) |
| 2019 | ØZI - ØZI: The Album | The Fur. – Town Evangeline Wong – Wilder (框不住的艷薇) Karencici – Sha Yan Bisiugroup – King of Light (電火王) Angry Youth – Campus Romance ( Lexie Liu – 2029 |
| 2020 | Chih Siou - Elephant In The Room (房間裡的大象) | 9m88 – Beyond Mediocrity (平庸之上) JADE – Nemo OSN – #osnrap Accusefive – Somewhere in Time, I Love You (我肯定在幾百年前就說過愛你) Goat – FANTASIA (幻想曲) Midi Yang – Bad Midi (壞米仔) |
| 2021 | ?te - A Bedroom of One's Own | YELLOW – YELLOW FICTION (浮世擊) heat sketch – Yuba Youth (豆皮少年) Howard Lee – Diamond In The Rough aoi – Ū lí ê kòo-sū (有你的故事) Bestards – The Fool (愚者) Yo Lee – If Only You Could Love Me (如果你也愛我就好了) |
| 2022 | Collage - MEmento·MORI | Tsng-kha-lâng – Iā-Kuan Sûn-Tiûnn (夜官巡場) L8ching – Dive & Give Modern Cinema Master – Where Are We Now (告訴我他們都在本來的什麼地方) Greg Hsu – Greg Hsu (許光漢) Matt Lv – Fresh Soul (新鮮的靈魂) Haezee – LOVE MAZE |