# 28th Golden Melody Awards

The 28th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第28屆金曲獎) took place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2017. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Mickey Huang and broadcast on TTV on 24 June.

## 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 |
| Yaangad – Sangpuy Village Besieged – Sheng-xiang Band The Servile – No Party for Cao Dong Journey to the West – Khalil Fong The Silent Star Stone – Guo Ding Talk About Eve – Eve Ai History of Tomorrow – Mayday Run! Frantic Flowers! – Waa Wei Million Songs Hill – Xu Jun Ding Zi Hua – Wu Bai Taipei Didilong – DJ Didilong Reborn – Fire EX. Chiu Nien – Hsieh Ming-yu TaiKo Electro Company – TaiKo Electro Company The Boyhood of Chairman – The Chairman The Golden Age – Urban Cat Mosaic of the Night – Misa x Underground Stream Smiley Universe – Wen Yin-chang, Lo Su-jung, Lin Sheng Xiang The Funky Song for Tung Blossom – Gina's Can Wo Ba Jiang Hai Lu Wo Ma Jiang Si Xian – Chen Wei-roo Tracing the River of Life – Tai Siao-chun Longer Story – Long-Ger Vavayan – A Bao Sadu Kata Buan – Sadu Kata Buan | "Simon Says" (from The Servile) – No Party for Cao Dong "Love Confession" (from Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories) – Jay Chou "Traces of Time in Love" (from Traces of Time in Love) – Rainie Yang "Peng Kung" (from Ding Zi Hua) – Wu Bai "The Sum of Us" (from Talk About Eve) – Eve Ai "Tough" (from History of Tomorrow) – Mayday "Centrifugal Force" (from Centrifugal Force) – Faith Yang "Spoiled Innocence" (from Sell Like Hot Cakes) – Yoga Lin |
| Best Album Mandarin | Best Album Taiwanese |
| History of Tomorrow – Mayday Journey to the West – Khalil Fong The Silent Star Stone – Guo Ding Talk About Eve – Eve Ai Run! Frantic Flowers! – Waa Wei Million Songs Hill – Xu Jun | Ding Zi Hua – Wu Bai Taipei Didilong – DJ Didilong Reborn – Fire EX. Chiu Nien – Hsieh Ming-yu TaiKo Electro Company – TaiKo Electro Company The Boyhood of Chairman – The Chairman |
| Best Album Hakka | Best Album Aboriginal Language |
| The Golden Age – Urban Cat Mosaic of the Night – Misa x Underground Stream Smiley Universe – Wen Yin-chang, Lo Su-jung, Lin Sheng-xiang The Funky Song for Tung Blossom – Gina's Can Wo Ba Jiang Hai Lu Wo Ma Jiang Si Xian – Chen Wei-roo | Vavayan – A Bao Yaangad – Sangpuy Tracing the River of Life – Tai Siao-chun Longer Story – Long-Ger Sadu Kata Buan – Sadu Kata Buan |
| Best Music Video | |
| "Chai" (from Chang and Lee) – Director: Peng Jhun-yi, Zhu Qi-guang, Chang Hsi-an "Bedtime Stories" (from Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories) – Director: Jay Chou "Mercury Records" (from The Silent Star Stone) – Director: Huang Chieh-yu "Love Yourself" (from Day by Day) – Director: Bill Chia "Tough" (from History of Tomorrow) – Director: Muh Chen "Dust My Shoulders Off" (from Dust My Shoulders Off) – Director: Liao Jen-shuai | |
| Vocal category – Individual awards ||
| Best Composer | Best Lyricist |
| "Centrifugal Force" (from Centrifugal Force) – Europa Huang "The Fog Space" (from The Silent Star Stone) – Guo Ding "The Sum of Us" (from Talk About Eve) – Eve Ai "Here, After, Us" (from History of Tomorrow) – Monster "Simon Says" (from The Servile) – No Party for Cao Dong "Only You" (from Run! Frantic Flowers!) – Waa Wei "Hsia-pu ワルツ" (from Chiu Nien) – Hsieh Ming-yu | "Almost Famous" (from History of Tomorrow) – Ashin "Traces of Time in Love" (from Traces of Time in Love) – Wu Tsing-fong "Peng Kung" (from Ding Zi Hua) – Wu Bai "The Fog Space" (from The Silent Star Stone) – Guo Ding "The Sum of Us" (from Talk About Eve) – Eve Ai "Wimpish" (from The Servile) – No Party for Cao Dong "Pi-ka Luggage" (from Chiu Nien) – Hsieh Ming-yu |
| Best Arrangement | Best Album Producer |
| "Darling" (from Imperfections) – Ellen Loo "Hunter" (from Yaangad) – Hung Cheng-wen, Jen Chung-chiang "Peng Kung" (from Ding Zi Hua) – Wu Bai & China Blue "Bad Check" (from Talk About Eve) – Zhan Xian-Zhe "Izuwa" (from Vavayan) – Huang Ching Shih Yi, Derrick Sepnio, Fergus Chow "You Made My Day" (from You Made My Day) – Howe Chen | Vavayan – Huang Ching Shih Yi Yaangad – IO Chen Journey to the West – Khalil Fong, Derrick Sepnio Mr. Miss – Tu Kai, Ko Fei History of Tomorrow – Mayday Run! Frantic Flowers! – George Chen |
| Best Single Producer | Best Male Vocalist Mandarin |
| "You Made My Day" (from You Made My Day) – Howe "Traces of Time in Love" (from Traces of Time in Love) – George Chen "Jia Jia Song" (from Still Missing) – Huang Ching Shih Yi "Still Missing" (from Still Missing) – Masa of Mayday "Centrifugal Force" (from Centrifugal Force) – Europa Huang, Chen Chun-hao "Take It Easy" (from Longer Story) – Dakanow "Everyday Is a Miracle" (from Day by Day) – Sandee Chan | Journey to the West – Khalil Fong Jay Chou's Bedtime Stories – Jay Chou The Silent Star Stone – Guo Ding What a Folk!!!!!! – Crowd Lu Sell Like Hot Cakes – Yoga Lin Cross over Asia – Namewee Hard Knock – Dwagie |
| Best Female Vocalist Mandarin | Best Male Vocalist Taiwanese |
| Talk About Eve – Eve Ai Still Missing – Jia Jia Run! Frantic Flowers! – Waa Wei Imperfections – Ellen Joyce Loo Centrifugal Force – Faith Yang Queen of Queens – Miss Ko | Chiou Nien – Hsieh Ming-yu Love Is So Painful – Daniel Luo The Door – Liao Shih-hsien Ding Zi Hua – Wu Bai Taipei Didilong – DJ Didilong Bottom of My Heart – Yuming Lai |
| Best Female Vocalist Taiwanese | Best Vocalist Hakka |
| A Song of Missing – Olivia Tsao Sound of the Wind – Elly Chang Singing to Myself – Showlen Maya Twin Flowers – Huang Fei The Age of Innocence – Sasha Li | The Golden Age – Urban Cat Mosaic of the Night – Misa x Underground Stream Shepherd Boy – Robin Tseng Wo Ba Jiang Hai Lu Wo Ma Jiang Si Xian – Wei Ru Chen |
| Best Vocalist Aboriginal Language | Best Musical Group |
| Yaangad – Sangpuy Zemiyan – Cemelesai Pasasauv Tracing the River of Life – Tai Siao-chun Longer Story – Long-Ger Vavayan – A Bao Sadu Kata Buan – Tulbus Mangququ | The Servile – No Party for Cao Dong Pluralism – Flux History of Tomorrow – Mayday 23:59 Before Tomorrow – GDJYB Lion – Lion The Funky Song for Tung Blossom – Gina's Can The Boyhood of Chairman – The Chairman |
| Best Vocal Collaboration | Best New Artist |
| Mr. Miss – Mr. Miss One – Guess What Power Station 20th – Power Station Loneliness Will Be Over, Away, and Gone – Astro Bunny Music Walker – Grasshopper Radio Mars – Radio Mars | The Servile – No Party for Cao Dong Pluralism – Flux Mr. Miss – Mr. Miss Abstract Painting – Shio I Am Erika – Erika Gong – Gong |
| Instrumental category – Record label awards ||
| Best Instrumental Album | |
| Sedar – Sedar Chin Cin Cinema – CinCin Lee All Kinds of Good – Martin "Musa" Musaubach Fade to Blue – Chung Yu-feng, David Chen 07 Sessions – Toby Mak | |
| Instrumental category – Individual awards ||
| Best Instrumental Album Producer | Best Instrumental Composer |
| CinCin Lee – Cin Cinema Martin "Musa" Musaubach – All Kinds of Good Chung Yu-feng – Fade to Blue Sedar Chin – Sedar Lawrence Ku – Proper Up! | Sedar Chin – "Arboreal Tunnel" (from Sedar) CinCin Lee – "Taipei Andante" (from Cin Cinema) Martin "Musa" Musaubach – "All Kinds of Good" (from All Kinds of Good) David Chen – "Fade to Blue" (from Fade to Blue) Tseng Tseng-yi – "Call It Anything" (from 07 Sessions) |
| Technical category – Individual awards ||
| Best Recording Package | |
| Welcome to the Next Level – Starr Chen Yaangad – Sangpuy Village Besieged – Sheng-xiang Band When Will Me Meet Again – Chan Ya-wen Cin Cinema – CinCin Lee | |
| Technical category – Record label awards ||
| Best Vocal Recording Album | Best Instrumental Recording Album |
| Yaangad – Sangpuy Journey to the West – Khalil Fong #MWHYB – Vanness Wu Thief – Penny Tai Flow – Winnie Hsin | Sedar – Sedar Chin Cin Cinema – CinCin Lee Ice Fantasy Original Soundtrack – V.K Chromatics – Tseng Tseng-yi Kind of True – Mission Formosa |
| Special Contribution Award ||
| Chi Lu-hsia [zh] (Chi Chiu-ying) Chang Yu-sheng ||
| Jury Award ||
| Village Besieged – Sheng-xiang Band ||