34th Golden Melody Awards

34th Golden Melody Awards
Date	July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01) (Popular music)
Venue	Taipei Arena (Popular music)
Hosted by	WeiBird
Most nominations	Hung Pei-yu / Silver Lining (8)
Website	gma.tavis.tw/gm34/index.htm
Television/radio coverage
Network	TTV

The 34th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第34屆金曲獎) took place in Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan in 2023. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by WeiBird and broadcast on TTV on 1 July 2023.

Hung Pei-yu received the most nominations with 8 for her debut album Silver Lining (明室) and is competing for major accolades like Album of the Year, Best Mandarin Album, and Best New Artist. Following closely behind, Lala Hsu is nominated for 8 awards. She received 7 nominations for her 6th studio album Gei, and a nomination for Best Composition for Hung's Anything But.

Winners and Nominees

Below are the list of winners and nominees:

Vocal category – Record label awards
Album of the Year	Song of the Year
Mallarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu Gei – Lala Hsu Silver Lining – Pei-Yu Hung Snow White – JADE PRO – Kumachan (Xinkuan Xiong) Pleasing Myself – HUSH Mercury Retrograde – Enno Cheng Holy Gazai – A_Root KEH – DJ MR.GIN Marigold – HAOTING Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao Waiting a present for – Chiu Shu Yam Fung leu – Rita Lin Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng Snail – Misa Humble – Boiii P Together, us – Biung Watershed – Kivi The Roots – Matzka Ita – Kasiwa ABUS – Abus・Tanapima	"A Flash and How It Lasts" (from 9522) – anpu "Like A Star" (from Gei) – Lala Hsu "Silver Lining" (from Silver Lining) – Hung Pei-yu "Greatest Works of Art" (from Greatest Works of Art) – Jay Chou "Daughters feat.Chunho (from Mecury Retrograde)" – Enno Cheng "Semane sepi" (from ITA) – Kasiwa
Best Mandarin Album	Best Taiwanese Album
PRO – Kumachan (Xinkuan Xiong) Gei – Lala Hsu Silver Lining – Pei-Yu Hung Snow White – JADE Mallarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu Pleasing Myself – HUSH	Mercury Retrograde – Enno Cheng Holy Gazai – A_Root KEH – DJ MR.GIN Marigold – HAOTING Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao
Best Hakka Album	Best Indigenous Language Album
Yam Fung leu – Rita Lin Waiting a present for – Chiu Shu Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng Snail – Misa Humble – Boiii P	The Roots – Matzka Together, us – Biung Watershed – Kivi Ita – Kasiwa ABUS – Abus・Tanapima
Best Music Video
Little Balcony (from Little Balcony) – Director: Pennacky Beanstalk (from BEANSTALK) – Director: JYUN CHANG I Will Find You (from Memorable Moments) – Director: Peifu Chen Gei (from Gei) – Director: BILL+ in peace (from healism) – Director: Almost (from Snow White) – Director: Birdy Nio ...... Siren Salon (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Director: Show Yanagisawa
Vocal category – Individual awards
Best Composition	Best Lyrics
"Anything But" (from Silver Lining) – Lala Hsu (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung) "Nomadland" (from Nomadland) – Zooey Wonder (Performer: Zooey Wonder) "Blame" (from LINK) – Eve Ai (Performer: A-LIN) "Daughters (feat.Chunho) – Enno Cheng and Chunho (Performer: Enno Cheng) "Farce" (from The Passive Audience) – Penny Tai (Performer: Penny Tai) "......Fragments d'un Discours Amoureux (Feat.Karena Lam)" (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Qing Feng Wu (Performer: Qing Feng Wu and Karena Lam)	"Homo Sapiens" (from Homo Sapiens) – Chow Yiu Fai (Performer: Eason Chan) "Heading North" (from Take It Slow, I Will Be There) – Skippy (Performer: Crispy) "Anything But" (from Silver Lining) – David Ke (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung) "NFT" (from Mr. Yao's 8th Grade Syndrome) – MC Hot Dog (Performer: MC Hot Dog) "How the brain got language? feat.Chunho" (from Mecury Retrograde) – Enno Cheng (Performer: Enno Cheng) "Regression" (from MEMENTO) – Lin Xi (Performer: Terence Lam)
Best Music Arrangement	Producer of the Year, Album
"Kungkung Workbook" (from 9522) – Chico Tsai (Performer: anpu) "Bearish" (from Snow White) – Kyle Lu (Performer: JADE) "Witches" (from Dreams) – Elephant Gym (KT Chang, Chia-Chin Tu, Tell Chang) (Performer: Elephant Gym) "Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight" (from Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Goodnight) – Owen Wang (Performer: WeiBird) "Bondage" (from Discipline) – Jason Choi (Performer: Sandee Chen) "......The Great Hypnotist" (from Mellarme's Tuesdays) – Qing Feng Wu, Howe Chen (Performer: Qing Feng Wu)	Holy Gazai – Blaire Ko (Performer: A_Root) Gei – LaLa Hsu, Howe Chen (Performer: LaLa Hsu) Silver Lining – George Chen (Performer: Pei-Yu Hung) REVELATION – G.E.M, GONG (Performer: G.E.M) Déjà Fu – LÜCY (Performer: LÜCY) Mellarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu, Howe Chen (Performer: Qing Feng Wu)
Producer of the Year, Single	Best New Artist
"Telephone" (from Snow White) – Kyle Lu, Itun Chou (Performer: JADE) "Nomadland" (from Nomadland) – Howe Chen (Performer: Zooey Wonder) "Henshin" (from Tshut Tsit Ki Tshui) – Chen Chien-Wei (Performer: Shao Da-Lun) "Shadow" (from Dreams) – HLK／ (Performer: Elephant Gym and 9m88) "Bi Li Ka Li Hai" (from Bi Li Ka Li Hai) – NICKTHEREAL, Jae Chong (Performer: Billie Wang) "Fashion !" (from Fashion !) – LimGiong, ChihSiou, Yu (Performer: ChihSiou) "Tina's Hausu" (from Tina's Hausu) – Joanna Wang, Adam Lee (Performer: Joanna Wang)	Silver Lining – Pei-Yu Hung Shin Formosa Youth? – Mango Jump LÜCY – LÜCY Marigold – HAOTING Talent – The Crane CZ Dogg – CZ Dogg Abus – Abus・Tanapima
Best Male Mandarin Singer	Best Female Mandarin Singer
Pleasing Myself – HUSH Mr. Yao's 8th Grade Syndrome – MC Hot Dog PRO – Kumachan Melarme's Tuesdays – Qing Feng Wu Talent – The Crane Teen on Shuqian Street – Zhao Lei	LINK – A-LIN Gei – Lala Hsu Silver Lining – Hung Pei-yu Dear Life – Yisa Yu A Passive Audience – Penny Tai The Happy Star – Lexie Liu
Best Male Singer (Taiwanese)	Best Female Singer (Taiwanese)
Thank You My Love – A Ge La Tshut Tsi̍t Ki Tshuì – Shao Da-Lun INTO – Sam Liao Extends – Bamboo Chen Since Chou – Since Chou	Mecury Retrograde – Enno Cheng No Hindrance – Kelly Tsai Think of Someone – Fei Huang Pity Zhu An – Cai Qiufeng Folk Tale – Olivia Tsao
Best Singer (Indigenous Language)	Best Singer (Hakka)
Ita – Kasiwa Together, Us – Biung The Vine – Yaway·Mawring Watershed – Kivi The Roots – Matza ABUS – Abus・Tanapima	Living Room Dreaming – Julia Peng Yam Fung Ieu – Rita Lin Hakka Kafka – Huang Zixuan Snail – Misa Go Mode – VUIZE
Best Band	Best Vocal Group
The Moment – Cosmos People Kafka on the Rivers-and-Lakes– Sheng Xiang & Band Understory – Bugs of Phonon Snow White – JADE Dreams – Elephant Gym Holy Gazai – A_Root SYSTEM BOOTING – Robot Swing	Take It Slow, I Will Be There – Crispy Our Adventure Begins – Running Youth Backfire – Deepwhite2 BROMAN – Nine One One Bedside Fudge – Mr.Miss
Instrumental category – Record label awards
Best Instrumental Album
Connected – Chien Chien Lu and Richie Goods I Prefer – S'yo Fang, Priscilla Nokoe, Yoojin Ko, Alessio Bruno, Richie Struck and Emilio Parrilla CHÁO – Rich Huang Sunset In The Alps – Baby-C and Yannick Barman Sunrise – Teriver Cheung and So To Chit
Instrumental category – Individual awards
Best Instrumental Album Producer	Best Instrumental Composer
Sunset in the Alps – Baby-C, Yannick Barman I Prefer – S'yo Fang CHÁO – Rich Huang, Baby-C Connected – Richie Goods tsiánn – Ohtake Ken	"Auntie in the Market" (from CHÁO) – Baby-C, Rich Huang "Waves" (from CHÁO) – Baby-C "Breaking the Circle" (from I'll See You in the Fog) – Tony Li "Sunset In The Alps" (from Sunset In The Alps) – Baby-C, Yannick Barman "Herniated Intervertebral Disc" (from Szu Chien Lu) – Szu-Chien Lu
Technical category – Individual awards
Best Album Design
Discipline – Hitsu Pi Kafka on the Rivers-and-Lakes – Wu Chia Lin EARTHBOUND – FK WU, Hitsu Pi, HUNG JUI CHIA Echoes Of All The Flowers – Joe Fang、Pei-Cen, Guo Together, us – Andrew Wong、Karen Tsai
Technical category – Record label awards
Best Album Recording	Best Instrumental Album Recording
Time's up – (Recording Engineers：Chou Han Tsay／Main Mixing Engineers：Chou Han Tsay／Main Mastering Post-Production：John Greenham) Nomadland – (Recording Engineers：Yu Hsuan Yeh, HLK, Link Shan, Zen Chien, AJ Chen, ioui, Chief Wang, Lin Shang-Po, Chou Han Tsay, SHENB／Main Mixing Engineers：cts, ioui, Ziya Huang, Howe Chen, Link Shan, Jerry Lin／Main Mastering Post-Production：Mike Bozzi, Cass Irvine) Gei – (Recording Engineers：Micky Yang, Zen Chien, Min-Hsiang Chang, YuHsuan Yeh, SHENB, Hendrik Pan, Lin Shang-Po, LaLa Hsu, Chou Han Tsay／Main Mixing Engineers：Ziya Huang, Howe Chen／Main Mastering Post-Production：Randy Merrill) Get My Way Up – (Recording Engineers：Attis, Thomas Chuang, Leo Chou, Levii, Joshua Lee／Main Mixing Engineers：Leo Chou, LuuX, Chou Han Tsay, Thomas Chuang, Itun Chou, Link Shan／Main Mastering Post-Production：Sabrina Lo, Marcus Tsao, Jeff Lipton, Maria Rice) The Roots – (Recording Engineers：Fengtse, BonBon Chen／Main Mixing Engineers：Matthew Sim／Main Mastering Post-Production：Peter Hewitt-Dutton)	SEDAR Trio - Vol. 1–(Recording Engineers：Li You, Li Yang／Main Mixing Engineers：Kevin Killen／Main Mastering Post-Production：Bob Ludwig) CHÁO – (Recording Engineers：David Wang, Shao-Ting Sun／Main Mixing Engineers：Baby-C, Shao-Ting Sun／Main Mastering Post-Production：Shao-Ting Sun) Hakudou – (Recording Engineers：Yang Li, Andy Baker／Main Mixing Engineers：David Darlington／Main Mastering Post-Production：David Darlington) Szu Chien Lu – (Zen Chien, Chou-Han Tsay, Joshua Lee, Link Shan, BonBon Chen, Szu-Chien Lu／Main Mixing Engineers：Joshua Lee, Zen Chien, Jay Cheng, Itun Chou, Sam Wu , J-Jyun Ciou, Troy Lin, Rose Liang／Main Mastering Post-Production：John Davis) For Papa Shawna Yang Quartet Live at Yilan – (Recording Engineers：Kao Min Fu／Main Mixing Engineers：Dave Darlington／Main Mastering Post-Production：Dave Darlington)
Special Contribution Award
Eric Lin	Ouyang Fei Fei
Jury Award
Ita – Kasiwa