30th Golden Melody Awards

{{Short description|Taiwan Awards Ceremony}}

{{Infobox award

|name=30th Golden Melody Awards

|image=The 30th Golden Melody Awards Logo.jpg

|date={{start date|2019|6|29}} (Popular music)

|venue=Taipei Arena (Popular music)

|country=Taiwan

|host=Lulu

|website={{URL|http://gma.tavis.tw}}

|network=TTV

|previous=29th

|main=Golden Melody Awards

|next=31st

}}

The 30th Golden Melody Awards ({{zh|t=第30屆金曲獎}}) took place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2019. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Lulu and broadcast on TTV on 29 June.{{Cite web|url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/-live%E7%AC%AC-30-%E5%B1%86%E9%87%91%E6%9B%B2%E7%8D%8E%E5%85%A5%E5%9C%8D%E5%90%8D%E5%96%AE%E5%85%AC%E5%B8%83%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E6%9C%83-024621005.html|title=【第30屆金曲獎完整入圍名單】林憶蓮、蔡依林爭歌后 李榮浩、謝震廷搶歌王|website=tw.news.yahoo.com|language=zh-Hant-TW|access-date=2019-05-15}}

Winners and nominees

Below is the list of winners and nominees for the popular music categories.{{Cite web|url=http://gma.tavis.tw/gm29/GMA/Nomination.asp|title=第30屆金曲獎頒獎典禮 - 入圍名單|last=TTV|website=金曲30|language=zh-tw|access-date=2019-06-29}}

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! colspan="2" |Vocal category – Record label awards

Album of the Year

!Song of the Year

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  • Ugly BeautyJolin Tsai
  • L.O.V.E.Eason Chan
  • Where Are We Going? – Eli Hsieh
  • Wu Bing Singing, Yo Chin Soothing – Leo Wang
  • Fade to ExistEve Ai
  • Shi's JourneyShi Shi
  • ØZI: The Album – ØZI
  • 0Sandy Lam
  • Battlefields of AsuraChthonic
  • Snails – Joey Chiang
  • Tsa-bóo gín-áNana Lee
  • Jazz’s Good! – Emily Kuan
  • Warming a Pot of Youth to DrinkArdor Huang
  • DarknetDwagie
  • Forgotten West – Sam Liao
  • Drifting – Voter Hsu, Huang Wei-chieh, Liu Jung-chang, and Yeh Yu-ting
  • Return & Restore – iColor
  • Stay – Lo Ssu-jung
  • Love for Granted – Gina Yang
  • Swasieq – Yawai Mawlin
  • Senglit – Muniyu
  • Vangav – Cemelesai
  • Yuan Yin Cheng Xian A Mei Zu Fu Yin Chuan Chang – Wu Chia-lu, Tseng Kuang-fu, Wang Fu-lai, Yang Shih-mei, Lin Jung-mei, and Kuo Mei-yu
  • Ti Cemelesai Ata Salasaladj – Kerekelj and Eleng

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  • "Womxnly" (from Ugly Beauty) – Jolin Tsai
  • "Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)" (from Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)) – Chthonic and Denise Ho
  • "To Be Together" (from L.O.V.E) – Eason Chan
  • "Core" (from 0) – Sandy Lam
  • "Seventeen" (from Seventeen) – S.H.E
  • "Newly Written Old Song" (from Newly Written Old Song) – Jonathan Lee
  • "Waves Wandering" (from Waves Wandering) – EggPlantEgg
Best Mandarin Album

!Best Taiwanese Album

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  • Forgotten West – Sam Liao
  • Battlefields of AsuraChthonic
  • Snails – Joey Chiang
  • Tsa-bóo gín-áNana Lee
  • Jazz’s Good! – Emily Kuan
  • Warming a Pot of Youth to Drink – Ardor Huang
  • DarknetDwagie
Best Hakka Album

!Best Aboriginal Album

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  • Stay – Lo Ssu-jung
  • Drifting – Voter Hsu, Huang Wei-chieh, Liu Jung-chang, and Yeh Yu-ting
  • Return & Restore – iColor
  • Love for Granted – Gina Yang

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  • Swasieq – Yawai Mawlin
  • Senglit – Muniyu
  • Vangav – Cemelesai
  • Yuan Yin Cheng Xian A Mei Zu Fu Yin Chuan Chang – Wu Chia-lu, Tseng Kuang-fu, Wang Fu-lai, Yang Shih-mei, Lin Jung-mei, and Kuo Mei-yu
  • Ti Cemelesai Ata Salasaladj – Kerekelj and Eleng
Best Music Video

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  • "Slow & Oriental" (from Cassa Nova) – Director: Namso and Youkim
  • "Go Slow" (from Go Slow) – Director: Yuta Sekiyama
  • "Millennia's Faith Undone" (from Battlefields of Asura) – Director: Birdy Hong and Mo Pan
  • "Seventeen" (from Seventeen) – Director: Muh Chen
  • "10 Ways to End" (from Gain) – Director: Namewee
  • "Good Taiwan" (from South Airport Folks) – Director: Bobby Chen
  • "Sabrina Don't Get Married Again!" (from Modern Tragedy) – Director: Robert Youngblood
  • "Ugly Beauty" (from Ugly Beauty) – Director: Muh Chen

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colspan="2" |Vocal category – Individual awards
Best Female Mandarin Singer

!Best Male Taiwanese Singer

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  • Warming a Pot of Youth to Drink – Ardor Huang
  • Jia Jia Jia Jia – Kang Kang
  • DarknetDwagie
  • Forgotten WestSam Liao
  • I Am Not As Happy As You TonightHenry Hsu
Best Female Taiwanese Singer

!Best Hakka Singer

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  • Snails – Joey Chiang
  • Fish Out of WaterKerris Tsai
  • Tsa-bóo gín-áNana Lee
  • Jazz’s Good! – Emily Kuan
  • Just You and Me – Hanya Chang

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  • Love for Granted – Gina Yang
  • Return & Restore – iColor
  • Stay – Lo Ssu-jung
  • Ang-gu Ang-gu – Hsieh Yu-wei
Best Aboriginal Singer

!Best Band

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  • Swasieq – Yawai Mawlin
  • Cradle in Memory – Sang Mei-chuan
  • Vangav – Cemelesai
  • Maya Maluqem – Kasiwa

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  • Battlefields of AsuraChthonic
  • Alter Ego – Pumpkinney Fan Club
  • Cassa Nova – Sunset Rollercoaster
  • Fairy Tales of the Ocean Deep – Flesh Juicer
  • WonFu Love Songs – WonFu
  • King of Light – Bisiugroup
  • Him – Tizzy Bac
Best Vocal Group

!Best New Artist

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  • Lovely Sunday – The Chairs
  • I'm Not OK – Vast & Hazy
  • Some People Say – O-Kai Singers
  • HighCC – HighCC
  • Jump – MJ116

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  • ØZI: The Album – ØZI
  • Town – The Fur.
  • Wilder – Evangeline Wong
  • Sha Yan – Karencici
  • King of Light – Bisiugroup
  • Campus Romance – Angry Youth
  • 2029Lexie Liu
Best Composition

!Best Lyrics

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  • "Forever Young" (from Fade to Exist) – Eve Ai (Performer: Eva Ai)
  • "Hurt" (from Sofa Sea) – Cheer Chen (Performer: Cheer Chen)
  • "The Will" (from Kisses for the World) – Tanya Chua (Performer: Tanya Chua)
  • "Growing Fond of You" (from Half Time) – Li Ronghao (Performer: Karen Mok)
  • "Jade" (from Jade) – Enno Cheng (Performer: Enno Cheng)

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  • "Newly Written Old Song" (from Newly Written Old Song) – Jonathan Lee (Performer: Jonathan Lee)
  • "Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)" (from Millennia's Faith Undone (The Aeon's Wraith Version)) – Freddy Lim (Performer: Chthonic and Denise Ho)
  • "Rain" (from A Song with No Name) – Bobby Chen (Performer: Bobby Chen)
  • "Angels" (from 0) – Xiao Han (Performer: Sandy Lam)
  • "Know" (from Know) – Song Dongye (Performer: Song Dongye)
Best Music Arrangement

!Producer of the Year, Album

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  • "Styx" (from Forgotten West) – An Ton That (Performer: Sam Liao)
  • "Flyaway" (from Shi's Journey) – Chung Wei-yu (Performer: Shi Shi)
  • "Love Me Like a Liar" (from Shi's Journey) – Shi Shi, Howe Chen, Lin Hung-i, Hsu Yu-ying, Chung Wei-yu (Performer: Shi Shi)
  • "B.O." (from ØZI: The Album) – ØZI (Performer: ØZI)
  • "Ghosts & Demons" (from 0) – Chang Shilei (Performer: Sandy Lam)
  • "BKD Club" (from Urban Disease) – Yellow (Performer: Yellow)

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  • L.O.V.E. – Carl Wong (Performer: Eason Chan)
  • Fade to Exist – Chen Chien-chi (Performer: Eve Ai)
  • Nothing Is Under Control – Michael Ning and Yoyo Sham (Performer: Yoyo Sham)
  • Modern Tragedy – Linus of Hollywood, Joanna Wang, and Andrew Page (Performer: Joanna Wang)
  • Fairyland – Arai Soichiro (Performer: Su Yunying)
Producer of the Year, Single

!Best Male Mandarin Singer

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  • "BKD Club" (from Urban Disease) – A-Len and Huang Hsuan (Performer: Yellow)
  • "1933" (from Where Are We Going?) – Eli Hsieh and Howe Chen (Performer: Eli Hsieh)
  • "Ugly Beauty" (from Ugly Beauty) – Starr Chen and Jolin Tsai (Performer: Jolin Tsai)
  • "B.O." (from ØZI: The Album) – ØZI (Performer: ØZI)
  • "Stay" (from Stay) – Sandee Chan (Performer: Hebe Tien)
  • "Don't Cry Don't Cry" (from Don't Cry Don't Cry) – Chen Chien-chi and Han Li-kang (Performer: Waa Wei)

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  • Wu Bing Singing, Yo Chin Soothing – Leo Wang
  • Where Are We Going? – Eli Hsieh
  • Song of the Bards – Kowen Ko
  • EarLi Ronghao
  • ØZI: The Album – ØZI
colspan="2" |Instrumental category – Record label awards
Best Instrumental Album

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  • Lines & Stains – Tokyo Chuo-Line feat. Hsieh Ming-yen
  • Sounds & Savors – Hope Yeh
  • City Animals – Su Yu-han
  • Songs of Mystery and Hope – Alex Pryrodny
  • Black Bear Forest OST Original SoundtrackPau-Dull

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colspan="2" |Instrumental category – Individual awards
Best Instrumental Album Producer

!Best Instrumental Composer

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  • Black Bear Forest OST Original SoundtrackPau-Dull
  • Lines & Stains – Ken Ohtake, Toru Hayakawa, and Noriaki Fukushima
  • City Animals – Su Yu-han
  • Xiao Mei Original Motion Picture SoundtrackLuming Lu
  • Project 3 – Hsu Yu-ying and Yu Chia-lun

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  • "Chapter III: India, Italy, and I" – Hsu Yu-ying
  • "Sneezer" (feat. Hsieh Ming-yen) – Toru Hayakawa
  • "Choice" – Owen Wang
  • "Journey" – Su Yu-han
  • "Outside My Window" – Luo Ning
colspan="2" |Technical category – Individual awards
Best Recording Package

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  • Hold That Tiger – Andrew Wong and Yang Fong-ming
  • Warming a Pot of Youth to Drink – Tsai Shu-yu
  • Reversing into Garage – Gelresai Chen
  • King of Light – Huang Po-han, Yang Shi-Ching, and Chen Hsin-hao
  • In Other Words – Joe Fang and Wu Chien-lung

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colspan="2" |Technical category – Record label awards
Best Vocal Recording Album

!Best Instrumental Recording Album

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  • The Journey – Wang Chenhuai
  • Ruby Pan Original Fusion Jazz Album – Ruby Pan
  • City Explorations – Skyline
  • 9 – Timeless Fusion Party
  • Pendulum – Chung Yu-feng
colspan="2" |Special Contribution Award
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colspan="2" |Jury Award
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{{Center|Modern TragedyJoanna Wang}}

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