The 26th Golden Melody Awards (Chinese : 第26屆金曲獎 ) ceremony for popular music category was held on June 27, 2015. The TTV network broadcast the show live from the Taipei Arena in Taipei , Taiwan . The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, which runs from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.
Winners and nominees [ edit ]
Jolin Tsai was nominated for nine Golden Melody Awards and won three for Best Mandarin Album, Best Vocal Recording Album and Best Single Producer.
Winners are highlighted in boldface .[ 1]
Vocal category – Record label awards[ edit ]
"Island's Sunrise (Original Version Re-mixed)" (from Island's Sunrise ) – Fire EX.
Best Mandarin Album [ edit ]
The Songs of Mountain Are All on the One Road – Ayugo Huang
Daylight – Huang Wei-jie
Curving Roads – Huang Pei-shu
On the Road – Misa
Moments of Love – Sinco Chiu
Best Aboriginal Album [ edit ]
Polynesia – Chalaw Pasiwali
Hosa – Hosa
Wild Boxing – Boxing
Ocean, Forest – Suming
Ima Lalu Su – Inka Mbing & Her Young Atayal Friends
Shockley Huang – "Nebulous" (from You Lovely Bastard )
Li Bo-en – "Selfie Addict" (from XXXIII )
Muh Chen – "Play" (from Play )
Hou Chi-jan – "We're All Different, Yet the Same" (from Play )
Teng Yung-shing, Xi Ran – "In a Flash" (from In a Flash )
Vocal category – Individual awards[ edit ]
Francis Lee – "Departures" (from Departures )
Hush – "Missing" (from Missing )
Wyman Wong – "King of Comedy" (from Li Ronghao )
Lin Xi – "Listen Up" (from Rice & Shine )
Lin Xi – "It's All Good" (from Departures )
Best Music Arrangement [ edit ]
Buddha Jump – "Let You See" (from Let You See )
Chen Chien-chi – "Missing" (from Missing )
Lawrence Ku – "Touching Hearts" (from To the Top )
Pessi Levanto – "Forgotten Times" (from Midnight Cinema )
Starr Chen, Nese Ni – "Play" (from Play )
Producer of the Year, Album[ edit ]
Arai Soichiro – Departures
Ayugo Huang – The Songs of Mountain Are All on the One Road
Joanna Wang , Pessi Levanto – Midnight Cinema
Chen Chien-chi – You Lovely Bastard
Jay Chou – Aiyo, Not Bad
Producer of the Year, Single[ edit ]
Xiao An – "Lip Reading" (from Play )
JJ Lin – "Listen Up" (from Rice & Shine )
Stefanie Sun – "Kepler" (from Kepler )
Xiao An – "Sophisticated Game" (from Grown Love )
Starr Chen – "Play" (from Play )
Best Mandarin Male Singer [ edit ]
Best Mandarin Female Singer [ edit ]
aMEI – Faces of Paranoia''
Best Taiwanese Male Singer [ edit ]
Best Taiwanese Female Singer [ edit ]
Ayugo Huang – The Songs of Mountain Are All on the One Road
Huang Wei-jie – Daylight
Huang Pei-shu – Curving Roads
Misa – On the Road
Sinco Chiu – Moments of Love
Best Aboriginal Singer [ edit ]
Chalaw Garu – Polynesian''
Boxing – Wild Boxing
Suming – Sea, Forest
Buddha Jump – Let You See''
Chthonic – Timeless Sentence
Trash – Start from Zero
The Chairman – One World
Boxing – Boxing
Magic Power – Fighting for Love
Murmurshow – Murmurshow
New Formosa Band – The Tenth Album
MJ116 – Fresh Game
PiA – Ain't Life a Surprise
Gentleman – Imperfect Gentleman
Boxing – Boxing
Shi Shi – Girls
Adrian Fu – Good Morning, Hard City
Chen Hui-ting – 21 Grams
Wang Hui-chu – A Voyage of Vera
Instrumental category – Record label awards[ edit ]
Best Instrumental Album [ edit ]
The Flow – Eiji Kadota
Interestring Quartet – Interestring Quartet
Homeland – Vincent Hsu
The Rest of Life - Seediq Bale – Purdur
Instrumental category – Individual awards[ edit ]
Producer of the Year, Instrumental[ edit ]
Daniel Ho – Our World in Song - An Odyssey of Musical Treasures
Yu Chia-lun, Huang Wei-Jun – Interestring Quartet
Eiji Kadota, Michael Ning – The Flow
Vincent Hsu – Homeland
Peng Fei – 3rd Month
Best Instrumental Composition [ edit ]
Peng Fei – "Night Cats" (from 3rd Month)
Huang Wei-Jun – "Let's Play" (from Interestring Quartet )
Eiji Kadota – "Dolphin Island" (from The Flow )
Vincent Hsu – "A New One" (from Homeland )
Purdur – "The Rest of Life" (from The Rest of Life - Seediq Bale )
Technical category – Individual awards[ edit ]
Aaron Nieh – Enchantment
Joe Fang – Faces of Paranoia
Lo Wen-tsen, Tsai An-teng, Wu Chih-yin – Faces of Paranoia
Howza Hsu – Sweet Home Ka-Aluwan
Aaron Nieh – Play
Lee Chung-chiang – Aiyo, Not Bad (USB version)
Technical category – Record label awards[ edit ]
Best Vocal Recording Album [ edit ]
Best Instrumental Recording Album [ edit ]
Led by the Sea Breeze – Rich Huang
Interestring Quartet – Interestring Quartet
Stranger – Chen Jo-yu
Music Non-Stop – Lee Shih-yang, Sabu Toyozumi
Lifetime Contribution Award [ edit ]