18th Golden Melody Awards

Nominees and winners

Vocal category – Record label awards

Song of the Year

• "Marry Me Today" – David Tao feat. Jolin Tsai
• * "Planting Trees" – Lin Sheng-xiang
• * "Faraway" – Jay Chou
• * "Same World" – Karen Mok
• * "Baby " – Deserts Chang
• * "Little Love Song" –- Sodagreen

  Best Mandarin Album

• Wake Up – MC HotDog
• * Blue in Love – Hao-en and Jiajia
• * My Life Will… – Deserts Chang
• * Little Universe – Sodagreen
• * All I Want – Jyotsna Pang
• * Dancing Diva – Jolin Tsai

  Best Taiwanese Album

• Jin Ei Ah Gey Ei!? – The Chairman
• * The Whales – Chen Ming-chang
• * Poah Poe – Jody Chiang
• * Depose – Bang Bang Band
• * Thanx 4 Looking – New Formosa Band

  Best Hakka Album

• Planting Trees – Lin Sheng-xiang
• * The Snow Wolfman – You Zhao-qi
• * Mountain and Farmland – Hsieh Yu-wei

  Best Aboriginal Album

• Beautiful Haiyan – Xiao-mei, Chen Yong-long, Ara Kimbo, Wu Hao-en, Suming, A-luo, Ka-silaw
• * Singing a Beautiful Song – Taiwu Ancient Ballads Troupe

  Vocal category – Individual awards

Best Music Video Director

• Stephen Fung – "Same World"
• * Jay Chou – "Popular Imitation"
• * Fish Wang – "The Man Who Makes Words"
• * Chen Pei-fu – "Happiness"
• * Tsao Jui-yuan – "Pure Love"
• * Chou Ko-tai – "Commitment" -

  Best Composition

• Wu Tsing-fong – "Little Love Song"
• * Lin Sheng-xiang – "Planting Trees"
• * Deserts Chang – "Baby
• * Li Tai-hsiang – "Mountain and Farmland"
• * David Tao – "Marry Me Today"
• * Kenji Wu – "A General Order"

  Best Lyrics

• Zhong Yong-feng – "Planting Trees"
• * Vincent Fang – "Chrysanthemum Terrace"
• * Wu Yu-hsuan – "Grandpa's Bed"
• * Lin Xi – "Same World"
• * Deserts Chang – "Baby "
• * Wu Tsing-fong – "Little Love Song"

  Best Music Arrangement

• Chen Zhu-hui – "The Man Who Makes Words"
• * Yao Hung – "Fearless"
• * Wayne Wang – "Lost"
• * Li Yu-huan – "Savage Night "
• * Sodagreen – "Little Love Song"

  Producer of the Year, Album

• Chen Hui-ting, Hsu Che-liu, Lin Chien-yuan, Bean Lin, Peggy Hsu – It's All My Fault
• * Lin Sheng-xiang, Zhong Yong-feng, Zhong Shi-fang – Plating Trees
• * Hao-en – Blue in Love
• * Lin Wei-che – Little Universe
• * Bang Bang Band – Tong Zhi

  Producer of the Year, Single

• Jay Chou – "Fearless"
• * Chu Chien-hui, Hai Er – "The Descendants of Yandi and Huangdi Emperors"
• * Adia – "Dancing Diva"

  Best Mandarin Male Singer

• Nicky Lee
• * JJ Lin
• * Gary Chaw
• * David Tao
• * Kenji Wu

  Best Taiwanese Male Singer

• Michael Shih'Michael Shih
• * Yuan Xiao-di
• * Cheng Gin-yi
• * Chen Ming-chang
• * Chen Lei

  Best Mandarin Female Singer

• Jolin Tsai
• * Angela Chang
• * Jyotsna Pang
• * A-mei
• * Penny Tai
• * Sandy Lam

  Best Taiwanese Female Singer

• Jeannie Hsieh
• * Laney Wu
• * Showlen Maya
• * Fang Yi-ping

  Best Hakka Singer

• Lin Sheng-xiang
• * Hsieh Yu-wei
• * Song Chen
• * Tang Ming-liang

  Best Aboriginal Singer

• I Jyi
• * Yu Chia-chen
• * Lin Chao-ming

  Best Band

• Sodagreen
• * Hai Er
• * 13
• * Self Kill
• * Tizzy Bac
• * Totem
• * Monkey Insane

  Best Group

• Wu-en and Jiajia
• * Nan Quan Mama
• * Michelle Vickie
• * New Formosa Band

  Best New Artist

• Europa Huang
• * Zhang Xianzi
• * A-lin
• * Evan Yo

  Instrumental category – Record label awards

Best Instrumental Album

• Send You a Blue Gift for Winter – Tao Wang, Sino Chen
• * Night Flower – Lin Shao-ying
• * I-Yen-Mei-Leg Village No.3 – Purdur
• * Ocarina Dreamer – You Xue-zhi

  Instrumental category – Individual awards

Producer of the Year, Instrumental

• Purdur – I-Yen-Mei-Leg Village No.3
• * Eric Chung, Lo Bei-tuo – Sun, Latino
• * Tao Wang, Sino Chen – Send You a Blue Gift for Winter
• * Gerald Shih, Cosine Tseng – Cynthia's Magical Fingers

  Lifetime Contribution Award

• Chang Hung-yi

  Special awards

Most Popular Male Artist/Group (Popular vote)

• Show Lo

  Most Popular Female Artist/Group (Popular vote)

• Jolin Tsai