- Tanya Chua Wins Best Female Singer Award

- Hakka Singer Ayugo Huang Receives 4 Awards

The 33rd Golden Melody Awards Ceremony executed by Taiwan Television Enterprise 
successfully concluded in Kaohsiung. Livestreams of the ceremony reached 3.164 
million viewers on TV and nearly 7.5 million viewers on new media platforms, 
both setting new record highs! This year, Cui Jian and Tanya Chua won the Best 
Male Singer (Mandarin) and Best Female Singer (Mandarin), respectively. Tanya 
Chua, with her album DEPART, set a new personal record by winning the Best 
Vocal Album Recording, Best Mandarin Album, and Album of the Year. Ayugo Huang, 
with his album Mountain Of Doom, received the Best Singer (Hakka), Jury Award, 
and Best Hakka Album. In addition, his "New Formosa Band" won the Best Vocal 
Group award for their album Jian Jian Hua. The 33rd GMA, once again, 
successfully highlighted the best of Mandarin music, and the head juror summed 
up the significance of this year's GMA as diversity and inclusion.

Tanya Chua, a four-time Best Female Singer (Mandarin) recipient, has set a new 
record at GMA. This year, her album DEPART won four different awards at the 
GMA. The jury praised DEPART for "conveying a warm, therapeutic message and 
exhibiting high-quality music production." With 25 years of experience, Tanya 
said in her acceptance speech, "I've been doing this for so long that I was 
beginning to fear that my voice would be forgotten or regarded as irrelevant. I 
hope I continue to hold the same passion for music and curiosity about the 
world. I hope that my music will always be your friend and your mirror."

Ayugo Huang, a Hakka singer, who received four awards for Mountain Of Doom this 
year, is definitely one of the biggest winners of the night. The head juror 
shared that "Mountain Of Doom is immensely profound as it looks to the past and 
into the future, transcending the boundaries of language and ethnicity." When 
asked about the awards, Ayugo Huang expressed that "I think it means I've been 
doing okay up till now. I'm proud to have secured the awards for myself and for 
my fellow Hakkas. The album may seem a bit heavy, but my message was one of 
gratitude."

The 33rd Golden Melody Awards Ceremony ended with applause and a total audience 
of 3,164,000. Also, as of July 4, the 33rd GMA Ceremony had a total of 
4,417,879 views on YouTube and was broadcast live on three platforms, including 
LINE TODAY, LINE MUSIC, and LINE TV to more than 3 million viewers. The total 
number of hits on new media platforms reached nearly 7.5 million, setting an 
all-time high! In 2022, 173 works competed for 27 awards. The head juror 
emphasized "diversity and inclusion" as the core value of the 33rd GMA, and GMA 
will continue to encourage all Mandarin musicians with an open-minded attitude.

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SOURCE  Taiwan Television Enterprise

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