The 26th Golden Melody Awards () 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 Winners are highlighted in boldface.

Vocal category – Record label awards

Song of the Year "Island's Sunrise (Original Version Re-mixed)" (from Island's Sunrise) – Fire EX. "Missing" (from Missing) – Lala Hsu "The Rest of Time" (from Wake Up Dreaming) – Jacky Cheung "Faces of Paranoia" (from Faces of Paranoia) – aMEI, Soft Lipa "Play" (from Play) – Jolin Tsai

Best Mandarin Album Play – Jolin Tsai Missing – Lala Hsu Wake Up Dreaming – Jacky Cheung Rice & Shine – Eason Chan Aiyo, Not Bad – Jay Chou Departures – Karen Mok

Best Hokkien Album The Most Beautiful Flower – Ricky Hsiao Timeless Sentence – Chthonic The Tenth Album – New Formosa Band Ye Shou – Hsieh Ming-yu Polaris – Chan Ya-wen

Best Hakka Album 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 Polynesia – Chalaw Pasiwali Hosa – Hosa Wild Boxing – Boxing Ocean, Forest – Suming Ima Lalu Su – Inka Mbing & Her Young Atayal Friends

Best Music Video 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

Best Composition William Wei – "Wolves" (from Journey Into The Night) Europa Huang – "Missing" (from Missing) Li Ronghao – "King of Comedy" (from Li Ronghao) JJ Lin – "Listen Up" (from Rice & Shine) Chang Shilei – "Departures" (from Departures)

Best Lyrics 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 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 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 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 Eason Chan – Rice & Shine'' Jacky Cheung – Wake Up Dreaming Khalil Fong – Dangerous World William Wei – Journey Into the Night Roger Yang – Beast in the Dark

Best Mandarin Female Singer aMEI – Faces of Paranoia'' Lala Hsu – Missing Waa Wei – You Lovely Bastard Karen Mok – Departures A-Lin – Guilt

Best Taiwanese Male Singer Hsiao Huang-chi – The Most Beautiful Flower'' Daniel Luo – Hero Henry Hsu – An Inch of True Heart Hsieh Ming-yu – Ye Shou Michael Shih – Kui-Cho Hai-Liau-Liau

Best Taiwanese Female Singer Angie Lee – Breeze, City'' Tseng Hsin-mei – Rainwater Ara Guo – Women's Courage Chan Ya-wen – Polaris Sun Shu-may – Love Me Forever If You Dare

Best Hakka Singer 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 Chalaw Garu – Polynesian'' Boxing – Wild Boxing Suming – Sea, Forest

Best Band Buddha Jump – Let You See'' Chthonic – Timeless Sentence Trash – Start from Zero The Chairman – One World Boxing – Boxing Magic Power – Fighting for Love

Best Group Murmurshow – Murmurshow New Formosa Band – The Tenth Album MJ116 – Fresh Game PiA – Ain't Life a Surprise Gentleman – Imperfect Gentleman

Best New Artist Boxing – Boxing Shi Shi – Girls Adrian Fu – Good Morning, Hard City Chen Hui-ting – 21 Grams – A Voyage of Vera

Instrumental category – Record label awards

Best Instrumental Album The Flow – Eiji Kadota Interestring Quartet – Interestring Quartet Homeland – Vincent Hsu The Rest of Life - Seediq Bale – Purdur

Instrumental category – Individual awards

Producer of the Year, Instrumental 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 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

Best Album Design 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

Best Vocal Recording Album Play – Jolin Tsai Midnight Cinema – Joanna Wang Dangerous World – Khalil Fong Departures – Karen Mok Polynesia – Chalaw Pasiwali

Best Instrumental Recording Album 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 Chen Yang Jody Chiang

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