The 32nd Golden Melody Awards () take place in Taipei, Taiwan in 2021. The ceremony was scheduled for 26 June 2021 in Taipei Arena, but rescheduled to 21 August, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and moved to the Taipei Music Center. This marked the second time GMA was held in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic after the 31st edition, both of which was held at the same location.
Winners and nominees Below is the list of winners and nominees for the popular music categories. Vocal category – Record label awardsAlbum of the YearSong of the YearGain Strength – SangpuyDear All – Wanfang Where is SHI? – Shi Shi Time Will Tell – Hebe Tien Home Cookin – Soft Lipa Sounds of My Life – William Wei Shi Ri Tan – James Li Ten – Henry Hsu tsu-pun – Olivia Tsao ū lí ê kòo-sū – aoi Kā lí sioh sioh – Hao Zi Gentleman with No Shoes – Sibongie First Half – Hanya Chang Khah-lah Thien-thoì – Siàu-lú khah-lah Those tree years – Yu-Wei Hsieh Till – ChuNoodle When the sun rises – Wing Lo Ah-Min – JiuLianZhenRen Rambling Naluwan – Dakanow How are you, my dear – Syaman macinanao žž – žž Lady of the ocean – Outlet Drift | valign="top" |"Your Name Engraved Herein" (from Your Name Engraved Herein) – Crowd Lu "A Vacant Seat" (from Dear All) – Wanfang "Bo Fu" (from Outta Body) – E.SO "When Tomorrow Comes feat. ?te" (from tsu-pun) – Olivia Tsao and ?te "Where I Lost Us" (from Easy Come, Easy Go) – Accusefive "Embrace" (from Gain Strength) – Sangpuy "Because Of You" (from Because Of You) – Mayday |- !Best Mandarin Album !Best Taiwanese Album |- | valign="top" |Home Cookin – Soft LipaDear All – Wanfang Where is SHI? – Shi Shi Time Will Tell – Hebe Tien Sounds of My Life – William Wei Shi Ri Tan – James Li | valign="top" |tsu-pun – Olivia TsaoTen – Henry Hsu ū lí ê kòo-sū – aoi Kā lí sioh sioh – Hao Zi Gentleman with No Shoes – Sibongie First Half – Hanya Chang |- !Best Hakka Album !Best Aboriginal Album |- | valign="top" |Till – ChuNoodleKhah-lah Thien-thoì – Siàu-lú khah-lah Those tree years – Yu-Wei Hsieh When the sun rises – Wing Lo Ah-Min – JiuLianZhenRen | valign="top" |Lady of the ocean – Outlet DriftRambling Naluwan – Dakanow Gain Strength – Sangpuy How are you, my dear – Syaman macinanao žž – žž |- !Best Music Video ! |- | valign="top" |"Home Cookin" (from Home Cookin) – Director: Cowper Wang "Hunger Game" (from Yellow Fiction) – Director: Jyun Chang "mài-mng _rock version" (from Little Hilly) – Director: Pei-Yu Liao and Zhi-Zhong Tang "Ballerina" (from Bedtime Story) – Director: Mich Yeh "Night Creepers" (from Ah-Min) – Director: Oneness Zeng "Candlelight (feat. Oh Hyuk)" (from Soft Storm) – Director: DQM "Until I Met You" (from If Only You Could Love Me) – Director: Remii Huang "One, after Another" (from Time Will Tell) – Director: Muh Chen | valign="top" | |- ! colspan="2" |Vocal category – Individual awards |- !Best Female Mandarin Singer !Best Male Mandarin Singer |- | valign="top" |Time Will Tell – Hebe TienDear All – Wanfang LOVE, AND YET... – Panai Kusui Where is SHI? – Shi Shi Every Side of Me – Tarcy Su 3811 – Sitar Tan | valign="top" |Home Cookin – Soft LipaOutta Body – E.SO Drifter · Like You Do – JJ Lin Folio Vol. 1 One and One – Wu Qing-feng Sounds of My Life – William Wei Shi Ri Tan – James Li |- !Best Female Taiwanese Singer !Best Male Taiwanese Singer |- | valign="top" |tsu-pun – Olivia TsaoDream of Suzie – Angel Chu If You Wanna Know Me – Kelly Tsai Irochigai – Huang Fei First Half – Hanya Chang | valign="top" |Ten – Henry HsuKavalan Kites – Su-Hao Yang Wu Bai & China Blue Thàu lâm Hong Concert Live – Wu Bai Kā lí sioh sioh – Hao Zi Waiting For Daybreak - Ric Jan |- !Best Aboriginal Singer !Best Hakka Singer |- | valign="top" |Gain Strength – SangpuyRambling Naluwan – Dakanow Meander to the Horizon – Lowking mziboq su – Ciwas Losin žž – žž | valign="top" |When the sun rises – Wing LoOnga Onga – Robin Tseng Those tree years – Yu-Wei Hsieh Out There – Pei-Shu Huang Till – ChuNoodle |- !Best Vocal Group !Best New Artist |- | valign="top" |Dear Adult – The WantedMessenger – Night Keepers FALI-mini album-929 – FALI Seen it all? – Chang and Lee Leyou Height – Astro Bunny | valign="top" |A Bedroom of One's Own – ?teYellow Fiction – YELLOW Yuba Youth – Heat Sketch Diamond in the Rough – Howard Lee ū lí ê kòo-sū – aoi The Fool – Bestards If Only You Could Love Me – Yo Lee |- !Best Composition !Best Lyrics |- | valign="top" |"AnHe" (from Every Side of Me) – Hush (Performer: Tarcy Su) "Flavor" (from tsu-pun) – Olivia Tsao and Baby-C (Performer: Olivia Tsao) "Where I Lost Us" (from Easy Come, Easy Go) – Edward Pan (Performer: Accusefive) "Embrace" (from Gain Strength) – Sangpuy (Performer: Sangpuy) "I Wrote a Song for You" (from Sounds of My Life) – William Wei (Performer: William Wei) "I Missed You" (from I Missed You) – Eve Ai (Performer: Eve Ai) | valign="top" |"Untold" (from Time Will Tell) – David Ke (Performer: Hebe Tien) "A Vacant Seat" (from Dear All) – Ting Huang (Performer: Wanfang) "Bo Fu" (from Outta Body) – E.SO (Performer: E.SO) "Wang Shih Lives in Memory" (from tsu-pun) – Bu-hiông (Performer: Olivia Tsao) "Drifter" (from Drifter · Like You Do) – Xiaohan (Performer: JJ Lin) "The Spider" (from Home Cookin) – Soft Lipa (Performer: Soft Lipa) |- !Best Music Arrangement !Producer of the Year, Album |- | valign="top" |"Flavor" (from tsu-pun) – Baby-C (Performer: Olivia Tsao) "Dazzled" (from Dear All) – Huang Shao-yong (Performer: Wanfang) "Danshari" (from Museum of Tears) – Tsai Yu-liang (Performer: Xing Zheng) "Miss Understanding" (from Miss Understanding) – YELLOW (Performer: Amuyi) "Last Animals" (from Last Animals) – Kyle Lu (Performer: JADE) "Dear Humans" (from Dear Humans) – Elephant Gym (Performer: Elephant Gym) | valign="top" |Time Will Tell – George Chen (Performer: Hebe Tien)Dear All – Kay Huang (Performer: Wanfang) tsu-pun – ZioN and Olivia Tsao (Performer: Olivia Tsao) Where is SHI? – MCKY, RAZOR, Shi Shi (Performer: Shi Shi) Gain Strength – Jen-Yi Tseng, Tzu-lung Hung, Sangpuy (Performer: Sangpuy) Shi Ri Tan – James Li and Jun Yan (Performer: James Li) |- !Producer of the Year, Single !Best Band |- | valign="top" |"Noodles" (from Home Sweet Home) – Khalil Fong (Performer: Khalil Fong) "Bad Weather" (from Unique) – CinCin Lee (Performer: Michael Wong) "Mojito" (from Mojito) – Jay Chou (Performer: Jay Chou) "Strange Weather" (from Strange Weather) – YELLOW and Chia-Lun Yue (Performer: YELLOW and 9m88) "Your Name Engraved Herein" (from Your Name Engraved Herein) – Yanis Huang (Performer: Crowd Lu) "Self Harmony" (from Self Harmony) – Arai Soichiro (Performer: Karen Mok and Evan Guo) | valign="top" |Soft Storm – Sunset RollercoasterBlack & Toughness – OVDS Water Snowflake Goes to Market – Sheng Xiang & Band Alternate Moments – KST Easy Come, Easy Go – Accusefive Lady of the Ocean – Outlet Drift Bird and Reflections – Deca Joins |- ! colspan="2" |Instrumental category – Record label awards |- !Best Instrumental Album ! |- | valign="top" |The Adventures of Pie Boy – The Spice CabinetThe Path – Chien Chien Lu KUNG's vol. 1 – Kung Yu-chi Stream Legend – Spectro 7 Synthetic Steps – TTechmak | valign="top" | |- ! colspan="2" |Instrumental category – Individual awards |- !Producer of the Year, Instrumental !Best Instrumental Composition |- | valign="top" |noista/gia – hirskStream Legend – Alex Wu Don’t Get Too Comfortable – Matt Fullen Your Name Engraved Herein (Original Soundtrack) – Chris Hou The Adventures of Pie Boy – Terry Hsieh and Derrick Sepnio | valign="top" |"Bitter Sweet" (from The Adventures of Pie Boy) – Terry Hsieh and Derrick Sepnio"The Path" (from The Path) – Chien Chien Lu "Clarity" (from Clarity) – Lawrence Ku "Synthetic Steps" (from Synthetic Steps) – Toby Mak "Dali Girl" (from The Adventures of Pie Boy) – Terry Hsieh and Derrick Sepnio |- ! colspan="2" |Technical category – Individual awards |- !Best Album Design ! |- | valign="top" |ZETA – Qing-yang XiaoLOVE, AND YET... – Shi-Ching Yang Water Snowflake Goes to Market – Mirr Lo, Chun Yung Lin, Ken Cheng Lee Time Will Tell – Yueh Yueh Liu Gain Strength – Gelresai METROPOLIS – Aaron Nieh and Even Chen | valign="top" | |- ! colspan="2" |Technical category – Record label awards |- !Best Vocal Recording Album !Best Instrumental Recording Album |- | valign="top" |Where is SHI? – Recording Engineers: AJ Chen, Jansen Chen, Chou Han Tsay, Jonathan Liu, Fengtse Hsieh, Yu, Chris Chen, Micky YangMain Mixing Engineers: AJ Chen, Chou Han Tsay, Wei Ming Shan, Double, Itun Chou, KennyMain Mastering Post-Production: Dave kutchDrawing Dialogue – Recording Engineers: AKNIT, Andy Baker, Chung Cheng Yang, Chou Han Tsay, Wei Ming Shan, Koffkoff, Martin Lin, Chelin Liu, Liu Shih WeiMain Mixing Engineers: AKNIT, Ziya Huang, Liu Shih WeiMain Mastering Post-Production: AKNIT, Misi Ke Easy Come, Easy Go – Recording Engineers: Yu Hsuan Yeh, Chou Han Tsay, Micky Yang, Zen Chien, SHENBMain Mixing Engineers: Ziya HuangMain Mastering Post-Production: Randy Merrill Gain Strength – Recording Engineers: Hao Wen Tay, David Wang (Strings)Main Mixing Engineers: Keller Wang, Jerry Lin, Chun-hsien Huang, Hao Wen TayMain Mastering Post-Production: Ted Jensen PORTAL – Recording Engineers: Chia Chen ChangMain Mixing Engineers: Itun ChouMain Mastering Post-Production: Chris Gehringer | valign="top" |The Adventures of Pie Boy – Recording Engineers: You LiMain Mixing Engineers: Wei Ming ShanMain Mastering Post-Production: Randy Merrill Eternal Journey – Recording Engineers: Clark Germain, Chris Bitoun, Vladimir MartinkaMain Mixing Engineers: Clark GermainMain Mastering Post-Production: Chris Bellman Fly By Light – Recording Engineers: Zen ChienMain Mixing Engineers: Zen ChienMain Mastering Post-Production: Zen Chien The Path – Recording Engineers: Alex ConroyMain Mixing Engineers: David DarlingtonMain Mastering Post-Production: David Darlington Clarity – Recording Engineers: Teddy Zeng, Damien BanzigouMain Mixing Engineers: Damien BanzigouMain Mastering Post-Production: Randy MerrillSpecial Contribution AwardJury Award
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