The 33rd Golden Melody Awards (Chinese: 第33屆金曲獎) took place in Kaohsiung Arena, Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 2022, which marked its return at Kaohsiung City since the 16th edition. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Daniel Lo and broadcast on TTV on 2 July 2022.

Tanya Chua received the most nominations with eight and won three major awards for Best Female Mandarin Singer, Best Mandarin Album and Album of the Year. She is the first singer to ever win Best Mandarin Album and Album of the Year at the same time, after the award was reintroduced in the 28th Golden Melody Awards. Chua is now the holder of "Most Wins for a Performer" in the Best Female Mandarin Singer category.

Winners and nominees +Vocal category – Record label awardsAlbum of the YearSong of the YearDEPART – Tanya Chua Faye, Wen Ting Zhan Zai Yun Cai Shang Tiao Wu Ji Ji Zha Zha – Faye AI-CHING – Jerry LI HAVE A NICE DAY – Waa Wei Night Shift – Non-Physical Troupe (NPT) A Flying Dog – Cui Jian Jian Jian Hua – New Formosa Band Road to... – Lilium GOLDEN TAIZI BRO – Flesh Juicer Don't Know – Wang Jun-Jie Kuu – Joey Chiang Second Half – Hanya Return To Reality – Huang Yu Han Mountain Of Doom – Ayugo Huang Today is a Wild Horse – Lo Sirong Hakka Found In Strange Land – iColor Qiam – Bobiii P UNDO – Wild Thing To Wait In Silence – Osay Hongay pongso no Tao – Paudull 《N1》Nanguaq No.1 – Natsuko, Arase, Dremedreman, Stingie, Drangadrang, Makav, Kivi Our Island – Small Island Big Song - featuring - Sauljaljui, Putad Pihay, Emlyn, Vaiteani, Selina Leem, Sammy, Yoyo Tuki I Thought I Didn't Know – Kerekilj |"Oh Love, You Are Greater Than I Imagined" (from Oh Love, You Are Greater Than I Imagined) – EggPlantEgg "Mountain of Doom" (from Mountain of Doom) – Ayugo Huang and Sangpuy "Bluebirds" (from DEPART) – Tanya Chua "Dear Grandma" (from HAVE A NICE DAY) – Waa Wei "Fragile (from Ghosician)" – Namewee and Kimberley Chen "Red Scarf (WeiBird song)" (from Red Scarf) – William Wei "DEATH TRIP" (from DEATH TRIP) – ØZI and Soft Lipa "Prototype" (from Prototype) – Lala Hsu |- !Best Mandarin Album !Best Taiwanese Album |- |DEPART – Tanya Chua Faye, Wen Ting Zhan Zai Yun Cai Shang Tiao Wu Ji Ji Zha Zha – Faye AI-CHING – Jerry LI HAVE A NICE DAY – Waa Wei Night Shift – Non-Physical Troupe (NPT) A Flying Dog – Cui Jian |Road to... – Lilium Jian Jian Hua – New Formosa Band GOLDEN TAIZI BRO – Flesh Juicer Don't Know – Wang Jun-Jie Kuu – Joey Chiang Second Half – Hanya |- !Best Hakka Album !Best Aboriginal Album (Indigenous Languages) |- |Mountain Of Doom – Ayugo Huang Return To Reality – Huang Yu Han Today is a Wild Horse – Lo Sirong Hakka Found In Strange Land – iColor Qiam – Bobiii P |pongso no Tao – Paudull UNDO – Wild Thing To Wait In Silence – Osay Hongay 《N1》Nanguaq No.1 – Natsuko, Arase, Dremedreman, Stingie, Drangadrang, Makav, Kivi Our Island – Small Island Big Song - Featuring - Sauljaljui, Putad Pihay, Emlyn, Vaiteani, Selina Leem, Sammy, Yoyo Tuki I Thought I Didn't Know – Kerekilj |- !Best Music Video ! |- |ganbatene (from ganbatene) – Director: TSAI, YI-YU Mark Twain (from Paramount) – Director: Lin Mao Z None of the Above (from None of the Above) – Director: BILL+ in peace (from healism) – Director: Chen-Hao Yin I'm a Fucking Mad Dog, Dope! Ft. BAT (from GOLDEN TAIZI BRO) – Director: Tomas Lin DEATH TRIP (from DEATH TRIP) – Directors: ØZI, BÄMBOO LEE

! colspan="2" |Vocal category – Individual awards|- !Best Composition !Best Lyrics |- |"Shadow Song" (from Shadow Song) – HUSH (Performer: HUSH) "If you forget me" (from Be Nothing) – XiaoYu Sung (Performer: Xiao Yu) "Bluebirds" (from DEPART) – Tanya Chua (Performer: Tanya Chua) "uWEATHER" (from healism) – Crowd Lu (Performer: Crowd Lu) "Aroma" (from HAVE A NICE DAY) – suwoojunga (Performer: waa wei, sunwoojunga) "Greediness" (from How Come I Still Remember All) – Eve Ai (Performer: Eve Ai) |"88BARS" (from 88BARS) – Xinkuan Xiong (Performer: Kumachan) "Measure (from Today is a Wild Horse) – Lo Sirong (Performer: Lo Sirong) "Into The Wild (from DEPART) – Chow-Yiu-Fai (Performer: Tanya Chua) "Qu Er Lian Hao Te De Ye Che" (from Li Chun) – Bobby Chen (Performer: Bobby Chen) "Jiao Rao" (from Stage) – Wu Hsiung (Performer: Ricky Hsiao) "Someone" (from Someone) – David Ke (Performer: waa wei) |- !Best Music Arrangement !Producer of the Year, Album |- |Star (from《N1》Nanguaq No.1) – Huang, Shao-Yong (Performer: Natsuko) "Mountain Of Doom" (from Mountain of Doom) – Ayugo Huang (Performer: Ayugo Huang and Sangpuy) "Saturday" (from Road to...) – Sonic Deadhorse, I-Shuo Lin and Dee Chen (Performer: Lilium) "Crazy Disco" (from healism) – Crowd Lu, Shao-Yong Huang, Achino Chang, Dawson Chien and MCKY (Performer: Crowd Lu) "My Heart Is Plastic" (from My Heart Is Plastic) – Robot Swing (Performer: Robot Swing, Chen, Yi-Heng and Pei-Yu Hung) "PARADIGM" (from BEANSTALK) – YELLOW (Performer: YELLOW) |AI-CHING – Jerry Li (Performer: Jerry Li) FAC:E – Everydaze (Performer: ) Mountain Of Doom – Ayugo Huang (Performer: Ayugo Huang) Road to... – Sonic Deadhorse (Performer: Lilium) DEPART – Tanya Chua (Performer: Tanya Chua) HAVE A NICE DAY – George Chen, HLK, Huang, Shao-Yong |- !Producer of the Year, Single !Best New Artist |- |"None of the Above" (from None of the Above) – LaLa Hsu, Howe (Performer: LaLa Hsu) "rong xue" (from Faye, Wen Ting Zhan zai yun cai shang tiao wu ji ji zha zha) – Faye and Luming Lu (Performer: Faye) "Sally" (from Longing) – Chia-Lun Yue (Performer: Ilid Kaolo) "My Heart Is Plastic" (from My Heart Is Plastic) – Howe Chen, HLK, Ziya Huang (Performed: Robot Swing, Chen, Yi-Heng, Pei-Yu Hung) "Empty World" (from Empty World) – Arai Soichiro, Fei Peng／Empty World (Performed: Karen Mok) "Oh Love, You Are Much Greater Than I Imagined" (from Oh Love, You Are Much Greater Than I Imagined) – Wei-Yu Chung (Performer: EggPlantEgg) "DEATH TRIP" (from DEATH TRIP) – ØZI, Soft Lipa, Ian Jeffrey Thomas (Performer: ØZI feat. Soft Lipa) |MEmento⋅MORI – Collage Iā-Kuan Sûn-Tiûnn – Tsng-Kha-Lâng Dive & Give – L8ching Where Are We Now – Modern Cinema Master Greg Han – Greg Han Fresh Soul – Matt Lv LOVE MAZE – Haezee |- !Best Female Mandarin Singer !Best Male Mandarin Singer |- |DEPART – Tanya Chua 99% Angel – Karencici Faye, Wen Ting Zhan Zai Yun Cai Shang Tiao Wu Ji Ji Zha Zha – Faye Longing – Ilid Kaolo HAVE A NICE DAY – waa wei ONCE UPON A MOON – Tia Ray (Yuan Ya Wei) |A Flying Dog – Cui Jian healism – Crowd Lu Dreams Company – Xu Jun BEANSTALK – YELLOW Mama Jeans And Daddy Shoes – Ma Nien-hsien The Last Aquarium – Jude Chiu |- !Best Female Singer (Taiwanese) !Best Male Singer (Taiwanese)

Kuu – Joey Chiang A Correct Answer – Angel Chu Love Is Not A Sin – Huiru Lai Wu Shuan – Huang Fei Second Half – Hanya Chang | Don't Know – Wang Jun Jie Stage – Ricky Hsiao Dare Or Not – Justin Su Captain Taiwan – Dwagie Sunset – Chang Wu |- !Best Singer (Indigenous Language) !Best Singer (Hakka)

To Wait In Silence – Osay Hongay pongso no Tao – Paudull The Girl On The Grapevine – Usay Kawlu Chanter – Suming ⋅ Rupi I Thought I Didn't Know – Karekelj Mountain Of Doom – Ayugo Huang Gien Dan Mo Gien Dan – A May Return To Reality – Huang Yu Han Hsieh-Yu-Wei Band [Rain Is Falling Again] – Hsieh, Yu-Wei 00 – Kung TaBest BandBest Vocal Group GOLDEN TAIZI BRO – Flesh Juicer (GIGO, Matt, ZERO, Evan, sionC) Into Innerverse – I Mean Us UNDO – Wild Thing Paramount – Amazing Show No Mercy – No-Nonsense Collective Holy Trip! – TRASH One that reminds me of you – Undecimber Fin. Jian Jian Hua – New Formosa Band Pat-Sian – Sam-seng-hiàn-gē Because of Love – Power Station The Great Beyond – VH (Vast & Hazy) TAKE A BREATH – Shadow Project Millions of Years Apart – The Dinosaur's Skin (Triceratops, Trex)Instrumental category – Record label awardsBest Instrumental Album Increasing Echo (Original Soundtrack) – Chris Hou The Poem For All Being – Chill Qin Forty-Three – Stacey Wei Between Now and Never – Invisible Architecture ON – MusaInstrumental category – Individual awardsBest Instrumental Album ProducerBest Instrumental Producer Between Now And Never – Alan Kwan, Jordan Gheen, Matt Young City Silhouette – Jazzy Su, Richard Li Fusion World – Siou-Shen Lin City's Whispering – Wu Judy Chin-tai ON – Jay Chang and Martin Musaubach "On Starboard" (from Hydro Canvas) – YongHeng Wu "Hit the Gym!" (from City Silhouette) – Jazzy Su "Boulevard Anspach" (from Paralles) – Liu-Ting Chiu "Raga Shuddha Sarang" (from Yü) – Ken Ohtake "Pulse" (from Between Now And Never) – Alan Kwan, Jordan Gheen, Matt YoungTechnical category – Individual awardsBest Album Design Road to... – Chen Nien-Ying Mountain of Doom – Yueh Yueh Liu HAVE A NICE DAY – Echo Yang Ghosician – Saw Rui-Wen THE WIND OF XINGANG – Aron NiehTechnical category – Record label awardsBest Album RecordingBest Instrumental Album Recording DEPART –(Recording Engineers: Tanya Chua, Ni, Han-Wen, Wu, Yu-Chang, Khoi Huynh; Main Mixing Engineers: Leonard Fong, Ricky Ho, Joe Grasso, Richard Furch; Main Mastering Post-Production: John Greenham) 99% Angel –(Recording Engineer: kvn; Main Mixing Engineer: Daniela Rivera; Main Mastering Post-Production: Johnny Horesco) BEANSTALK –(Recording Engineers: Chou-Han Tsay, Wei Ming Shan Main; Mixing Engineers: Chou-Han Tsay, Wei Ming Shan; Main Mastering Post-Production: Jeff Lipton) ONCE UPON A MOON –(Recording Engineers: Li-Wen Wu, TIA RAY, Hui-Lin Yang; Main Mixing Engineers: Tian-Che Zhou, Jon Rezin; Main Mastering Post-Production: Tian-Che Zhou, Jon Rezin) A Flying Dog –(Recording Engineers: Wang Zheng, Yan, Zhong-Kun; Main Mixing Engineers: Cui Jian, Wang Zheng; Main Mastering Post-Production: Adam Ayan) Hydro Canvas –(Recording Engineers: You Li, Yang Li; Main Mixing Engineers: You Li, YongHeng Wu; Main Mastering Post-Production: You Li, YongHeng Wu) Crossing Paralles –(Recording Engineer: Szu-Pei su; Main Mixing Engineer: Tommy Cavalieri; Main Mastering Post-Production: Tommy Cavalieri) Fusion World –(Recording Engineer: Hendrik Pan; Main Mixing Engineer: Evan Hsieh; Main Mastering Post-Production: Sangwook Nam) Yü –(Recording Engineer: Liu Yihung; Main Mixing Engineer: Wolfgang Obrecht; Main Mastering Post-Production: Wolfgang Obrecht) Between Now And Never –(Recording Engineers: Alan Kwan, Jordan Gheen, Matt Young; Main Mixing Engineers: Alan Kwan, Jordan Gheen, Matt Young; Main Mastering Post-Production: Alan Kwan, Jordan Gheen, Matt Young)Special Contribution AwardChiu ChenFu Ming ChenJury AwardMountain of Doom – Ayugo Huang

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