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4 unusual facts about Golden Melody Awards


Andrew Chou

Once he returned to Taiwan, he co-wrote and produced the track "Forever" with Chris Wiebe for Golden Melody Award winner Nicky Lee's album "Imperfect".

B.A.D

That album, All I..., earned a Best Group Award at the 13th Golden Melody Awards and a nomination for Best New Artist at the 8th CMA Awards.

Ilid Kaolo

She won the Best New Artist, Best Aboriginal Singer, and Best Aboriginal Album at the 23rd Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan with her debut album, My Carefree Life (輕快的生活), in which Kaolo wrote every song on the album.

The 18 Martial Arts

The album was nominated for three awards at the 22nd Golden Melody Awards in 2011: Best Song of the Year for "你不知道的事" (All The Things You Never Knew), Best Mandarin Album and Best Male Mandarin Artist for Wang for his work on this album.


L.A. Boyz

Jeff Huang returned to the United States and started an internet company that later merged with a Japanese software company in a 60 million dollar deal before once again returning to Taiwan and fronting hip-hop group Machi; brother Stanley went on to establish a successful solo career, winning Best Mandarin Male Singer in the 2005 Golden Melody Awards; and Lin currently works as an orthopedic surgeon in California while still participating in music and film.


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International Community Radio Taipei

Previous winners of the competition have included High Tide (2008), who went on to perform at the Fuji Rock festival; I.O. (2009), later nominated for "Best Band" and "Best Newcomer" at the Golden Melody Awards; and most recently Trash (2012).