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TAIPEI, Aug. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

-Best Male/Female Singer Awards (Mandarin) Go to Soft Lipa & Hebe Tien

-Sangpuy Receives Album of the Year

-GMA Ratings Set New Records

"The 32nd Golden Melody Awards Ceremony", broadcasted by Taiwan Television

Enterprise Ltd., came to a successful conclusion on August 21st. Soft Lipa won

the Best Male Singer (Mandarin) award and Hebe Tien won the Best Female Singer

(Mandarin) award. "Gain Strength" by Sangpuy won the Album of the Year this

year. This is the second consecutive year that the Album of the Year has been

awarded to an album by an indigenous musician. Last year, ABAO won Album of the

Year for "Mother's Tongue". Celebrities gathered at the ceremony and made it

brilliant. The average ratings in Taiwan were 4.22 with a total of 3,294,000

viewers. The Ceremony also garnered 3.24 million views on GMA YouTube, another

great result.

Soft Lipa won the Best Male Singer (Mandarin) award this year. The jury

considered Soft Lipa's music to be a new imagination on tempo and lyrics,

bringing Chinese-language music into the era of great hip-hop. In 2014, Soft

Lipa was shortlisted for the Best Male Singer (Mandarin) at the Golden Melody

Awards for the first time with his album, "Secrets of Tu Cheng Hsi: Renovate".

After seven years of unremitting creation, he has finally been crowned Best

Male Singer at the Golden Melody Awards. When receiving the award, Soft Lipa

first thanked his family, friends, and partners at KAO!INC. for their continued

support. In the end, he raised the trophy and dedicated this honor to Taiwan

hip hop.

In the 20 years since Hebe Tien's debut, her music has been popular in

Chinese-speaking regions. In 2000, the girl group "SHE", formed with Hebe,

Selina, and Ella, released their first album "Girl's Dorm" to overwhelming

response. In 2010, Hebe Tien started her solo career and created the music

album - "To Hebe", which won the 22nd Golden Melody Awards for Best Mandarin

Album. The following year, Hebe Tien again won the Best Mandarin Album and

Female Singer at the 23rd Golden Melody Awards with her album "My Love". When

receiving the award, Hebe described herself as one that will climb one hundred

mountains and shared her lifelong passion for singing. She went on to thank all

her family members, friends, and fans who have supported her along the way,

allowing her to join SHE and perform on the GMA stage.  

"Mother's Tongue" by ABAO won the Album of the Year award last year and "Gain

Strength" by Sangpuy won the same award this year, showing the energy and

diversity of music in Taiwan. When Sangpuy was on the stage, he mentioned that

"I hope we can be there for and support each other through this pandemic.

Taiwan will be better because of us."

The 32nd Golden Melody Awards Ceremony came to a successful conclusion, with

overall average ratings of 4.22 across Taiwan, and a total audience of

3,294,400 viewers. The highest ratings occurred at the presentation of the Best

Taiwanese Album award, where 13.79 million viewers tuned in. Performances by

Fire EX, hit a new high in ratings, attracting 1.213 million viewers. As of

August 23rd, the 32nd Golden Melody Awards Ceremony on GMA YouTube had a total

of 3.248 million views, marking another great achievement. Even though the 32nd

Golden Melody Awards Ceremony was affected by the pandemic, it still completed

successfully under proper prevention measures. The host, Lulu Huang, was

delighted to learn of the high ratings and said, "I would like to thank

everyone for supporting the Golden Melody Awards Ceremony when Taiwan is still

affected by the epidemic. I'm really glad that we can bring everyone together

with music. We would also like to show our appreciation to the singers who have

worked so hard to prepare for their performances."

SOURCE Taiwan Television Enterprise Ltd.

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