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TAIPEI, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- Tanya Chua Wins Best Female Singer Award

- Hakka Singer Ayugo Huang Receives 4 Awards

The 33rd Golden Melody Awards Ceremony executed by Taiwan Television Enterprise

successfully concluded in Kaohsiung. Livestreams of the ceremony reached 3.164

million viewers on TV and nearly 7.5 million viewers on new media platforms,

both setting new record highs! This year, Cui Jian and Tanya Chua won the Best

Male Singer (Mandarin) and Best Female Singer (Mandarin), respectively. Tanya

Chua, with her album DEPART, set a new personal record by winning the Best

Vocal Album Recording, Best Mandarin Album, and Album of the Year. Ayugo Huang,

with his album Mountain Of Doom, received the Best Singer (Hakka), Jury Award,

and Best Hakka Album. In addition, his "New Formosa Band" won the Best Vocal

Group award for their album Jian Jian Hua. The 33rd GMA, once again,

successfully highlighted the best of Mandarin music, and the head juror summed

up the significance of this year's GMA as diversity and inclusion.

Tanya Chua, a four-time Best Female Singer (Mandarin) recipient, has set a new

record at GMA. This year, her album DEPART won four different awards at the

GMA. The jury praised DEPART for "conveying a warm, therapeutic message and

exhibiting high-quality music production." With 25 years of experience, Tanya

said in her acceptance speech, "I've been doing this for so long that I was

beginning to fear that my voice would be forgotten or regarded as irrelevant. I

hope I continue to hold the same passion for music and curiosity about the

world. I hope that my music will always be your friend and your mirror."

Ayugo Huang, a Hakka singer, who received four awards for Mountain Of Doom this

year, is definitely one of the biggest winners of the night. The head juror

shared that "Mountain Of Doom is immensely profound as it looks to the past and

into the future, transcending the boundaries of language and ethnicity." When

asked about the awards, Ayugo Huang expressed that "I think it means I've been

doing okay up till now. I'm proud to have secured the awards for myself and for

my fellow Hakkas. The album may seem a bit heavy, but my message was one of

gratitude."

The 33rd Golden Melody Awards Ceremony ended with applause and a total audience

of 3,164,000. Also, as of July 4, the 33rd GMA Ceremony had a total of

4,417,879 views on YouTube and was broadcast live on three platforms, including

LINE TODAY, LINE MUSIC, and LINE TV to more than 3 million viewers. The total

number of hits on new media platforms reached nearly 7.5 million, setting an

all-time high! In 2022, 173 works competed for 27 awards. The head juror

emphasized "diversity and inclusion" as the core value of the 33rd GMA, and GMA

will continue to encourage all Mandarin musicians with an open-minded attitude.

GMA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GMAGMF

GMA Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/gmamusic.official/

SOURCE  Taiwan Television Enterprise

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