Ceremonies of the 21st Golden Melody Awards were held at the Taipei Arena in Taipei, Taiwan on June 26, 2010. ^{[1] [2]}

Eligibility

Registration for entry into the 21st Golden Melody Awards was opened from December 15, 2009 to January 4, 2010.

Nominees and winners

Popular Music categories

Song of the Year

• "Come If You Dare" — A-mei
  • "Desperado" — Super Band
  • "Fish" — Cheer Chen
  • "Riding A White Horse" — Lala Hsu
  • "Singing in the Trees" — Claire Kuo

Pop Album of the Year

• A-MIT — A-mei
  • Hui Wei — Karen Mok
  • If You See Him — Tanya Chua
  • Immortal — Cheer Chen
  • Lala Hsu — Lala Hsu

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance

• David Tao — Opus 69
  • Eason Chan — Fifth Floor's Happiness
  • JJ Lin — 100 Days
  • Khalil Fong — Timeless
  • Jam Hsiao — Princess

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

• A-mei — A-MIT
  • Cheer Chen — Immortal
  • Karen Mok — Hui Wei
  • Tanya Chua — If You See Him
  • Tiger Huang — Simple/Not Simple

Best Music Video

• Will Lin, Chen Ying Zhi/ “Daylight” by Sodagreen

Best Composer

• Chen Hsiao Hsia “Singing in the Tree”

Best Lyricist

• Lin Hsi/Kai Men Jian Shan “Amit”

Best Musical Arranger

• Martin Teng/Hao Dan Ni Jiu Lai “Amit”

Best Album Producer

• Ah Di Zai “Amit”

Best Single Producer

• Mavis Fan “Owner”

Best Band

• 1976

Best Vocal Group

• Da Hsi Men
  • Xiao Fei Xing — katncandix2
  • Come On! Bay Bay! — Come On! Bay Bay!
  • Super Girl — Super Junior-M ^[3]
  • Moving On — Power Station

Best New Artist

• Lala Hsu — Lala Hsu
  • A-Chord — Nothing But A Chord
  • Alisa Galper — Alisa Galper
  • Shadya Lan — The Secret
  • Soft Lipa — Winter Sweet

Best Taiwanese Male Singer

• Hsiao Huang-chi “People Who Love to Dream”

Best Taiwanese Female Singer

• Zeng Xin Mei “Go-Between”

Best Album

• Farming Together — Yen Yung-neng
  • Dreamer — Hsiao Huang-chi

Live — Jody Chiang

• • Film — Zhan Ya Wen

Best Hakka Singer

• Emily Guan “Tou Bai De Ni”

Best Aboriginal Singer

• Chalaw and Passiwali “Lao Lao Che”

Best Hakka Album

Best Aboriginal Album

• “Ba Bu Chuan Sho” Bunun Aboriginals

Best Album

• Paper Eagle/ Sizhukong Jazztet

Best Album Producer

• Peng Yu Wen/ Paper Eagle

Best Composer

• Li Yan Yun/Da Tao Cheng “Story Island”

Jury Award

• Li Zong Cheng, Luo Da You, Zhou Hua Jian, Chang Cheng Yue/ Zong Guan Xian SUPER BAND Bei Shang Lie Che

Special Contributions Award

• Ang It-hong

References