Taiwanese talent win top prizes at Golden Melody Awards

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese talent took home many of top prizes Saturday at island's annual Golden Melody Awards, which attracts celebrities and musicians from across Chinese-speaking world and is regional equivalent of Grammy Awards.

Wu Qingfeng, a Taiwanese singer, won Best Male Vocalist in Mandarin for his first solo album “man.”

Waa Wei, ar Taiwanese singer, won Best Female Vocalist in Mandarin for her 2019 album “Hidden t Forgotten.” She cried as she accepted her award, thanking her parents in “heaven.”

Taiwanese singer Abao, who h eight minations, won three awards for her album “Kinakaian (Mor Tongue),” including Album of Year. Abao, who is a member of Taiwan's mirity tribes, sings in a mixture of langus, including her tribe's Paiwan langu.

Best Album in Mandarin award went to Joanna Wang for “Love is Calling Me.” Wang was born in Taiwan but who grew up in United States.

Hong Kong singer G.E.M. meanwhile won jury's pick.

Fire Ex, a local Taiwanese band, won award for Best Band. rock band wrote a song that became anm for island's so-called sunflower movement, a student-led movement that was against Taiwan becoming ecomically closer to China.

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