27th Golden Melody Awards
The 27th Golden Melody Awards was held in Taipei, Taiwan in 2016. The award ceremony for the popular music categories was hosted by Mickey Huang and broadcast on TTV on 25 June. The award ceremony for the traditional music categories will take place at the National Center for Traditional Arts on 13 August.Winners and nominees
Below is the list of key nominees and winners for the popular music categories. Winners are highlighted in bold.Song of the Year
- "Pisawad" – Suming
- * "Matriarchy" – AMIT
- * "Twilight" – JJ Lin
- * "Rainy Night" – Sodagreen
- * "A Little Happiness" – Hebe Tien
Best Mandarin Album
- Winter Endless – Sodagreen
- * Swing Inc. – Peggy Hsu
- * Progress Reports – Eli Hsieh
- * AMIT2 – AMIT
- * Aphasia – Tanya Chua
- * Infinity – PoeTek
- "When Sorrow Being Downloaded Twice" – Tan Tsung-fan
- * "Eternal Summer" – Su Chien-i
- * "I'm Not Yours" – Muh Chen
- * "I Am Alive" – Liu Keng-ming
- * "King of Doubt" – Chen Hung-i
Vocal category – Individual awards
Best Mandarin Male Singer
- JJ Lin – From M.E. to Myself
- * Namewee – Asian Killer 2015
- * Li Jian – Li Jian
- * Kowen Ko – If You Still Wander
- * Matzka – Southeast Beauty
- Julia Peng – Darling
- * Peggy Hsu – Swing Inc.
- * Huang Qishan – Xiao Xia
- * Su Yunying – Ming Ming
- * AMIT – AMIT2
- * Tanya Chua – Aphasia
Best Band
- Sodagreen – Winter Endless
Best Group
- Chang and Lee – Chang and Lee
Best New Artist
- Eli Hsieh – Progress Reports
Special awards
Lifetime Contribution Award
