Siri Lee, Trout Fresh, Waa Wei Win Big at Taiwan's Most Prestigious Music Awards

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Taiwan's biggest music awards, the Golden Melody Awards, were handed out on Saturday. Trout Fresh won best Mandarin male artist, while Waa Wei won best female Mandarin singer. Singer-songwriter Siri Lee won album of the year.

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00:00This is the Golden Melody Awards, the most prestigious music awards in the Mandarin-speaking world.

00:20Competing for prizes in over 20 categories, artists from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia,

00:26Singapore, and South Korea. One of the night's biggest winners, singer-songwriter Siri Lee,

00:32who won the coveted Album of the Year Award, with an album written in Taiwanese Daegi.

00:38Lee also won Best Taiwanese Album and Best Female Taiwanese Singer.

00:42Best Mandarin Male Singer went to Taiwanese hip-hop star Trout Fresh.

00:46My mom would say that she would be a girl who would be a girl who would be a girl.

00:50Mom, this is my most famous girl.

00:53Trout Fresh also won Best Mandarin Album for Good Sound with Attitudes,

00:58an album he said was inspired by a friend who suddenly died.

01:02Best Mandarin Female Singer went to Taiwanese singer and DJ Hua Wei,

01:06whose 2024 album Ordeal by Pearls features songs in a variety of music styles.

01:11Following the awards, Taiwan's premiere congratulated the winners on social media,

01:31writing in a statement,

01:32May all musicians stand up in the free land of Taiwan and continue to shine on the world stage.

01:38The night, celebrating performance, songwriting, and composing,

01:42honoring prominent achievements in those categories from across the region.

01:45Joseph Wu and Cadence Karanta for Taiwan Plus.

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