Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist

The Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist (Chinese: 金曲獎最佳新人獎) is an award given by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan. It was first presented in 1990 as New Artist Award.

Winners and nominees

New Artist Award (1990–1996)

Year	Recipient	Nominees	Ref
January 1990	Sky Wu	Samuel Tai Ma Yu-fen Chang Yu-sheng Cheng Tung-fang	[1][2]
October 1990	Tiger Huang	Lee Ming-yi Lin Yun Chiang Nien-ting Huang Xin-mao	[3][4]
1991	Huo Cheng-chi	Lam Lei Chou Tzu-han Shin Lung Huang Yi	[5][6]
1992	Tsai Hsiao-hu	Sean Lin	[7][8]
1993	Sui Hao-ping	Yu Chih-cheng Hsu Shih-chen Yuan Yu-min Huang Ching-chen (Huang Si-ting)	[9][10]
1994	Blues Chen - Bu Yao Rang Wo Zai Ai Ni Zai Xiang Ni (不要讓我再愛你再想你)	Chen Ya-lan - Wu Qing Ren You Qing Tian (無情人有情天) Chen Jui-yi - Shui Zhong Yue (水中月)	[11][12]
1996	Liu Yi-chun - Zhen Xin Bian Wu Xin (真心變無心)	Mavis Fan - Talking to Myself (自言自語) Jonathan Chang - Do You Still Remember Me (還記得我嗎) Lesley Lee - Feel Like To (好想好好)	[13][14]

Best New Artist (1997–2003)

Year	Recipient	Nominees	Ref
1997	Julia Peng - Say Something True (說真心話)	Lee Yu-huan and Suya (DMDM) - Falling In Love Is My Mistake (愛上你只是我的錯) Eddie Huang - Lian Lian Qing Shen (戀戀情深) Phoebe Huang - Give Me All Your Love (愛都給我)	[15][16]
1998	David Tao - David Tao	Shunza - Shunza Power Station - Ruthless Love Letter (無情的情書) Daniel Chan - The Heart Already Knows (心有獨鍾) Shan Feng Dian Huo - Hidden (深藏不露)	[17][18]
1999	Shino Lin - Shino	Cheer Chen - Think Twice (讓我想一想) Denise Juan - Trace (跟蹤) Ze Hwang - Best Before (賞味期限) Liu Ching - Ching Light (青睞)	[19][20]
2000	Samingad - Voice of Puyuma (太陽 風 草原的聲音)	Ciacia Ho - Perfect Woman (完美小姐) Showlen Maya - You Qing Ren (友情人) Maggie Chiang - I Love Faye Wong (我愛王菲) Tanya Chua - Tanya	[21][22]
2001	Stefanie Sun - Yan Zi	Jay Chou - Jay Penny Tai - Penny Freya Lim - Freya Christine Fan - FanFan's World	[23][24]
2002	Jeffrey Kung - 01	S.H.E - Girls' Dorm Yi Jet Qi - Yi Jet Qi (易桀齊) Peggy Hsu - Balloon (汽球) Stella - Waiting (等)	[25][26]
2003	Evonne Hsu - To Be Happy	Z-Chen - May I Love You A-do - Night Fall (天黑) Van Fan - Van Lisa - More Lisa	[27]
2004	JJ Lin - Music Voyager	Canace Wu - Wo De Yin Yue Yong Chuang Tian Ya (我的音樂勇闖天涯) A-Sun - Love Hurts (受了點傷) Song Yue Ting - Life's a Struggle Renée Chen - Who's Renee	[28][29]

Popular music - Best Mandarin New Artist (2005)

Year	Recipient	Nominees	Ref
2005	F.I.R. - F.I.R.-Fairyland in Reality	Queenie Lin - Martian (我是火星人) Daniel Chang - Daniel Chang Yida Huang - Undefinable (無法定義 黃義達)	[30][31]

Popular music - Best New Artist (2006)

Year	Recipient	Nominees	Ref
2006	Rynn Lim - Rynn Lim	Liu Yun-le - Yun-le (允樂專輯) Alex Lee - Pray (祈禱) Rebecca Hsu - Be Myself (做自己)	[32][33]

Most Promising New Artist (2008)

Year	Recipient	Nominees	Ref
2007	Europa Huang - Over the Way	Zhang Xianzi - Xian Zi (首張同名專輯) A-Lin - Lovelorn, Not Guilty (失戀無罪) Evan Yo - 19	[34][35]

Best New Artist (2009-present)

Year	Recipient	Nominees	Ref
2008	Debbie Hsiao - Shuo's Map Album (碩一碩的流浪地圖)	Olivia Yan - Silly Child (傻孩子) Connie Lu - Moment of Love (心動的時刻) Lo Si-rong - Everyday (每日) Chris Wu - Stay Up (徹夜未眠) Wow - The Big Hits (頭號人物)	[36]
2009	Crowd Lu - 100 Ways of Living (100種生活)	Rachel Liang - Love Poem (愛的詩篇) Hsiao Hung-jen - Hsiao Hung-jen (蕭閎仁首張同名創作專輯) Joanna Wang - Start from Here Jam Hsiao - Jam Hsiao Yoga Lin - Mystery Guest	[37][38]
2010	Lala Hsu - Lala Hsu	Shadya Lan - The Secret (秘密 1號創作專輯) A-Chord - Nothing But A Chord (雖然很芭樂) Alisa Galper - Alisa Galper Soft Lipa - Winter Sweet	[39][40]
2011	William Wei - William Wei	Io - Even If You Win Today, So What? (就算今天贏了 明天又會如何？) Yen-j - Thank You For Your Greatness (謝謝你的美好) Matzka - Matzka	[41][42]
2012	Ilid Kaolo - My Carefree Life (輕快的生活)	Fiona Wu - I'm Only Fiona Wu (我只是吳南穎) The Girl and the Robots - Miss November A-fu - That's How It Is (原來如此！！) Jess Lee - Thank You My Love	[43][44]
2013	Miss Ko - Knock Out (葛屁)	Amuyi Lu - We Don't Talk Sangpuy - Dalan Ann - The Catcher in the Rye (麥田捕手) Jia Jia - Unforgettable (忘不記) Eve Ai - If You Love Me (如果你愛我) O-Kai Singers - A Cappella	[45][46]
2014	Li Ronghao - Model (模特)	Jacky Chen - Sam Ts'ap Tho'ng (30 出頭) Simhanada - 1/84000 Funky Brothers - Funky Brothers (放客兄弟) Xiao Ren - Kiddo Kingdom (小人國) Koala Liu - Embrace (擁抱你)	[47]
2015	Boxing - Boxing	Adrian Fu - Good Morning, Hard City Shi Shi - Girls Chen Hui-ting - 21 Grams (21克) Wang Hui-chu - A Voyage of Vera (少女維拉)	[48]
2016	Eli Hsieh - Progress Reports (查理)	Hello Nico - Familiar Desolation (熟悉的荒涼) Kowen - Ni Bu Zhen De Xiang Liu Lang (你不真的想流浪) Yoyo Sham - Here Chang and Lee - Chang and Lee (張三李四) Su Yunying - Ming Ming (冥明) Xiong Zai - ∞ Infinity (∞ 無限)	[49]
2017	No Party for Cao Dong - The Servile (醜奴兒)	Flux - Pluralism (多元觀點) Mr. Miss - Mr. Miss (先生小姐) Shio - Abstract Painting (抽象圖) Erika - I Am Erika Gong - Gong	[50]
2018	EggPlantEgg - Cartoon Character (卡通人物)	Leon Zheng - When I Leave Taipei (忽然有一天，我離開了台北) J.Sheon - J.Sheon (街巷) Jerry Li - Stay Sober (醒著不醉) Janice Yan - I Have Myself (我有我自己) Paige Su - We Are All Lonely Souls (我們都是寂寞的) Dean Ting - The Journal (神經誌)	[51]
2019	ØZI - ØZI: The Album	The Fur. – Town Evangeline Wong – Wilder (框不住的艷薇) Karencici – Sha Yan Bisiugroup – King of Light (電火王) Angry Youth – Campus Romance ( Lexie Liu – 2029	[52]
2020	Chih Siou - Elephant In The Room (房間裡的大象)	9m88 – Beyond Mediocrity (平庸之上) JADE – Nemo OSN – #osnrap Accusefive – Somewhere in Time, I Love You (我肯定在幾百年前就說過愛你) Goat – FANTASIA (幻想曲) Midi Yang – Bad Midi (壞米仔)	[53]
2021	?te - A Bedroom of One's Own	YELLOW – YELLOW FICTION (浮世擊) heat sketch – Yuba Youth (豆皮少年) Howard Lee – Diamond In The Rough aoi – Ū lí ê kòo-sū (有你的故事) Bestards – The Fool (愚者) Yo Lee – If Only You Could Love Me (如果你也愛我就好了)	[54]
2022	Collage - MEmento·MORI	Tsng-kha-lâng – Iā-Kuan Sûn-Tiûnn (夜官巡場) L8ching – Dive & Give Modern Cinema Master – Where Are We Now (告訴我他們都在本來的什麼地方) Greg Hsu – Greg Hsu (許光漢) Matt Lv – Fresh Soul (新鮮的靈魂) Haezee – LOVE MAZE	[55]