17th Golden Melody Awards

The 17th Golden Melody Awards were held in Taiwan on June 10, 2006.

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Although alternative musicians were nominated several times for awards, most of the categories were won by mainstream artists.cite news | last = Ho | first = Yi | title = Taike acts save the day | url = http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2006/06/11/2003312999 | publisher = Taipei Times | date = 2006-06-11 | accessdate = 2007-12-18] The award ceremony featured South Korean pop singer Se7en as a guest artist. [zh icon cite news | last = Dong | first = Wen | title = 七彩旋风疯袭亚洲 Se7en获邀出席台湾金曲奖 Seven-colored whirlwind craze invades Asia, Se7en invited to attend Golden Melody Awards | url = http://music.yule.sohu.com/20060609/n243653036.shtml | publisher = Sohu | date = 2006-06-09 | accessdate = 2007-12-18] Chinese American rap artist Jin also performed with Taiwanese American singer Lee-Hom Wang for their song titled "Heroes of Earth". [cite news | title = Taiwan's 17th Annual Golden Melody Music Awards 2006 Recap + Pics | url = http://www.karazen.com/news/2006/JUNE/melody_06_10.php | publisher = Karazen | date = 2006-06-10 | accessdate = 2007-12-18]

The "Taipei Times" also dubbed the ceremony as having one of the "worst performances to date" due too poorly rehearsed performances by Singaporean artist Stefanie Sun and Hong Kong singer Eason Chan.

Nominees and winners

External links

* [http://info.gio.gov.tw/webPage.asp?CuItem=31074 17th Golden Melody Awards nominees]
* [http://info.gio.gov.tw/webPage.asp?CuItem=31075 17th Golden Melody Awards winners]
* [http://star-ecentral.com/photos/gallerylist.asp?pixfder=69 17th Golden Melody Awards photographs] by "The Star" via the Associated Press

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