Taiwanese singer Jay Chou is suprisingly left out of the list of nominees for the 2006 17th Golden Melody Award, Taiwan most prestigious music award.
Pop star David Tao and country singer Hu De-Fu lead the nominations with 6 each, while Cheer Chen leading the ladies with 5 nominations.
This year Golden Melody nominations obviously favored those talent singers cum song writers. David Tao, Hu De-Fu and Cheer Chen wrote their own songs.
Other talented star like Wu-Bai, Penny Tai and Tanya Chai also was nominated for multiple awards.
It’s however a suprise to many that Jay Chou was not nominated at all, he had won multiple awards at the Golden Melody since his debut 6 years ago.
It came as a suprise to me too.. it’s fair enough to say that Jay Chou is not at his best with his recent album, “November’s Chopin.” But his music is still setting a high standard that should not be ignored like that.
Looks like this will be another controversial year for Golden Melody Award.
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May 11th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
I think that this is very unfair to jaychou!!! the judges are not fair!! its not like that jaychou is not good!! i am not pleased!!!
May 11th, 2006 at 4:53 pm
True that.. as said I’m quite suprised with the nominations too. It’s ok if he didn’t win anything in the end, it’s tough competition.. but not nominated at all? That’s ridiculous.
May 11th, 2006 at 8:11 pm
judges sucks big time
May 15th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
I guess the judges is doing the rite things. ask urself, how many jay’s fans like him bcoz of his talent? 50%? 40%? my guess is juz 30%(based on around 20 of his fans). Oppositely, ask david tao’s fans why they like david tao, from my 30 friends of his fans, 80% says is bcoz of his talent, not his looks or something other than his talent(obviously he din looks handsome & cool oso)…
i do agree with yummy. ignored totally is ridiculous… but what if he is nominated but win nothing(coz looks at the nominees, everyone is obviously better then him)? his reputation will badly damaged…
This year Golden Melody nominations INDEED obviously favored those talent singers cum song writers. talents talents talents, not popularity popularity popularity… i strongly like this kind of favour coz this is only making our chinese music industry become better in terms of quality… our chinese music industry is damaging but luckyly got stars like David Tao, Lee Hom, JJ Lin Jun Jie, Tanya Chai, Penny Dai & etc… These r the people who still keep the standard of r chinese music industry… Gambateh babe!!!
David Tao nominated for so much prizes is nothing surprising as his talents (singer, song & lyric writer, music composer, album producer, etc…) r widely known n respected all the time… but Hu De-Fu??? who is that??? i really donno him…
May 15th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
lol nskoon.. u r very brave to say what you said. Well as always I respect any different kind of opinions.
Hu De-Fu btw is a Taiwan folklore-culture-classic musician.. ermm not sure how to categorize his music in English, but his nominations are in different categories than pop music.. like traditional music category or whatever. Speaking of respect, Hu De-Fu might be more respected than any other Taiwanese singers, but his popularity outside Taiwan is almost unheard.
May 24th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
i do agree with nskoon.actually most people likes jay just because that he looks cool which i don’t think so either.i admit i support lee hom but jay hasn’t got the real talents.people who understands music and study them would agree that too.for example:last year,i read an article about music students in universities said that lee hom,david tao …..has got the talents.people even say that jay’s song writting talent is good but his music is getting worst each album!!!i think judges this year are the ones who really look into those singers talents and not only influenced by the crazy fans who support their idols just because of their looks….
yeah..and i do agree that this keeps our chinese music industry going and be admired by people around the world…
February 9th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
I think judges are jealous of Jay.Jay Chou is the most talanted person in Asia.November’s Chopin is the best album that I’ve ever heard.