HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 169 [169] In 1999, no one in the Chinese music scene could rival him.
Zhang Xiaoyan kept everyone in suspense until the very last second of the countdown when she revealed the answer: "The winner is... Qi Yuan. Congratulations, Qi Yuan."

As the song "Love Me or Him" ​​began playing on stage, Qi Yuan stood up, her face beaming with joy.

The singers below the stage looked longingly at Qi Yuan.

He's been crowned the King of Singers twice, and he's beaming with joy.

The last person to win the title of King of Singers for two consecutive years was Yin Zhengyang, who won the title in 1993 and 1994, and also won it once in 1990. He was known as the Three-Time King of Singers.

Zhang Xueyou and Li Ming won the Gold Song Award at the Hong Kong Top Ten Golden Songs Awards for three consecutive years and are also known as the King of Golden Songs.

The Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards have limitations, as they are mostly awarded to Cantonese songs, making them less prestigious than the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards.

Qi Yuan has won the Golden Melody Award for Best Male Vocalist for two consecutive years, and no one can deny that this is an honor to be proud of.

After taking the stage, Chang Hsiao-yen handed the trophy to Chi Yuan, saying, "Congratulations, Chi Yuan, you are the youngest Golden Melody Award winner in history."

Qi Yuan smiled and said, "There are clearly people younger than me."

Zhang Xiaoyan is a very talented host. He has a great sense of humor and is quick-witted. He guessed that Qi Yuan was going to do something funny: "I'm really curious, is there anyone younger than you who won the Golden Melody Award? I've hosted the Golden Melody Awards for several years and I've never heard of one."

"Yes, I'm 20 this year when I won the singing competition. The guy who won last year was named Qi Yuan, I think. He was 19 then, a year younger than me." Qi Yuan casually boasted.

This show of bravado caught everyone off guard.

By North!

That's so pretentious.

While the male singers were internally criticizing Qi Yuan for being pretentious, they secretly thought that if they were to win the title of "King of Singers" for the second time, they would definitely be even more pretentious than Qi Yuan.

After Qi Yuan gave her acceptance speech and stepped down from the stage, the Golden Melody Award for Best Female Singer was presented.

Nayoung was quite confident, but she was proven wrong and the Best Female Vocalist award went to Soon-jae.

Last year, Shun Zi was a runner-up throughout, losing the Best Female Singer competition, the Best Newcomer competition to Qi Yuan, and the Best Composer competition to Tao Ze. This year, she has finally stood out.

Nayoung's "Conquer" is very strong. She's just unlucky; the competition for Best Female Singer this year is too fierce.

The other three opponents who lost to Shun Zi were Wang Fei ("Singing and Playing"), Zhang Huimei ("Holding Hands"), and Xin Xiaoqi ("Every Woman").

All three of them lost, but Na-young's "Conquer" losing wasn't entirely unfair.

These five people are all formidable, and each of them is at their peak.

The Best Vocal Group Award was won by the 'Southern Duo' group, while Rolling Stone's Muji lost.

Lin Xiaopei won the Best Newcomer award.

Next up is the big news: the awards for Best Album will be presented. The nominees are Qi Yuan for "Qi Yuan", Wu Bai for "Tree Branch and Lonely Bird", Xin Xiaoqi for "Every Woman", Wang Lihong for "Revolution", and Shun Zi for "I Am Not A Ster".

This award is undoubtedly the most prestigious award at the Golden Melody Awards, bar none; only one album can win it each year.

Of the later Zhou, Wang, and Tao Lin, only Zhou received this award; the other three did not.

"Let's congratulate the winner of the 10th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for Best Pop Vocal Album... Qi Yuan! Award-winning album 'Qi Yuan'."

"May you wish!"

Award presenters Wang Fei and Luo Dayou called out Qi Yuan's name loudly.

Qi Yuan, gripping the edge of the stage more than a meter high with one hand, leaped onto the stage with perfect coordination of his waist and stance, displaying his master-level martial arts skills. Zhou Jielun stared in disbelief. He wondered if he should learn this move if he wanted to win an award next year, but just thinking about it made his back ache slightly. Oh well, some kinds of showing off aren't for everyone.

Qi Yuanfei's leap onto the stage elicited screams from the fans in the audience, and Luo Dayou on stage was startled: "What agile movements!"

"Everyone knows I'm about to film 'The Smiling, Proud Wanderer,' and I participated in the crew's martial arts training, learning a couple of moves." Qi Yuan accepted the trophy from Luo Da's right hand.

The princess and the celebrities in the audience suddenly realized that they had studied it before, which explained their nimble movements.

To put it another way, even if you've learned it, most people wouldn't be able to perform this move so gracefully. Qi Yuan's physique is truly amazing!
Many female celebrities looked at Qi Yuan with even more fervent eyes.

Holding the trophy that every singer in the Chinese music scene dreams of, Qi Yuan delivered her acceptance speech.

As is customary, I thanked the organizers, the record company, and the fans.

"Finally, I'd like to thank myself and the young man who quietly wrote songs in Beijing in 1997... The world is not far away, see you on the next album."

The princess added, "No need to wait for the next album, you're releasing an EP soon, so it should be 'See you on the EP'."

Qi Yuan nodded: "I was originally a little embarrassed to advertise, but thank you, Sister Fei, for giving my EP a boost of publicity."

Everyone in the audience laughed.

In the subsequent competition for Best Composer and Best Lyricist, "Conquer" once again went home empty-handed. The Best Composer award went to Qi Yuan's "Jiangnan," and the Best Lyricist award went to Fang Wenshan's "Dongfeng Po."

When it came to Best Album Producer, Qi Yuanmei took the stage for the fourth time, but she ran out of words in her acceptance speech.

It's a pity that the Golden Melody Awards don't have a Best Music Video award yet, otherwise Chi Yuan's "Jiangnan" and "Dongfeng Po" would definitely win the award.

With one album receiving 9 nominations and 5 wins, it's truly jaw-dropping.

Wang Lihong was a little frustrated because all three of his nominations for major awards were contested by Qi Yuan, and he lost to Qi Yuan in all of them.

Chou Chieh-lun felt somewhat fortunate that Chi Yuan's second album was truly outstanding, outstanding in every aspect. It was a good thing he didn't encounter Chi Yuan's second album, otherwise he would have been left behind.

After this day, Qi Yuan became the person in the Taiwanese music scene closest to achieving a grand slam of Golden Melody Awards.

Aside from Best Lyricist, he has basically won every award a solo singer can win, and the Golden Melody Awards do not currently have a Best Arranger award.

The announcement of this year's Golden Melody Awards winners sent shockwaves through the entire Chinese music scene.

[The musician closest to winning the Golden Melody Awards is about to be born; Qi Yuan's career is only missing a Best Lyricist award.]

[At yesterday's 10th Golden Melody Awards, Chi Yuan won four awards: Best Mandarin Male Vocalist, Best Pop Music Album, Best Composer, and Best Album Producer.]

[A true king of pop music, in 1999 no one in the Chinese music scene could rival him]

The media in Taiwan and Hong Kong were more reserved, since Qi Yuan wasn't from their side. But the mainland media were much more blunt, bestowing upon Qi Yuan the title of "King of Pop Music."

From that day on, the title of "King of Pop" became exclusive to Qi Yuan in the Chinese music scene, and he firmly secured his throne with his outstanding achievements.

Meanwhile, Warner Music launched its next campaign, immediately beginning to promote Qi Yuan's new EP + live album, with a release date set for May 15th.

On the same day Warner Bros. announced the news, Milkyway Image in Hong Kong announced that "The Mission" would be released on May 21, which is a Friday, making it convenient for office workers to go to the cinema after work.

The EP + movie combo is coming.

(End of this chapter)