HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 258 [258] As soon as the Nocturne started playing, he went up on stage to receive the award!

The 11th Golden Melody Awards were officially held on April 28th.

With the removal of geographical restrictions from the Golden Melody Awards, the number of entries has been increasing every year.

This year, a total of 86 companies, 292 albums, and 2397 works participated in the competition.

Most of the entries were just random passersby who wouldn't even make it to the finals.

The two most dazzling figures in the Chinese music scene last year were Qi Yuan and Zhou Jielun.

Qi Yuan released "Wish," a pioneering album in Chinese hip-hop, while Zhou Jielun released two albums in a row. Both of them received ten nominations.

Aside from Best Newcomer, Zhou Jielun needs to compete with Qi Yuan for the other nine nominations.

Despite Zhou Jielun's confident tone on the phone, he was actually quite nervous on the day of the awards ceremony.

Tao Ze and Wang Lihong have already given up.

Damn, who can beat these two monsters?

On the red carpet, Chou Chieh-lun answered reporters' questions: "This morning before I left home, I ate two eggs that my mother cooked and a sausage. I hope to get a total of 100 points."

"Qi Yuan and I are very good friends. Without his help, I probably wouldn't be able to release an album now. We are also competitors. I've told him privately that I won't hold back."

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Qi Yuan arrived later.

Qi Yuan said calmly, "I don't care anymore. I've already won the Best Singer award twice, Best Album Producer twice, and Best Album once. Whether I can win the grand prize or not doesn't matter to me anymore. I just want to win some small awards to complete the grand slam."

Hey!
The reporters were dumbfounded; that was just too damn pretentious.

Doesn't it resemble the ugly faces of those academic high-achievers?

I scored over 700 points in both of my mock college entrance exams. I'm no longer too concerned about the score; now I'm more focused on the details and just want to do well on the few multiple-choice questions where I lost points before.

This is actually Qi Yuan's true feeling.

Qi Yuan's mindset is different from Zhou Jielun's.

When Qi Yuan first debuted, she also hoped to gain recognition from prestigious awards.

Now that Qi Yuan has already won the grand prize, he really just wants to complete the grand slam. He doesn't know if this year's Golden Melody Awards will give him the opportunity.

The nominees for Best Mandarin Male Singer are Qi Yuan ("Wish"), Zhang Xueyou ("Walking Through 1999"), Wang Lihong ("Can't Miss You"), Tao Ze ("I'm OK"), and Zhou Jielun ("Jay").

When clips from the music videos of the five artists were played on stage, the male singers below were speechless.

This is some kind of chaotic battle of gods! There's not a single one of them who's easy to deal with; they're all ruthless characters. How are we supposed to compete?
Zhang Xueyou needs no introduction; he took off with "Goodbye Kiss" and is known as the "God of Songs."

The other four are the most popular male singers in the Taiwanese music scene.

Take this award for example, the probability of Jay Chou winning is the lowest. The Best Mandarin Male Singer usually requires outstanding singing skills, production, and songwriting, with singing skills being a relatively important criterion.

When Zhou Jielun first debuted, she couldn't be considered a good singer. She was a vocal freak, relying on her vocal abilities to sing high notes.

Jay Chou was nominated several times in her early career, but she finally won the award in 09 with the "Capricorn" award.

A few years after her debut, Jay Chou's singing skills improved significantly, and her vocal abilities peaked in 07.

Unfortunately, due to unscientific singing techniques in his early years, his voice began to deteriorate after his singing skills improved.

"Let's reveal the winner of the 11th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards for Best Mandarin Male Vocalist: He is... Qi... Yuan!"

After the award presenter read out Qi Yuan's name, the classic song "At Least I Still Have You" began to play on stage.

Qi Yuan meets all three criteria for a Golden Melody Award winner: singing ability, songwriting, and production.

Zhang Xueyou has strong singing skills, but the quality of his albums is not as good as before.

It can only be said that Chang Hsueh-yu was born at the wrong time; he couldn't participate in the Golden Melody Awards at his peak. In 98, the Golden Melody Awards removed the regional restrictions, and he had the best chance of winning that year, but he ran into Chi Yuan. And this time, he ran into Chi Yuan again.

Wang Lihong and Tao Ze had already given up; they never even considered defeating Qi Yuan.

When it comes to singing skills, even Zhou Jielun admires Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan's title of Golden Melody Award for Best Male Vocalist is well-deserved!
This time, Qi Yuan didn't jog onto the stage, nor did he fly onto it like last year. He simply walked onto the stage with a slight smile, as if everything was as expected. He was just returning to his rightful place and taking back what was rightfully his.

Qi Yuan's fans inside the venue erupted in thunderous cheers!
The singers looked at the young man with longing eyes.

Qi Yuan made history by winning the title of "King of Songs" three times in a row.

There was once a singer named Yin Zhengyang who won the title of "King of Singers" three times, once in 1990 and twice in 1994 and 1995.

Yin Zhengyang's three awards were interrupted in the middle, while Qi Yuan won three awards consecutively.

Qi Yuan placed the trophy on the small table in front of her, adjusted the height of the microphone, paused for a few seconds, and then spoke: "First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone! I extended the age of the youngest singing champion from 19 to 21."

The people below were dumbfounded, and sometimes they really wanted to hit someone.

Qi Yuan is the youngest person in history to win the Golden Melody Award for Best Male Vocalist at age 19, 20, and 21.

After joking around, Qi Yuan gave a very serious acceptance speech and then left the stage with the trophy.

Back in his seat, Qi Yuan immediately handed the trophy to Li Xue for safekeeping.

The next winner for Best Mandarin Female Singer was Yang Naiwen, who beat Amy Chang, Karen Mok, Fan Xiaoxuan, and Wang Fei.

The Best Vocal Group Award went to the group "Luan Tan," while Mayday, who debuted last year, received a nomination.

The Best Newcomer Award went unsurprisingly to Jay Chou.

Chou Chieh Lun imitated Qi Yuan's stage entrance from last year, gripping the edge of the stage with her left hand and using her legs, waist, and abdomen to propel herself onto the stage, even making a celebratory gesture with both hands clenched into fists and raised high.

Jay Chou's acceptance speech was quite arrogant: "Some people may say that this kind of music is rough and the recording equipment is not complete enough. But this is the kind of music I want, because I am Jay Chou."

Alfa is a small workshop, so the recording and production quality is indeed a bit rough.

"Best Pop Vocal Album Award, winning album 'Wish', winner Qi Yuan."

It was another award that was completely predictable.

The album "Wish" popularized Chinese hip-hop, earning Qi Yuan the title of Hip-Hop King.

In terms of quality, innovation, and popularity, no album from last year could beat "Wish".

The subsequent awards ceremony was even more outrageous.

"Best album producer, Qi Yuan's 'Wish'".

"Best composer: Qi Yuan for 'The Seventh Chapter of the Night'".

"Best arranger, Qi Yuanhong Jingyao, for 'The Seventh Chapter of the Night'."

"Best music video, Qi Yuan's 'Fairy Tale'".

The second half almost became Qi Yuan's solo performance.

Furthermore, Qi Yuan took the stage in the second half, and "Nocturne" was played several times.

In addition to the best music video, "Fairy Tale" was played.

On the other occasions when Qi Yuan took the stage, the piece played was "Nocturne".

The following day, the Taiwanese media reported: 'As soon as the Nocturne began, go on stage to receive the award!'

'As the Nocturne began, Qi Yuan accepted the award!'

(End of this chapter)