Taiwanese indie rock band No Party For Cao Dong has bagged the most awards at this year’s Golden Melody Awards.
The band went home with Album of the Year, Best Mandarin Album as well as Best Band for their sophomore album, “The Clod”, besting other singers and bands like The Loophole, MC Hotdog and Faith Yang.
However, despite the multiple wins, the band members were unable to attend to pick up the awards themselves due to prior engagements. They were instead represented by their manager.
Meanwhile, rapper MC HotDog emerged the winner of Best Male Mandarin Singer for his new album, “Disgusted Artist”, while Shi Shi won the female equivalent of the category.
The winners are as follows:
Album of the Year: The Clod (No Party for Cao Dong)
Song of the Year: We Will Be Fine (Accusefive)
Male Mandarin Singer: MC HotDog (Disgusted Artist)
Female Mandarin Singer: Shi Shi (Boomerang)
Male Taiwanese Singer: Justin Su (Empty Side of the Heart)
Female Taiwanese Singer: Huang Fei
New Artist: Makav (Treasure)
Band of the Year: No Party for Cao Dong (The Clod)
Mandarin Album: The Clod (No Party for Cao Dong)
Composer: Xu Jun (Moments)
Lyricist: MC HotDog (The Landlord Upstairs)
Album Producer: How Chen (Flow)
Song Producer: RYOTA (A Walk to Remember)
Jury Award: Elephant Gym (World)
(Photo Source: MC Hotdog IG, Asian Pop Weekly)