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Golden Melody Awards 2009 Winners

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Winners of the 20th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards.

Song of the Year: Jay Chou, “Fragrant of Rice”

Best album: Eason Chan, “Don’t Want to Let Go”
Best Mandarin male singer: Jay Chou, “Capricorn”
Best Mandarin female singer: Sandee Chan, “If There’s One Important Thing”
Best band: Mayday, “Poems of Post-Adolescence”

Best producer: Purdur, “Nanwan Sisters”
Best composer: Crowd Lu, “100 Types of Lives”
Best lyricist: Wu Yu-Hsuan, “Inside the Tram”
Best music video: Jay Chou, “Mr Magic”

Best performing group: Nanwan Sisters, “Nanwan Sisters”
Best newcomer: Crowd Lu, “100 Types of Lives”

Incomplete list, only the pop categories are listed.

Beijing Olympics roundup (7)

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Some random news about Beijing 2008 Olympics…

The power of love

Matthias Steiner of Germany was the men’s +105kg weightlifting champion on Tuesday. When I first saw the picture, I thought of how romantic this guy was… I only knew a day later that the woman in the picture was his wife Susann, who died in a car accident last year, and it sparked plenty of emotions…

Picture of German weightlifter Matthias Steiner with his wife photo at Beijing Olympics 2008
Matthias with his gold medal and a photo of his late wife (Image via Beijing2008)

This will probably be the most memorable Beijing Olympics’ photo for me… it draws love, sadness, romance, pride, commitment and loyalty. If I am a woman I would probably fall in love with this guy.

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2008 MTV Asia Awards coming to Malaysia

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MTV Asia Awards (MAA) 2008 is coming to Malaysia.

MAA, one of the most popular pop events in Asia, is making its debut in Malaysia. The show will be held at the Arena of Stars in Genting City of Entertainment, Malaysia, on August 2, and will be hosted by Jared Leto of 30 Seconds to Mars.

There will be nine regional favourite artist awards and seven international awards to be presented. Among the nominees are Avril Lavigne & Justin Timberlake & Leona Lewis (International), Chris Li (China), Andy Lau & Eason Chan & Joey Yung (Hong Kong), Big Bang & Suju & Wondergirls (Korea), Nic Teo & Siti Nurhaliza (Malaysia), Stefanie Sun (Singapore), Jolin Tsai & S.H.E (Taiwan) etc.

As far as I know, none of the celebrities have confirmed their attendance yet, but judging from the past experiences, most of the winners were pretty supportive of the show… it’s one of the largest of its kind in Asia after all.

It’s not easy to get a ticket though; it’s something that money can’t buy. The fans have to get the tickets via contests by voting for their favourite artists [details]… the fans need some luck obviously.

Karen Mok is going to co-host the event with Jared Leto. Electrico, Jabbawockeez, Leona Lewis, Li Yuchun, OneRepublic, Panic at the Disco, Pussycat Dolls, Super Junior, Stefanie Sun, The Click Five and The Script have confirmed their appearances.

Update – the winners.

Sichuan earthquake fundraising music video

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Promise (承诺) is the theme song for Artiste 512 Fundraising Campaign in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. It’s performed by various artists from the region to raise funds for the victims of Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2008.

Over 69,000 people lost their lives in the quake, with more than 18,000 still missing. Close to five millions people are also left homeless.

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Olimpik di Beijing – Malaysia & Hong Kong

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Malay music video for Olimpik di Beijing, a remake of a Chinese song composed by Eddie Ng and sung by group of Hong Kong singers (second video).

The Malay version (lyrics by Ramlan Omar) features singers and celebrities from Malaysia (mostly), Singapore and Indonesia, including Michael Wong, Daniel Lee, David Arumugam, Ning Baizura, Gary Chaw, Dayang Nurfaizah, Maya Karin, Penny Tai, Faizal Tahir and Jaclyn Victor etc…

[Update] The original version (lyrics by Jolland Chan) features Alan Tam, Paula Tsui, Hacken Lee, Joey Yung, Denise Ho, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Gigi Leung, Jackie Chan, Emil Chau, Andy Hui, Kelly Chen, Eason Chan and Kenny Bee etc…

Beijing Welcomes You music video

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Official song for the 100-days countdown (April 30) to Beijing Olympic 2008, titled Beijing Welcomes You and sang by dozens of Chinese pop stars and celebrities.

The song is written by Xiao Ke and lyric by Lin Xi. Featured artists include Stefanie Sun, Wang Lee Hom, Wakin Chau, Gigi Leung, Jackie Chan, Richie Ren, Jolin Tsai, Huang Xiaoming, Han Geng, Karen Mok, Eason Chan, Jang Nara, JJ Lin, Joey Yung, Li Yuchun, Chen Kun, Nicholas Tse, Vivian Hsu and Lin Chi Ling etc.