This year is turning out to be another successful one for Singaporean artist JJ Lin as he bagged an award at the prestigious 27th Golden Melody Awards at Taipei Arena on Saturday, June 25.
The 35-year-old singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor, who is currently based in Taiwan, won the Best Composer Award for his song “Twilight." Competing with him under the same category were award-winning artists including Singaporean Tanya Chua for her song ‘Aphasia,’ Taiwanese Wu Tsing Feng for his song ‘A Rainy Evening,’ Taiwanese guitarist and composer Jerry C for his piece 'Little Luck' performed by Hebe Tien, and Jacky Chen for his song ‘Black Island.’
Aside from the Best Composer award, Lin was also nominated in three other categories namely Best Song of The Year for ‘Twilight,’ Best Album Producer for his 12th album ‘From M.E. To Myself,’ and Best Male Singer.
Golden Melody Awards is the Taiwanese equivalent of the United State’s Grammy Awards. It was founded by China’s Ministry of Culture in 1990 and is held annually in Taiwan. The awards are presented to Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, and Formosan-speaking artists. In total, there are 22 categories in the competition.
In 2004, Lin won the Best New Artist award for his debut album ‘Music Voyager.’ In the following year, he was nominated for the Best Mandarin Male Singer but did not succeed in taking home the award.
The award-winning star is best known for his compositions like ‘Remember’ performed by Taiwanese singer A-Mei, ‘Let Go’ by A-Do, and ‘Heart of Superman’ sang by Comic Boyz. He is currently signed to Warner Music Taiwan.
