Singapore Hit Awards to honour biggest names in Chinese
music scene
SINGPORE: The biggest regional and global music talents in
the Chinese music scene will be converging here on Saturday for the
Singapore Hit Awards.
Into its 14th year, this event awards the most outstanding talents
from Singapore and overseas, notably from Taiwan, Hong Kong,
Malaysia and China.
Some of the local artistes making an appearance include first
season Superband winner Mi Lu Bing, singer Joi Chua and newcomer
Derrick Hoh, while overseas stars include Malaysian songstress Fish
Leong, Taiwanese rock band Mayday and Hong Kong singer-actor Eason
Chan.
The Singapore Hit Awards also plays a role in "acknowledging local
artistes", says Ms. Foong Wai See, Programme Director of
Singapore's Y.E.S. 93.3FM.
Y.E.S. 93.3FM is the organiser of the award ceremony, and will
broadcast the event live from its station, while co-organiser
Channel U will broadcast it on television.
Local songbird Tanya Chua has bagged eight nominations, the highest
amongst all the artistes. A couple of her nominations include Best
Album Producer for her sixth album ‘Goodbye and Hello’, Most
Popular Female Artiste and Best Performing Female Artiste.
In addition, whether the newcomers are gaining popularity through
mainstream or alternative avenues, Ms. Foong shares that it is
important to "recognise and encourage their presence in the music
scene".
Some of the newcomers vying for ‘Most Popular Newcomer’ are Yoga
Lin and Jam Hsiao - spotted during the first season of popular
Taiwanese reality TV singing competition One Million Star, Chinese
singer Jade Liu - who found fame in China's singing contest Super
Girls, and Singapore twins By2.
Boybands 5566, Energy and F4, along with rock band Mayday and
female trio S.H.E. are just a few of the nominees battling it out
for ‘Favourite Group’.
‘Most Popular Male Singer’ nominees include Wang Lee-Hom, Wu Jia
Hui, JJ Lin, Jay Chou and Show Luo while the ‘Most Popular Female
Singer’ category will see songstresses Jolin Tsai, Fish Leong, Elva
Hsiao, A-mei, Angela Chang and Rainie Yang going head to head with
each other.
There is another cause for celebration.
As part of Singapore’s popular Chinese music chart ‘Pick of the
Pops’ 25th anniversary this year, a special tribute will be paid to
iconic artistes who have "shown remarkable achievements on the
chart for the past 25 years".
Online voters have a 40 per cent chance in influencing the outcome
for ‘Most Popular’ award categories while the rest of the 60 per
cent will be determined by the song or artiste's chart
positioning.
The winners for the rest of the categories are determined by
professional judging.
The Singapore Hit Awards will be held on October 25, 7.30pm at the
Singapore Indoor Stadium. Tickets for this star-studded night of
entertainment are on sale via SISTIC at S$38, S$58 and S$98.
- CNA/jk/yb