Wave Music Awards Conclude: Winners Revealed

On June 19, the third Wave Music Awards – Honor Ceremony concluded splendidly on the Beijing Performing Arts Middle. Initiated by the Wave Music Committee and hosted by the Tencent Music Leisure Group (TME), this 12 months’s Awards upheld the precept of “Collectively Establishing Creative and Aesthetic Requirements for the Music Trade,” with work high quality as the only real analysis criterion, aiming to create knowledgeable, truthful, and authoritative annual music occasion, and finally recognizing the best Chinese language music and artists of 2024.

On the ceremony, outstanding creators corresponding to Sandee Chan, Gu Jianfen, Zhang Yadong, and Yee Kar Yeung served as award presenters. They have been joined by quite a few musicians and bands, together with Tanya Chua, Hanggai Band, and Extra Really feel, together with practically 100 media representatives from residence and overseas, together with these from Individuals’s Every day and Xinhua Web, all witnessing a landmark second for the Chinese language music scene.

The extremely anticipated Massive Three Honors — Track of the Yr, Manufacturing of the Yr, and Album of the Yr — have been awarded to Zhou Shen’s “Little Bliss” (小美满), Shan Yichun’s “Chun Lady” (纯妹妹), and Khalil Fong’s The Dreamer (梦想家). Notably, Zhou Shen’s “Little Bliss” additionally gained Finest Composition and Finest Movie/TV Track. By way of artist honors, Khalil Fong was awarded Finest Male Singer in recognition of his excellent musical contributions throughout his lifetime, whereas Tanya Chua was named Finest Feminine Singer. The Finest Duo/Group and Finest New Artist went to Hanggai Band and JUD Chen, respectively.

To encourage excellence in music creation and manufacturing, the Wave Music Awards launched devoted honors to have fun the contributions of behind-the-scenes professionals. Amongst them, “Manufacturing facility” (工厂) by the God of Henan Rap (河南说唱之神) turned the largest winner, taking residence awards for Finest Single Manufacturing, Finest Music Video, and Finest Rap Track.

As well as, within the language and style honors that spotlight the varied growth of Chinese language music, the Wave Music Awards performed a variety throughout varied kinds, together with pop, rock, people, and digital. Tibetan singer Gongba’s album Flower of Life (生命之花) and Ma Di’s single “Life Park” (人生公园) gained Finest Minority Language Album and Finest Folks Track, respectively.

What’s price highlighting is that at this 12 months’s Wave Music Awards ceremony, over ten completely different artists/musician teams delivered beautiful stage performances in varied kinds. Tanya Chua’s “Finland” (芬兰距离) conveyed the loneliness of being so shut but to this point in trendy love by its chilly and ethereal melody. Wang Yitai carried out “Incompetent Genius” (不称职的天才) from his Finest Rap Album Love Me Later, expressing his outlook and reflections on the world by lyrics and composition.

Hanggai Band delivered a dwell efficiency of the title monitor “Flip the Tide” (时来运转) from their Finest World Music Album, recreating the majestic vitality of grassland music. These various musical performances additional showcased the wealthy and multifaceted inventive panorama of Chinese language music.

Khalil Fong’s last album, The Dreamer, earned him the honors of Album of the Yr and Finest Male Singer. Khalil Fong’s household attended the occasion to simply accept the honors on his behalf, and the heartfelt tales and spirit of Khalil they shared of their speech touched each trade insiders and lots of within the viewers.

This 12 months’s Wave Music Awards not solely supplied a shining stage for excellent artists and distinctive works but in addition set a high-level aesthetic reference and knowledgeable worth benchmark for the whole trade. Trying forward, the Wave Music Committee will proceed to discover the essence of music creation, going upstream within the surging tide of the period, main Chinese language music to proceed rising upward.