Taiwan's "Queen of C-Pop" and "Asia's Dancing Queen"Jolin Tsai has won over 20 awards at the HITO Music Awards. (Photo : Want China Times)
Taiwanese A-list pop stars Jolin Tsai and Wilber Pan bagged four awards each at the 2015 HITO Music Awards of Taiwan's top radio station Hit FM on Sunday held at the Taipei Arena.
Tsai's song "Play" earned her awards such as "top single of 2014" and "top 10 Mandarin songs of 2014," while her recent same-titled album was recognized to be the top album to stay at the HITO music chart for the longest time.
Considered as Taiwan's "Queen of C-Pop" and "Asia's Dancing Queen," Tsai also won HITO's "best female artist award."
In her acceptance speech, the singer, dancer, and actress expressed her gratitude to the people who voted for her song and album online, as well as to the people who are present during the event.
"Thank you for helping me climb onto the throne," the pop diva said.
On the other hand, Wilber Pan received the "Mercedes-Benz artist award" and was recognized to be "most popular male artist."
Pan's song "Snore," in which he had a duet with Taiwanese singer and award-winning actress Raine Yang, won the "best duet song award." It was also recognized as one of the "top 10 Mandarin songs of 2014."
In the past years, Tsai has received over 20 awards from the HITO Music Awards, while Pan has garnered eight.
Over 60 awards were given at this year's event, including the "best male artist award," given to Taiwanese Mandopop singer James Hsiao for his album "The Song"; the "most popular female artist award," given to Taiwanese singer Elva Hsiao; and the "favorite foreign award," given to South Korean singer, songwriter and radio presenter Roy Kim.
This year's HITO Music Awards was attended by over 12,000 spectators.
