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MUMBAI: Channel [V] staged the the 13th Chinese Music Awards
ceremony at the Shanghai Grand Theatre.
The event was jointly presented by Channel [V], China Central
Television (CCTV) and Shanghai Media Group for the fifth consecutive
year.
Chinese artists from Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China,
including Eason Chan, Wang Leehom, Mayday, S.H.E., Fan Fan,
Kenji Wu, Show Luo, A-mei Chang and Tank were present at the
ceremony.
Thirty-one awards were handed out last night at the 13th
Channel [V] Chinese Music Awards including Best Male Artist
to Eason Chan and Best Female Artist to A-mei Chang.
Other award winners included Wang Leehom as Most Popular
Male Artist and Best Singer-Songwriter, Angela Zhang as Most
Popular Female Artist, S.H.E. as Best Group and Tank as Best
Newcomer.
The event also launched the inaugural [V] Wireless Original
Music Award. The new award follows the [V] Wireless Original
Music service launched in November 2006, a Channel [V] initiative
that invites aspiring musicians to create and upload original
Chinese songs to China Mobile's WAP service, monternet.
Subscribers to the monternet service can then download the
songs onto their mobile handsets, and vote for their favourites.
The debut award was picked up by Xiao Fei from Beijing for
his song "Instant Noodle".
Global mobile entertainment company Jamster joined the Awards
for the first time this year as the presenting sponsor. Sony
Ericsson was the official sponsor, supporting the Awards with
a host of original music initiatives in mainland China.
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