[2016.12.23] METRO RADIO HIT MUSIC AWARD LACKS STAR POWER

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Joyce Cheng wins My Hit Song with GODDESS

Fred Cheng wins My Hit Singer

Jason Chan is one of the big winners

Janice Vidal wins Hit Female Singer (Gold)

Malaysian singer Gin Lee is one of the big winners of the night

Admission before the show was around only 50%

New Singer (Gold): Tang Siu Hau

Hit Male Singer (Bronze): Alfred Hui

Hit Song: OLD STREET CORNER (Shiga LinO

Hit Group (Gold): C AllStar
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Gin Lee 

Joyce Cheng with GODDESS wins three awards

Jason Chan 

Janice Vidal

Cheronna

Alfred Hui wins two awards

James Yip only has one award but still has a lot of fun

Shiga Lin

Kayee Tam

Mag Lam
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Metro Radio Hit Music Awards 2016 took place last night at the Convention Center. 55 awards were presented, a drastic drop from 160 last year. At the same time two live audience voted awards, My Hit Song and My Hit Singer, were added. Jason Chan Pak Yu ended up with 3 awards, Gin Lee had two on her own and her duet with AGA (Kong Hoi Ka) also won 2 awards. Joyce Cheng Yun Yi, Alfred Hui Ting Hung, Dear Jane and RubberBand each received 2 awards. Record label Universal had the most outstanding performance with 8 awards.

Andy Lau Tak Wa shot a video to call for everyone for support, but each record company's response was ordinary. They sent fewer singers than in previous years. This year Emperor singers were completely absent, including Male Singer Gold Prize winner Hins Cheung King Hin. Kay Tse On Kay was absent due to pregnancy. Andy Hui Chi On and Fiona Sit Hoi Kei were nowhere to be found either. Even the Metro favorite G.E.M. did not attend. Even the new singer parade that was in previous year's show was cancelled. Some said that the record company saw Metro's programming change of reducing music program productions as a shortage of promotional channels for singers. Thus their absence from the award show was reasonable.

Although Joey Yung Choi Yi and Eason Chan Yik Shun were absent, Metro despite the unwritten rule of "no attendance, no award" still presented them with the "Metro Hit 25th anniversary music award" to them for their years of contributions to music.

Yun Yi with her silver hair won the "Metro Hit Breakthrough Female Singer" award. The male singer award went to Chan Pak Yu. Yun Yi joked that last night she was dressed as the Pink Panther. This year her hit song GODDESS became one of the Hit Songs. She admitted the song meant a lot to her. She also put in a lot of effort into releasing the song because GODDESS was not a traditional love song. She had to thank the record company for supporting her and her fans who never abandoned her. When she performed she was even moved to tears.

Chan Pak Yu won 3 awards this years, including Hit Male Singer Silver Prize, Hit Song and Hit Breakthrough Male Singer to become the big winner among male singers. Lee Hung Ngai performed the best among female singers, winning Hit Female Singer Gold Prize, Hit Song, her duet with AGA also won Duet and Hit Song. Khalil Fong and Rainie Yang won Hit Mandarin Male and Female Singer, Yoga Lin's A LITTLE won Mandarin Song. At the same time, Metro announced the 2017 Hit 12 Music Power this year. They included MastaMic, Adrian Fu Ch Yat, Hubert Wu Hung Kwan, Jill Vidal (Wai Sze), Charmaine Fong Ho Man, Jonathan Wong Chee Hynn, Mag Lam Yun Tung, James Ng Yip Kwan, Hoffman Cheng Sai Ho, Kandy Wong, Stephanie Ho Nga Sze, Suke Shek Wing Lei. This year's New Singer Award all went to female singers, the Gold, Silver and Bronze Prize went to Tang Siu Hau, Hana Kuk Chi Kiu and Kayee Tam. Hana in a long dress was rather clumsy and needed help to get to the stage. After 7 years in the business Siu Hau admitted that last night was her first award show attendance. She thanked her sister for her support, otherwise she would not have been able to persist to today.

METRO RADIO HIT MUSIC AWARDS 2016
MY HIT SINGER: Fred Cheng Chun Won
MY HIT SONG: GODDESS (Joyce Cheng Yun Yi)
HIT MALE SINGER (GOLD): Hins Cheung King Hin
(SILVER): Jason Chan Pak Yu
(BRONZE): Alfred Hui Ting Hung
HIT FEMALE SINGER (GOLD): Gin Lee Hung Ngai, Janice Vidal (Wai Lan)
(BRONZE): JW
HIT BAND (GOLD): Dear Jane
(SILVER): Supper Moment
(BRONZE): RubberBand
HIT GROUP (GOLD): C AllStar
(SILVER): Lil Dust
(BRONZE): Super Girls
HIT 25TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC AWARD: Eason Chan, Joey Yung
HIT CREATIVE SINGER: AGA, Phil Lam Yik Hong
HIT COMPOSER: FOUR SEASONS (Eason Chan, Song by Chan Wing Lim)
HIT LYRICS: FAT GRAPE (Chan Wing Lim)
HIT SONG ARRANGEMENT: CHEESE (Andy Hui Chi On, Arrangement by RubberBand)
HIT PRODUCER: ONE PERSON'S FOREVER (Fred Cheng, Produced by Cheung Ka Sing)
HIT BREAKTHROUGH SINGER: Jason Chan Pak Yu, Joyce Cheng Yun Yi
HIT MANDARIN MALE SINGER: Khalil Fong
HIT MANDARIN FEMALE SINGER: Rainie Yang
HIT MANDARIN SONG: A LITTLE (Yoga Lin)
HIT DUET: ONE AND ONLY (Gin Lee, AGA)
2017 HIT 12 MUSIC POWER: MastaMic, Adrian Fu, Hubert Wu, Mag Lam, James Ng, Hoffman Cheng, Kandy Wong, Stephanie Ho, Sukie Shek
HIT NEW SINGER (GOLD): Tang Siu Hau
(SILVER): Hana Kuk
(BRONZE): Kayee Tam
HIT STREET/INDEPENDENT MUSICIAN: Redholic, Wong Kim Man


HIT SONG
COUPLE (Gin Lee)
ONE PERSON's FOREVER (Fred Cheng)
OLD STREET CORNER (Shiga Lin)
GODDESS (Joyce Cheng)
BUTTERFLY IN THE FLOWERS (Janice Vidal)
PART I FINALE (Jason Chan)
ONE AND ONLY (Gin Lee, AGA)
MY WISH (Alfred Hui)
ONLY ME AND YOU ARE THERE (Dear Jane)
SOUND SHOWED (C AllStar)