Mandopop megastar Jolin Tsai wins best album at Taiwan's annual music awards (opens in new tab)

TAIPEI: Mandopop megastar Jolin Tsai won album of the year on Saturday in Taipei, at one of the most prestigious ​entertainment events in the Chinese-speaking world, Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards. While Taiwan has only ‌23 million people, its pop music scene has an outsized cultural influence across East Asia, especially in China, thanks to creativity unfettered by censorship or government control. Tsai, who cites the likes of Madonna ​and Kylie Minogue as influences, won for her concept albu...