CHINESE singers will gather for the second CMIC (China Music Industry Committee) Music Awards ceremony to be held in Beijing on July 31. Nominations were announced last week in Beijing.

Xu Yi, president of the CMIC Music Awards Committee, revealed the nominations in 35 categories.

Beijing-based singer-songwriter Pu Shu’s album, “Orion,” scored nominations in 10 categories, including album of the year, song of the year, and male singer of the year.

Hong Kong pop singer Eason Chan’s album, “C’mon in,” also got nominated for the album of the year, male singer of the year and best pop solo performance.

Taiwan singer Kulilay Amit, who is better known by her stage name A-mei, received nine nominations, including album of the year for her 2017 album, “Story Thief,” female singer of the year and best pop solo performance.

New artist of the year nominees are hip-hop singer VaVa, folk singer-songwriter Xie Chunhua, pop singer-songwriters Zhou Shen and Xu Jun and the band, Kawa, from Yunnan Province.

For the first time, CMIC Music Awards has two new categories: best children’s album and best original soundtrack for a video game.

The jury panel of the CMIC Music Awards consists of 101 members of the China Music Industry Committee, all hailing from record labels and distributors. Taiwan veteran songwriter and producer Jonathan Lee has been invited to be the chief consultant.

The show will be broadcast online by streaming site iQiyi.(SD-Agencies)