After a one-year hiatus, fans of Mandopop are promised a night of music and glamour at the Singapore Hit Awards (SHAs).

The ceremony will be held at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, Level 6 on November 22.

The SHAs are being co-organised by Singapore’s number one radio station MediaCorp’s Y.E.S. 93.3FM, Chinese TV station Channel U and the company’s streaming platform MeRadio.

Launched in 1993, the SHAs are the longest running Chinese music awards ceremony in Singapore.

The awards aim to promote local music development, and honour the best in the industry.

Radio and television audiences in twelve other countries and territories will also be watching this year’s event.

MediaCorp says media representatives from these regions will vote for the Global Eminence Award – one of the top honours at this year’s show.

Music professionals and media veterans from across the globe will pick the winners of 10 professional categories, including Best Album, Best Male Artiste and Best Female Artiste.

Listeners will choose the eventual recipients of popularity awards – Most Popular Male Artiste,  Most Popular Female Artiste and Most Popular Group/Band and will also decide who will walk away with the Regional Outstanding Artiste awards from Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

“Mandarin artistes and songwriters have held their own against the unrelenting Korean pop wave and emerged better and stronger with albums that appeal to a worldwide audience,” said Cruz Teng, Chairman for this year’s Executive Committee and Assistant Programme Director of Y.E.S. 93.3FM.

“With the Chinese population growing in major cities around the world, it is only apt that we join hands to celebrate Chinese music, wherever we may be.”

The nominations were released on Friday  with local artiste JJ Lin leading the list alongside regional heavyweights Jay Chou, Sandy Lam, Jolin Tsai, S.H.E and Penny Tai.