Here are some things you may or may not know about the Singapore Hit Awards (SHA) this year. This year's SHA, organised by MediaCorp radio's YES 93.3FM station, will be held on Nov 12, 2011, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Attending the spectacular is none other than Grace Fu, who - as you also already know - is our Senior Minister of State in two ministries, the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, and the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. What's more important though - yes, really - is that the theme of this year's SHA is Music Is Life. In line with this theme, YES 93.3FM has launched a Music Is Life radio special, and Channel U will launch the Music Is Life special. The program will invite musicians to talk about music's vitality. Oh, and this is the 17th SHA. And now, here are the nominees for this year's SHA and who I think ought to win (marked with an X). You can drop a comment and tell me your thoughts on who you think should win too...

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Album of the Year Perfect Life - Yoga Lin Precious - Karen Mok To Hebe - Hebe Tien ­15 - Khalil Fong  (X). Highly underrated performer, great songwriter, great album. It’s Time - Stefanie Sun Best Album Producer To Hebe - 王治平 Precious - 张亚东 Perfect Life -王治平 15 – Khalil Fong It’s Time - 李偲菘, 李伟菘, 孙燕姿,KENN C  (X). Overall, the production on Stefanie's "comeback" album is top notch. Best Local Lyrics 倔强 - 梁文福 复制人 - 小寒 (X) 眼泪是胶囊 - 小寒 逞强 - 小寒 她说 - 孙燕姿. 林俊杰 Best Local Music Composition 倔强 - 梁文福 她说 - 林俊杰 (X) 时光小偷 - 李伟菘  愚人的国度 - 李偲菘 复制人 - 黄韵仁 Best Local Artiste JJ Lin   Kit Chan  (X). Ke Wei is the dark horse in this group, Olivia hasn't quite broken a lot of new ground, it's too early to tell for Derrick, and while JJ went for an interesting concept with She Says, it wasn't too far from what he's normally done. But Kit's work with the SCO, her album, the repack of said album, and her MBS concert concepts show what she's capable of and how well she can do it. Olivia Ong Derrick Hoh Tay Ke Wei  Best Male Vocalist JJ Lin Yoga Lin Jam Hsiao  (X) Khalil Fong  (X) A tie between these two guys, who are very versatile vocally. Okay, I can't decide. Wang Lee Hom Best Female Vocalist A-Mei  (X). She's got one of the best voices of this generation, capable of various genres. And Kit Chan isn't nodded here. Stefanie Sun  Karen Mok  Hebe Tien Lala Hsu Best Group Fahrenheit SUPER JUNIOR-M Nan Quan Mama  (X). No reason, just I quite like these guys. The Freshman SIGMA Best Band F.I.R.  (X) What's there not to like?  Wonfu Jr.  Magic Power Cherry Boom  Relax-One Best Composing Artiste Khalil Fong  (X) Hands down, seeing as Jay Chou isn't nominated this year in this category, nor JJ Lin. Wang Lee Hom Lala Hsu Sandee Chan Yen-J Best Newcomer Anthony Neely  (X). He's got what it takes. A-fu  Hu Xia Gina Lee Chien-Na OneTwoFree Most Popular Male Artiste Gary Cao Khalil Fong Derrick Hoh JJ Lin  (X) I just want him to win. Yoga Lin Show Luo Anthony Neely Wilber Pan Wang Lee Hom Aaron Yan Most Popular Female Artiste (X to all - I have a soft spot for them. Er, it's stiff competition, they're all winners, there are no losers and all that. Well except maybe Ding Dang - didn't quite like that album) Jolin Tsai Kit Chan Ding Dang Fish Leong Rachel Liang Stefanie Sun  Hebe Tien Elva Hsiao Lala Hsu A-Mei Most Popular Group/Band The Freshman Da Mouth Fahrenheit F.I.R. LOLLIPOP Magic Power Nan Quan Mama SIGMA Sodagreen  (X). Again, I just like them. SUPER JUNIOR-M   Most Popular Newcomer A-fu Red Flower Hu Xia Gina Lee Chien-Na Jimmy Lin Anthony Neely Tseng Yu Chia Zhang Xin Jie Tay Ke Wei Shawn Tok And now, here are some pictures of the nominees in this year's SHA...