Who was the most-streamed singer on your Spotify playlist for last year? According to the online music giant, the King of Mando-pop Jay Chou was once again the most-streamed act in Taiwan, topping the annual music chart for three consecutive years. Global K-pop sensation BTS took the second spot, while Canada’s Justin Bieber came third.
The most-streamed songs for last year included “Your Name Engraved Herein” by singer Crowd Lu, “Oh Love, You Are Much Greater Than I Imagined” by rock band EggPlantEgg, and “Where I Lost Us” by rock band Accusefive. All three were theme songs from a blockbuster film or a TV drama. Rapper E.SO’s first solo album ”Outta Body” was the most-streamed album.
As for the category of Podcast — a blend of “iPod” and “broadcast” — “Gooaye,” a show about stock market investment, replaced “Bailingguo News” to top the playlist on Spotify. The two were followed by “Froggy,” hosted by YouTuber-turned-Taipei City Councilor Chiu Wei-chieh, better known as Froggy.
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(Eddy Chang, Taipei Times)
誰是你去年最愛收聽的歌手呢?據音樂串流龍頭Spotify的統計顯示,華語天王周杰倫是去年台灣最常播放的歌手,連續三年稱霸串流排行榜榜首。韓流天團防彈少年團勇奪亞軍,加拿大歌手小賈斯汀位居第三。
去年台灣收聽次數最多的歌曲,依序是歌手盧廣仲的《刻在我心底的名字》、樂團茄子蛋的《愛情你比我想的閣較偉大》、樂團告五人的《在這座城市遺失了你》,前三名都是熱門電影或電視劇主題曲。而瘦子單飛後的首張個人專輯《靈魂出竅》,則是去年收聽次數最高的專輯。
至於播客項目——該字「Podcast」是由「iPod」和「broadcast」所拼綴而成——股市投資節目《股癌》成功取代前年冠軍《百靈果》,第三名是《呱吉》,該節目由網紅轉型的台北市議員邱威傑(呱吉)主持。
(台北時報張聖恩)
A: Apart from Taiwanese-language pop diva Jody Chiang’s comeback, South Korean girl group (G)I-dle is also performing in Taiwan this weekend. B: I know. They have concerts at the Taipei Arena on Saturday and Sunday. A: Actually, to meet their fans’ high demand, they’ve added one more show on Friday. B: They’re even adding a show? That shows how popular they are. A: My favorite group member is Taiwan’s Susan Yeh, known by her stage name “Shuhua.” Let’s go cheer her on. A: 本週末除了江蕙復出,南韓熱門女團(G)I-dle也將開唱唷。 B: 我知道,他們本週六、日將在小巨蛋開唱。 A: 應粉絲的要求,他們本週五還會加場。 B: 還加場?不愧是韓流人氣女團。 A: 我最喜歡台灣團員葉舒華!我們快去幫她加油吧。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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