A: What song are you listening to?
B: You don’t know? It’s Chen Hua’s “Sunset in May,” the most-streamed song on Spotify Taiwan last year!
A: Nope, I don’t. But I’ve heard Blackpink’s “Born Pink” was the most-streamed album, while Jay Chou was the most-streamed artist.
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B: Actually, among the top 10 songs, half of them were South Korean: Jung-kook of BTS, NewJeans, (G)I-DLE and Jisoo of BP all made it to the list.
A: The K-pop wave has swept across Taiwan again.
A: 你在聽什麼歌啊？
B: 你不知道嗎？這可是歌手陳華的《想和你看五月的晚霞》，Spotify 的年度歌曲榜冠軍！
A: 我不知道耶，只知道Blackpink的《Born Pink》是年度專輯榜冠軍，周杰倫則是歌手榜冠軍。
B: 而在歌曲榜前10名中，就有5首是韓國歌曲︰BTS的柾國、NewJeans、(G)I-DLE、BP的Jisoo都成功霸榜。
A: 看來韓流去年再次席捲台灣啦。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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