A: Aside from K-pop, what were the English chart-toppers?
B: Billboard’s top three singles for 2025 were “Die with a Smile” by Lady Gaga/Bruno Mars, “Luther” by Kendrick Lamar/SZA and “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey. Plus, pop diva Mariah Carey’s 1994 megahit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” won its 20th and 21st weeks at No. 1, becoming the longest-running No. 1 song in history.
A: How about in Taiwan? The news says nine of the 10 most-streamed songs on Spotify Taiwan were Korean.
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B: Yup, and the top three were: “Winter Ahead” by BTS’ V and Park Hyo-shin, “Jumping Machine” by Chinese singer LBI, and “Who” by BTS’ Jimin. “Farewell” by the boyband Bestards was the most-streamed local song for 2025 at No. 11.
A: Wow, K-pop has really swept across Taiwan once again.
A: 除了韓流風潮，西洋樂壇有哪些霸榜金曲呢？
B: 《告示牌》年終單曲榜前3名是︰女神卡卡／火星人布魯諾《Die with a Smile》、肯卓克拉瑪／西瑟《Luther》、夏布奇《A Bar Song (Tipsy)》。瑪麗亞凱莉1994年《All I Want for Christmas Is You》則獲第20、21週冠軍，而成為史上最強神曲！
A: 那台灣樂壇呢？新聞說Spotify台灣年度串流歌曲前10名有9首是韓文。
B: 對啊前3名是：防彈V／朴孝信的《Winter Ahead》、中國歌手LBI利比的《跳樓機》、防彈Jimin的《Who》，第11名理想混蛋的《離開的一路上》則成為最熱門本地歌曲。
A: 哇韓流音樂去年又再次席捲全台啦。
（By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times／台北時報張迪）
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