**The industry has been in a depression in recent years, and many singers still dominate the industry with their early works, while the new songs have either become Internet hits or have been reduced to mediocre works, resulting in many people's ** lists still stuck more than ten years ago. However, recently Apple** released the 2023 Chinese mainland singles ** list, and the content of the list makes people sigh that the music scene seems to have gone back 20 years.
The 2023 annual chart selects the top 100 songs with the highest number of songs under the app, and judging from the results, this is actually Jay Chou's personal exclusive list. Except for JJ Lin who occupies one of the positions, the top 20 is completely occupied by Jay Chou, and there are no other singers in the top 10. Some people even wonder if friends list Jay Chou separately and listen to this list every day.
Jay Chou occupies 55 of these 100 songs, which is already more than half. But it is worth mentioning that most of these 55 songs are from his early ** works. In recent years, the output and quality of his works have also decreased compared to previous years, with only a few works such as "Confession Balloon", "The Greatest Work", "Waiting for You to Get Out of Class", and "I Believe So Much" composed for Kunling's films.
Lin Junjie, as another idol singer in the same period, also achieved excellent results, with 11 songs on the list in this ranking, ranking second, representing his high level of fan base and popularity, on par with Jay Chou. Both idols are fond childhood memories in the minds of many and legends in the music industry, so it makes sense that they are on the list, but what is unexpected is that the two can still achieve such dazzling results after the peak of their careers.
It is clear from the list that today's listening users are very nostalgic. Because there are hardly any modern new songs to be found in the top 100 list, it can even be said that Faye Wong's "As Wished" released in 2021 is the latest. None of the songs released this year made it to the charts. And "Poignantly" and "Mercury", which became popular this year, are also Guo Ding's old songs 7 years ago.
New songs are scarce, newcomers are almost extinct, and the music figures Hua Chenyu, Mao Buyi and Zhou Shen are now dominant, but they don't even have a song on the list, which is really surprising. Although Hua Chenyu's fans praise him as the "eternal god of the Chinese music scene", even the former leader seems to be unable to attract the audience's ears.
Although Mao Buyi and Zhou Shen's fan base is relatively low-key, the two have also released some popular songs over the years. However, it's worth noting that they still seem to have a lot of room for improvement, perhaps because current listeners prefer nostalgia, or because although the two are highly famous, the songs are limited in their listening endurance.
Of course, it is a bit too absolute to say that the audience is receptive to new things. Although there are no new singers on the list in China, the name of a Korean girl group appears on the list, and NewJeans is called the hottest girl group in 2023 by Korean entertainment. This time, he also won three songs on the ** list in the mainland, namely "Ditto", "Hype Boy" and "OMG", and the results are relatively eye-catching.
Observe the influence of other idol girl groups, and then look back at your favorite idol singers, although they all claim to be singers and popular groups, most of the songs can only rely on their respective fans to support. Even today's idol singers, when they release their songs, they have clearly targeted specific groups, and they have not considered expanding their influence at all, so they cannot enter the public eye.
This time, the charts seem to prove the fact that **sales are not necessarily directly proportional to the number of songs**. The strength of the music scene seems to have been set back 20 years, with neither new songs being released nor new people emerging. Of course, the amount is only the data of Apple's device, and there may be different situations in other systems such as Android. Are the songs you listen to the same as the songs on the charts?
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