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Rank － Artist － Overall plays ┃ listeners in thousands, Region (Born)

• 1 周杰倫 － 4,613 ┃ 57 , from Taiwan
• 2 陳奕迅 － 1,570 ┃ 25 , from Hong Kong
• 3 王菲 － 1,450 ┃ 51 , from Hong Kong (Beijing, China)
• 4 王力宏 － 1,325 ┃ 31 , from Taiwan
• 5 S.H.E － 1,216 ┃ 31 , from Taiwan
• 6 蔡依林 － 948 ┃ 30 , from Taiwan
• 7 林俊傑 － 895 ┃ 12 , from Taiwan (Singapore)
• 8 孫燕姿 － 825 ┃ 23 , from Taiwan (Singapore)
• 9 容祖兒 － 776 ┃ 6 , from Hong Kong
• 10 陳綺貞 － 747 ┃ 8 , from Taiwan
• 11 F.I.R. － 726 ┃ 23 , from Taiwan
• 12 五月天 － 719 ┃ 21 , from Taiwan
• 13 梁靜茹 － 685 ┃ 12 , from Taiwan (Malaysia)
• 14 陶喆 － 664 ┃ 28 , from Taiwan
• 15 張學友 － 560 ┃ 23 , from Hong Kong
• 16 方大同 － 531 ┃ 5 , from Hong Kong (Hawaii, USA)
• 17 楊千嬅 － 529 ┃ 14 , from Hong Kong
• 18 Twins － 524 ┃ 17 , from Hong Kong
• 19 my little airport － 520 ┃ 20 , from Hong Kong
• 20 謝安琪 － 384 ┃ 3 , from Hong Kong
• 21 南拳媽媽 － 372 ┃ 7 , from Taiwan
• 22 古巨基 － 361 ┃ 6 , from Hong Kong
• 23 alan － 353 ┃ 13 , from China
• 24 張敬軒 － 349 ┃ 4 , from Hong Kong (Guangzhou, China)
• 25 蔡健雅 － 349 ┃ 20 , from Taiwan (Singapore)
• 26 張韶涵 － 337 ┃ 12 , from Taiwan
• 27 陳慧琳 － 315 ┃ 14 , from Hong Kong
• 28 何韻詩 － 312 ┃ 8 , from Hong Kong
• 29 劉德華 － 307 ┃ 17 , from Hong Kong
• 30 光良 － 305 ┃ 7 , from Taiwan (Malaysia)
• 31 Beyond － 302 ┃ 13 , from Hong Kong
• 32 鄭秀文 － 274 ┃ 11 , from Hong Kong
• 33 莫文蔚 － 262 ┃ 22 , from Hong Kong
• 34 李克勤 － 253 ┃ 11 , from Hong Kong
• 35 蕭亞軒 － 252 ┃ 6 , from Taiwan
• 36 張惠妹 － 249 ┃ 16 , from Taiwan
• 37 王若琳 － 248 ┃ 10 , from Taiwan
• 38 薛凱琪 － 237 ┃ 3 , from Hong Kong
• 39 王菀之 － 227 ┃ 3 , from Hong Kong
• 40 蘇打綠 － 217 ┃ 7 , from Taiwan


Bubbling under:
• 王心凌 － 215 ┃ 6 , from Taiwan
• 潘瑋柏 － 209 ┃ 13 , from Taiwan
• 梁詠琪 － 206 ┃ 12 , from Hong Kong
• 側田 － 205 ┃ 3 , from Hong Kong
• 曹格 － 205 ┃ 5 , from Taiwan
• 張懸 － 203 ┃ 3 , from Taiwan
• 謝霆鋒 － 196 ┃ 5 , from Hong Kong
• Tizzy Bac － 194 ┃ 3 , from Taiwan
• 楊丞琳 － 189 ┃ 4 , from Taiwan
• 李玟 － 187 ┃ 18 , from Taiwan (Hong Kong)

1. How did you get into 31?
Simple Plan - I honestly have no idea.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly

3. What's your favourite lyric by 29?
側田 - HAHA I don't know. Umm...二百年後再一起　應該不怕旁人不服氣 (命硬)

4. What is your favourite album by 49?
Feeder - mmm, don't know, I just bought a few scattered mp3s here and there.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Athlete - one, Tourist

6. What is your favourite song by 50?
Backstreet Boys - WHOOAA! It's hard to pick one, so many of them have memories attached. Umm...Drowning! I loved it so much.

7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad?
Elbow - Yes, The Loneliness of a Tower Crane Driver

8. What is your favourite song by 15?
Coldplay - Viva La Vida

9. What is your favourite song by 5?
Secret Garden - I'm not sure, really, I listen to this when I study. Passacaglia?

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Daughtry - Over You

11. What is your favourite album by 40?
張敬軒 - 笑忘書

12. What is your favourite song by 10?
陳奕迅 - 單車

13. What is a good memory you have involving 33?
Belle and Sebastian - Reminds me of when I used to paint all the time! :)

14. What is your favourite song by 37?
Duke Special - Love Is a Series of Scars. (But I only have a few songs and want to get more. Ah, money.)

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Stabbing Westward - mmm, no, it's not very happy music. :P

16. How many times have you seen 21 live?
Finch - Zero

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
北出菜奈 - Kesenai Tsumi

18. What is your favourite album by 11?
Avril Lavigne - Let Go

19. Who is a favourite member of 1?
Muse - Matt Bellamy

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Keane - No

21. What is a good memory involving 45?
Switchfoot - :O Doesn't bring up any memories. I get a vague feeling of summer holiday, though.

22. What is your favourite song by 16?
Jack Johnson - Better Together

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Rebecca Blaylock - Someone There For Me

24. What is your favourite album by 26?
Our Lady Peace - Gravity

25. What is your favourite song by 18?
The Starting Line - A Million Hearts

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 38?
謝霆鋒 - I really don't know. :O Probably something on the radio. I couldn't care less who he was, then.

27. What is your favourite lyric by 3?
YUI - Weeeeeeell, given that I don't actually understand Japanese....er....
恋しちゃったんだ たぶん　気づいてないでしょう? (I fell in love / But you haven't noticed, have you? - CHE.R.RY)

28. What is you favourite song by 2?
Placebo - Centrefolds

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
Lifehouse - Trying?

30. What is you favourite song by 8?
Creed - My Sacrifice

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Dido - Zero

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
YeLLOW Generation - Tobira no Mukou he

33. What is your favourite album by 12?
Augustana - In the middle of listening through at the moment, have only got as far as Stars and Boulevards :)

34. What is the worst song by 34?
Kelly Clarkson - of the ones I have, I like Low least

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 46?
Joshua Radin - Sky (feat. Ingrid Michaelson)

36. What is you favourite album by 42?
Metallica - Metallica :P

37. How many times have you seen 39 live?
Five for Fighting - Zero

38. What is your favourite album by 36?
孫燕姿 - Don't know, haven't actually listened to whole albums of her.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
The Killers - Read My Mind

40. What is your favourite album by 7?
The Tears - Here Come The Tears

1. How did you get into 29?
I first heard Emiliana Torrini in the 3rd edition of the World Song Contest (link). The Icelandic entry, Sunny Road, was my favourite song of the whole bunch.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
YUKI KAJIURA -- I think it was To Nowhere, featuring Emily Bindiger on vocals.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33?
FictionJunction YUUKA -- I don't really understand the lyrics since they're in Japanese.

4. How did you get into 49?
Stefanie Sun -- I was looking for an entry for the 16th edition of the WSC, and I discovered My Story, Your Song, a duet with Kuraki Mai. Actually, I don't like Mai's other works but Sun has some wonderful songs.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Christine Guldbrandsen -- I own, as in I actually bought, two out of three. I'm missing Moments. By gum these are good albums.

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Since I have four artists at #50, I can't be bothered to answer this one.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
No artists at #39. xD

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Björk -- Jóga. A phenomenal song.

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Angela Aki -- Yikes, Aki is one of those artists whose every song is fantastic. I think my favourite is Your Love Song, for its heartbreaking beauty.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Hitomi Shimatani -- Sure, she has so many upbeat, happy songs!

11. What is the worst song by 40?
jolin tsai -- I haven't listened to her much but she definitely does have some stinkers.

12. What is your favourite song by 10?
BONNIE PINK -- Again, another artist with numerous stellar songs. I guess my number one would bethe answer ~hitotsu ni naru toki~.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Shigeru Umebayashi -- If this counts, that would be watching some particular scenes of the film “2046”, for which he has composed a couple of tracks. I was absolutely astounded by how good the acting was. Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi wrenched my heart (and my tear ducts).

14. What is your favourite song by 38?
Christina Aguilera -- Probably Walk Away.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Crystal Kay -- Sure! She makes so many happy songs. My first song was Kirakuni. A real feel-good song.

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad?
Chihiro Onitsuka – She could make anyone feel sad with some of those songs. infection probably has the biggest effect.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Nobuchika Eri – Lights. I had heard of her long before I finally heard the song. I kicked myself for waiting so long to listen to this amazing songstress.

18. What's your favourite lyric by 11?
Koda Kumi – I don't really understand the lyrics since they're in Japanese. Her English lyrics are never good.

19. Who is a favourite member of 1?
There are no members of number 1. Utada Hikaru is a solo artist.

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy?
Faye Wong – Yes. Zheng Tuo (cover of Dreams by The Cranberries), from the film “Chunking Express”, makes me feel happier. Just thinking of the film makes me happier.

21. What is a good memory involving 27?
JYONGRI – Watching the music video to Possession for the first times (I played it on a loop.)

22. What is your favourite song by 16?
Brandy – She has quite a few great songs but I think my favourite is Sweet Nothings.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Scandinavian Music Group – Mustana, maidolla, kylmänä, kuumana. It was sent as an entry for the WSC by the Finnish player. I was such a fool for not giving it any points.

24. What is your favourite album by 18?
YUI – I don't actually have any YUI albums, just some of the singles.

25. What is your favorite song by 21?
Amy Winehouse – Toughie. I love the flow of her albums but I don't much listen to individual songs. I actually adore her cover of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, originally by The Shirelles..

http://radiozilla.muxtape.com

Dorine Muraille: Dopées
Harry Hosono & The World Shyness: Yume-miru Yaku-soku
Telephone Booth: Damn Kids
The Magnetic Fields: Fear of Trains
Heavy Trash: This Day is Mine
Ros Sereysothea: T'arb Oun Mok [Chang Loo cover]
Wild Children [野孩子]: Disappearing [消失]
Julie Doiron: The Sweetest Eyes (When You Laugh)
Stefanie Sun [孙燕姿]: The Sky is Dark [天黑黑]
Sons Of (KATAYOSE Akito [片寄明人] & John McEntire): Sketch of a Chilly Rainy Month [氷雨月のスケッチ]
Acid Mothers Temple and The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.: You're Still Now Near Me Every Time
Yao Surong [姚蘇蓉]: Love You 365 Days [愛你365天]

In this journal I make up two Top 10's of artists from a non-English speaking country anywhere in the world. I'll look a that country's weekly top artists and pick out the 10 highest ranked bands or artists from that country. I'll make a top 10 for artists who sing in their own language and a top 10 for artists who sing in English or produce instrumental tracks.

China*:

Top 10 own language (Mandarin, Cantonese or other Chinese languages):
01. 周杰倫 (Jay Chou)
02. 王菲 (Faye Wong)
03. 陳奕迅 (Eason Chan)
04. 蕭亞軒 (Elva Hsiao)
05. 王力宏 (Lee-hom Wang)
06. 孫燕姿 (XiaoHan)
07. 陳綺貞 (Cheer Chen)
08. 陶喆 (David Tao)
09. 莫文蔚 (Stephen Fung)
10. 蔡健雅 (Tanya Chua)


Top 10 English or instrumental**:
01. 蔡健雅 (Tanya Chua)
02. 張學友 (Jacky Cheung)
03. 王若琳 (Joanna Wang)
04. my little airport
05. 李玟 (Coco Lee)
06. 周華健 (Wakin Chau)
07. Vienna Teng
08. 王菀之 (Ivana Wong)

*Taiwanese artists are included
**Only 8 artists with at least one album that is totally sung in English are ranked in this week's chart.

These are just the bands/singers that are highest ranked in this week's last.fm chart. If you think these bands/singers suck, be sure to add your favourites below.

I'm bored. D:
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20th Century, 244 ENDLI-x


A

AAA, Andy Lau, Arashi, ayaka


B

B'z


C

Coming Century, Changin' My Life, Celine Dion


D

Domoto Koichi, DJ OZMA, DREAMS COME TRUE


E

Exile, Eason Chan, Edmond Leung, Euphoria


F

F.I.R, Fukuyama Masaharu, Flow, Fujiki Naohito


G

GAM


H

Hacken Lee, Hirai Ken


I


J

J-Friends, jolin tsai


K

KOH+, Kanon Wakashima, KinKi Kids, K, Kishidan, Koda Kumi, Kit Chan


L

Leo Ku, Lin Jun Jie


M

mihimaru GT, Mitsunaga Ryota, Miriam Yeung, MONKEY MAJIK, melody., Matsu Takako


N

Nick Cheung, NEWS


O

Oda Yuji, ON/OFF


P

Ping Pung


Q


R

Richie Ren, Ronald Cheng, Raymond Lam


S

Shibasaki Kou, SMAP, Stefanie Sun, S.H.E, Shawn Yu, Sammi Cheng, Shuuji to Akira


T

TRF, TOKIO, Twins, Toraji Haiji, TAMAKI HIROSHI, Tackey & Tsubasa, Trio the Shakiin, TegoMass


U

Utada Hikaru, UVERworld


V

V6, Vanness Wu


W

w-inds., WaT, William So, Wilber Pan


X


Y

Younha, Yamashita Tatsuro, Yuna Ito


Z

ZZ, Zhang Li Yin

1. How did you get into 29? 鄧麗欣

from she was the member of Cookies


2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? 五月天

"戀愛ing" or "知足"....i forgot which one actually


3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33?

KAT-TUN : PRECIOUS ONE
タッキー＆翼 : 卒業~さよならは明日のために~


4. What is your favorite album by 49?

No 49

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? 林俊傑

曹操
(but I have all of his discography on computer)


6. What is your favorite song by 50? 阿沁

消失


7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? 楊丞琳

過敏


8. What is your favorite album by 15? 張韶涵

歐若拉


9. What is your favorite song by 5? 浜崎あゆみ

ohhh many......
part of Me / Seasons / M / carols / Moments / INSPIRE / HEAVEN / STEP you / rainy day


10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? 倖田來未

happy? um....i think キューティーハニー ? XD


11. What is your favorite album by 40? 周杰倫 and 潘裕文

周杰倫: 七里香 & 十一月的蕭邦
潘裕文does not release his first album yet ^^


12. What is your favorite song by 10? BoA

JEWEL SONG / 이런 내게(Where Are You) / Moon & Sunrise / Kimi no Tonari de / Everlasting / soundscape / Winter Love / Happy Birthday / LOSE YOUR MIND


13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? TegoMass

their sweet voice and smile! ^^


14. What is your favorite song by 38? melody.

遥花～はるか～ / READY TO GO! / Be as one


15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? Leah Dizon

L・O・V・E U / Vanilla


16. How many times have you seen 25 live? 安室奈美恵

none T__T


17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? 容祖兒

her debut song「未知」


18. What is your favorite album by 11? Super Junior

돈돈(Don't Don)


19. Who is a favorite member of 1? 東方神起

ohhhh it's sooooo hard to choose! i love them all actually!!! XD
um......maybe Jaejoong XDDDD


20. Have you ever seen 14 live? 大塚愛

No


21. What is a good memory involving 27? 楊千嬅

No...? ahhhh, i was her fan when i'm in primary school XD


22. What is your favorite song by 16? 소녀시대

그대를 부르면(Tears)


23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?

i dont have 47 but two 48 XD
UVERworld : ゼロの答
mihimaru GT : Love is...


24. What is your favorite album by 18? 羅志祥

SPESHOW


25. What is your favorite song by 21? 柴咲コウ

かたち あるもの


26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? 王心凌

i dont remember.....maybe 當你


27. What is your favorite album by 3? 関ジャニ∞

both 2 albums XD
F.T.O & KJ2 ズッコケ大脱走

28. What is your favorite song by 22? 五月天

溫柔 / 志明與春嬌 / 闖 / 倔強 / 知足 / 最重要的小事
ohhh i love their songs and lyric very much!


29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? KAT-TUN

Real Face


30. What is you favorite song by 8? Exile

Song For You / ただ…逢いたくて / 道 / Lovers Again / 響 ～HIBIKI～


31. How many times have you seen 17 live? F.T Island

none


32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? 林宥嘉

那些日子 / 老實情歌
these are not his songs but he sang it and i enjoy it!^^ Go Yoga!~~


33. What is your favorite album by 12? 張棟樑

王子


34. What is the worst song by 45? 孫燕姿

NO. All songs by Stefanie are great!!


35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? L'Arc~en~Ciel

ohh i forgot..


36. What is your favorite album by 48?

UVERworld : BUGRIGHT
mihimaru GT : THE BEST of mihimaru GT


37. How many times have you seen 42 live? Nishikido Ryo

none T_______T


38. What is your favorite song by 36? 南拳媽媽

瓦解 / 牡丹江


39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? 林宇中

失戀學


40. What is your favorite album by 7? KinKi Kids

39


41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? 鄭秀文

獨家試唱

42. What is your favorite album by 41?

i dont have 41


43. What is your favorite song by 24? V6

GOOD DAY!! / way of life


44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? 鄭融

No..


45. What is your favorite song by 35? 蔡依林

做一天的你 / 你怎麼連話都說不清楚 / 心型圈


46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? S.H.E

SUPER STAR / 安全感 / 中國話


47. What is your favorite album by 4? 嵐

ARASHIC


48. Who is a favorite member of 37? 李聖傑

李聖傑


49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? Avril Lavigne

My happy ending


50. How many albums do you own by 20? 関ジャニ∞

7 (singles + albums)



鄧麗欣五月天KAT-TUNタッキー＆翼林俊傑阿沁楊丞琳張韶涵浜崎あゆみ倖田來未周杰倫潘裕文BoATegoMassmelody.Leah Dizon安室奈美恵容祖兒Super Junior東方神起大塚愛,楊千嬅大塚愛楊千嬅소녀시대UVERworldmihimaru GT羅志祥柴咲コウ王心凌関ジャニ∞ExileF.T Island林宥嘉張棟樑孫燕姿L'Arc~en~CielNishikido Ryo南拳媽媽林宇中KinKi Kids鄭秀文V6鄭融蔡依林S.H.E嵐李聖傑Avril Lavigne関ジャニ∞

So, 2007 was, musically, a rather interesting year. I discovered quite a few new artists whom I now <3, saw previous favourites dim a little and became re-obsessed with my favourite singer of all time, 宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru).

Hikkichan (as I like to affectionately call her), has been my favourite singer for a long time now. I can remember first hearing her little known song Blow My Whistle used for the Rush Hour 2 OST featuring Foxy Brown from my brother. Yep, I wasn't introduced to her by Kingdom Hearts or as a rabid Japanophile, it all happened rather by chance. And whilst my love for electro-pop music belies my overall musical tastes, I do like R and B too! A little after I first heart Blow My Whistle I was sent an instrumental version of First Love which I adored! The music on that song is so beautiful, I eventually found out that they were the same person, subsequently heard Simple & Clean and I guess the rest, as they say, is history.

My journey for love of Utadasama's music has not always been that undivided love, in fact, 2006 belonged to Angela Aki but despite the fact that Akisan released an album this past year and Hikkichan did not, I still listened to Hikki more and rather unashamedly obsessively. She only released three songs: Flavor Of Life, Beautiful World and Kiss & Cry but I loved and listened to these songs so much. Beautiful World is my number one listened to most song (last.fm lists it at 330 but I know it is more because it does not scrobble repeated tracks on iTunes), and deservedly so. It is an amazing aural symphony and definitely one of my favourite Hikki songs; the lyrics are poignant and sweet without being heart breaking.

I was thinking last night, sleepless in bed, that I think what I love about her songs (asides from a lot of other things) is their composition and perhaps I loved her production just as much as her singing, melodies and lyrics. I think this is exceptionally true of SAKURAドロップス which is my favourite song of all time. The composition of that song is breathtaking and undoubtedly adds to the heartache I feel when listening to the song.

Hikki recently became my most listened to artist according to last.fm (over 2,100 plays), which is, for sure, by no means the most played anyone on here has but I think it is a position long deserved for Hikkichan <3

Other respectful mentions should go to Girls Aloud who made an amazing electro-pop album, Tangled Up, (and Call The Shots is one of my favourite songs! 安室奈美恵 (Amuro Namie) who made a great J-Pop album, PLAY, that I love! So many of the songs on the album I can listen to and dance to, it's one of the few albums where I actually want to turn off repeat ^_^ (because I tend to only listen to one song on repeat, which is why there are such big spikes in the amount of times a song has been played). As mentioned previously, Angela Aki released a new album this year, Today, which has many beautiful songs on it. 蔡依林's latest album, Agent J has some great songs on it too! Other artists who released albums I loved this year include: Siobhan Donaghy, Vanessa Carlton, 孫燕姿, Tori Amos, Rihanna, Delta Goodrem, Avril Lavigne, Andrea Corr and Alicia Keys. Other artists I discovered were: m-flo, Youhna, melody., S.H.E, Crystal Kay and BoA!