Favorite Mandopop Songs, 2020
40 of the year’s favorite in Mandopop
Out of all the scenes of music I will list my favorites for, Mandopop is the one I am clueless about. I have no grasp on the narratives of that scene nor do I have any context on these artists. Honestly, I just kept on clicking on music videos on YouTube, and the algorithms gave me more of where they came from; I saved a good enough amount of the results throughout the year to make this plentiful list. All I can really tell you about these songs is that they sound good one way or another — and hey, that’s been enough for me to keep checking the music out.
The list is in alphabetical order. If I had to choose a number one, it would be anything Julia Wu has done this year — she has not missed. My runner-ups are RĒD°芮德 and Sabrina Lo, who both make more low-key R&B.
You can listen to these picks on this Spotify playlist.
- Amber An: “來追我男友吧”
- Aoi Mushi: “Tshi Ui Pi Kua”
- Baby Cindy: “Shattered”
- Betty Wu: “25”
- Bunny Zhang: “Bunny”
- Cai Zi (ft. Boon Hui Lu): “Sunny Day”
- CCTyouknow, Kyra Z, XMZ: “Alive”
- Cindy Yen: “21 Days”
- Clan Duan Aojuan (ft. Boy Story): “元気满分”
- Danson Tang: “Down”
- Della & Cindy Yen: “Want Me”
- DUF (ft. ZeoWater): “不會再為妳”
- Feanna Wong: “Who Am I”
- Gemma Wu: “Me, Myself & Gemma”
- Hebe Tien: “You Should Know About It”
- Howard Lee: “Loser”
- INHON (ft. HowZ): “Burning”
- Jace Chan: “天生二品”
- Janice Yan (ft. J.Sheon): “Happily Ever After”
- Jasmine Sokko (ft. VaVa): “Girls”
- Jiang Jing: “Soul Searching”
- Julia Wu (ft. Kimberley Chen): “Better”
- Karencici: “ihateyou1000”
- Kimberley Chen: “4AM Calls”
- Mei Qi: “Mute”
- Ń7ä (ft. ABAO & R.fu): “Zaljum”
- Nana Ouyang: “Tell Me You Do Too”
- PeachA1J & ZZ: “Freak”
- Rainie Yang & Cyndi Wang: “Girls”
- RĒD°芮德: “Take It Slow”
- Sabrina Lo (ft. HowZ): “Offline”
- Sammy: “No More”
- Shallow Levee: “Albatross”
- Sharon Kwan: “You Asked for It”
- Shi Shi: “Not Enough”
- Sunset Rollercoaster: “Under the Skin”
- TIAB (ft. Goatak): “Their Eyes”
- Victoria Song: “Up to Me”
- YELLOW: “Hunger Game”
- Yo Lee: “If Only You Could Love Me”
