List of most-viewed Chinese music videos on YouTube
This is the list of the top 50 most-viewed Chinese language music videos on the American video-sharing website YouTube.
"A Little Happiness" by Hebe Tien is first Chinese language music video to reach 100 million views on August 20, 2016 while "Goodbye Princess" by Tia Lee is the fastest Chinese music video to reach 100 million views in 20 days. More than 50 music videos have reached 100 million views, with Jay Chou having the most at six.
In addition to being the most-viewed Chinese language music video, "Light Years Away" by G.E.M. is both the first Chinese music video to reach 200 million views on September 10, 2019 and the fastest to reach that milestone in 985 days. Only seven music videos have reached 200 million views, with Jay Chou, Joker Xue, G.E.M., Wanting Qu, Hebe Tien each having one and Eric Zhou having two.
Most-viewed videos in the Chinese language
Below is a list of the top 50 most-viewed Chinese-language music videos. Only official music videos, lyrics music videos, and live performance videos are eligible. If multiple versions of the same song qualify, only the version with higher view count is included. Views are rounded to the nearest million.
Song |
Artist |
Views (millions) |
Date |
Notes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
"Light Years Away" |
G.E.M. |
296 |
First Chinese music video to reach 200 million views. Fastest Chinese music video to reach 200 million views. |
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2 |
"Love Confession" |
Jay Chou |
271 |
First Taiwanese male artist to have a music video reach 200 million views |
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3 |
"How Have You Been?" |
Eric Chou |
257 |
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4 |
"The Distance of Love" |
Eric Chou |
222 |
First Taiwanese male artist to have two music videos reach 200 million views |
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5 |
"Actor" |
Joker Xue |
219 |
Removed in 2024. Ranked 4th at time of removal. |
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6 |
"You Exist in My Song" |
Wanting Qu |
211 |
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7 |
"A Little Happiness" |
Hebe Tien |
201 |
First Chinese language music video to reach 100 million views |
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8 |
"Stranger in the North" |
Namewee ft. Wang Leehom |
199 |
First Malaysian Chinese music video to reach 100 million views |
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9 |
"What's Wrong" |
Eric Chou |
189 |
First Taiwanese male artist to have three music videos reach 100 million views |
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10 |
"Love Rose" |
Under Lover ft. Nine One One |
188 |
In Taiwanese Hokkien |
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11 |
"Red Scarf" |
William Wei |
184 |
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12 |
"Shouldn't Be" |
Jay Chou ft. A-Mei |
176 |
First Taiwanese male artist to have two music videos reach 100 million views First Taiwanese male artist to have two songs from the same album reach 100 million views |
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13 |
"Back Here Again" |
EggPlantEgg |
175 |
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14 |
"Goodbye Princess" |
Tia Lee |
175 |
Fastest Chinese music video to reach 100 million views |
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15 |
"Twilight" |
JJ Lin |
163 |
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16 |
"If I Were Young" |
Li Ronghao |
159 |
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17 |
"Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" |
Beyond |
159 |
In Cantonese |
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18 |
"Practice Love" |
JJ Lin |
156 |
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19 |
"Goodbye" |
G.E.M. |
155 |
First Chinese female artist to have two music videos reach 100 million views |
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20 |
"Waiting For You" |
Jay Chou ft. Gary Yang |
148 |
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21 |
"Tik Tok" |
G.E.M. |
145 |
First Chinese female artist to have three music videos reach 100 million views |
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22 |
"Be Apart" |
JC |
144 |
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23 |
"Palm" |
Ding Dang |
143 |
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24 |
"Here, After Us" |
Mayday |
142 |
First Taiwanese band to have two music videos reach 100 million views |
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25 |
"Gap" |
Harlem Yu |
141 |
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26 |
"The Chaos After You" |
Eric Chou |
139 |
First Taiwanese male artist to have four music videos reach 100 million views |
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27 |
"Away" |
G.E.M. |
137 |
First Chinese female artist to have four music videos reach 100 million views First Chinese female artist to have two songs from the same album reach 100 million views |
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28 |
"Waves Wandering" |
EggPlantEgg |
136 |
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29 |
"Bracing the Chill" |
Yang Zongwei ft. Zhang Bichen |
134 |
Removed in 2023. Ranked 27th at time of removal. |
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30 |
"Losing You, What Does It Matter If I Win The World" |
JJ Lin |
130 |
Original artist: Terry Lin |
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31 |
"Hip Hop Country" |
Nine One One |
129 |
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32 |
"I Still Love You" |
Magic Power |
128 |
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33 |
"So Handsome That We Broke Up" |
Nick Chou |
127 |
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34 |
"What Brings Me To You" |
Ann |
126 |
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35 |
"Rhythm of the Rain" |
Queen Wei |
123 |
First Chinese language song to have two music videos reach 100 million views |
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36 |
"We Are Not The Same" |
Da Zhuang |
121 |
Removed in 2019. Ranked 12th at time of removal. |
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37 |
I Won't Let You Be Lonely |
Mayday |
122 |
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38 |
"Happened To Meet You" |
Li Yugang |
121 |
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39 |
"Love You" |
Kimberley Chen |
119 |
Categorized as children's song |
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40 |
"Without You" |
OSN |
116 |
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41 |
"What Kind of Man" |
Jay Chou |
115 |
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42 |
"Why Not Love" |
Rosie Yang ft. Ryan Yu |
112 |
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43 |
"Learn to Meow" |
Xiao Panpan ft. Xiao Fengfeng |
110 |
Removed in 2021. Ranked 41th at time of removal. |
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44 |
"Grain in Ear" |
Zhao Fangjing |
110 |
First Chinese song to have 100M views and 1M likes at the same time |
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45 |
"Like You" |
G.E.M. |
109 |
First Chinese female artist to have five music videos reach 100 million views Original artist: Beyond |
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46 |
"A Kind of Sorrow" |
A-Lin |
108 |
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47 |
"Give Me A Reason To Forget" |
A-Lin |
106 |
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48 |
"Fly Out" |
G.U.T.S |
104 |
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49 |
"Rhythm of the Rain |
Jay Chou |
103 |
First Taiwanese male artist to have five music videos reach 100 million views First Chinese language song to have two music videos reach 100 million views |
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50 |
"Ming Ming Jiu" |
Jay Chou |
103 |
First Taiwanese male artist to have six music videos reach 100 million views |
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As of July 24, 2025 |
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Ineligible videos
The following Chinese language music videos have reached 100 millions views but were created by or uploaded to unofficial accounts. Views are rounded to the nearest million.
Song |
Artist |
Views (in millions) |
Date |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
"Those Years" |
Hu Xia |
178 |
Unofficial channel |
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"A Little Sweet" |
Silence Wang ft. BY2 |
164 |
Unofficial channel |
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"Decency" |
Kelly Yu |
160 |
Unofficial channel; unofficial lyrics video |
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"It's So Lonely Without You" |
Miya Wang |
148 |
Unofficial channel; live performance video |
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"May I" |
Zhang Zihao |
140 |
Unofficial channel; unofficial lyrics video |
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"The Ordinary Road" |
Pu Shu |
135 |
Unofficial channel; unofficial lyrics video |
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"Passerby" |
A Han |
126 |
Unofficial channel; unofficial lyrics video |
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As of May 26, 2025 |
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Other milestones
100 million views
Below is a list of the top 20 fastest Chinese language music videos to reach 100 million views.
Song |
Artist |
Number of Days to Reach 100 Million Views |
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|---|---|---|---|
1 |
"Goodbye Princess" |
Tia Lee |
20 |
2 |
"Love Confession" |
Jay Chou |
289 |
3 |
"Strangers in the North" |
Namewee ft. Wang Leehom |
290 |
4 |
"We Are Not the Same" |
Da Zhuang |
375 |
5 |
"Light Years Away" |
G.E.M. |
383 |
6 |
"A Little Happiness" |
Hebe Tien |
397 |
7 |
"Love Rose" |
UNDER LOVER ft. Nine One One |
411 |
8 |
"Waiting for You" |
Jay Chou ft. Gary Yang |
416 |
9 |
"Red Scarf" |
William Wei |
433 |
10 |
"Shouldn't Be" |
Jay Chou ft. A-Mei |
475 |
11 |
"Tik Tok" |
G.E.M. |
663 |
12 |
"If I Were Young" |
Li Ronghao |
744 |
13 |
"So Handsome That We Broke Up" |
Nick Chou |
761 |
14 |
"What's Wrong?" |
Eric Chou |
890 |
15 |
"Back Here Again" |
EggPlantEgg |
907 |
16 |
"How Have You Been?" |
Eric Chou |
914 |
17 |
"Actor" |
Joker Xue |
943 |
18 |
"Let's Not Be Friends Anymore" |
Eric Chou |
968 |
19 |
"Learn to Meow" |
Xiao Panpan ft. Xiao Fengfeng |
973 |
20 |
"Be Apart" |
JC |
1091 |
200 million views
Below is a list of the fastest Chinese language music videos to reach 200 million views.
Song |
Artist |
Number of Days to Reach 200 Million Views |
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|---|---|---|---|
1 |
"Light Years Away" |
G.E.M. |
985 |
2 |
"Love Confession" |
Jay Chou |
1079 |
3 |
"How Have You Been?" |
Eric Chou |
2432 |
4 |
"Actor" |
Joker Xue |
2905 |
5 |
"Let's Not Be Friends Anymore" |
Eric Chou |
3128 |
6 |
"A Little Happiness" |
Hebe Tien |
3408 |
7 |
"You Exist in My Song" |
Wanting Qu |
4335 |
See also
- List of most-viewed YouTube videos
- C-pop
- Mandopop
- Hokkien pop
- Hakkapop
- Cantopop