This is the list of the top 50 most-viewed Chinese music videos on the American video-sharing website YouTube.
"A Little Happiness" by Hebe Tien is first Chinese music video to reach 100 million views on August 20, 2016 [1] while "Goodbye Princess" by Tia Lee is the fastest Chinese music video to reach 100 million views in 20 days. [2] 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 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.
Below is a list of the top 50 most-viewed Chinese 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" [3] | G.E.M. | 291 | December 29, 2016 | First Chinese music video to reach 200 million views. Fastest Chinese music video to reach 200 million views. |
2 | "Love Confession" [4] | Jay Chou | 265 | October 27, 2016 | First Chinese male artist to have a music video reach 200 million views |
3 | "How Have You Been?" [5] | Eric Chou | 245 | July 22, 2016 | |
4 | "Actor" [6] | Joker Xue | 219 | June 8, 2015 | Removed in 2024 |
5 | "Let's Not Be Friends Anymore" [7] | Eric Chou | 218 | September 19, 2014 | First Chinese male artist to have two music videos reach 200 million views |
6 | "You Exist in My Song" [8] | Wanting Qu | 207 | August 23, 2012 | |
7 | A Little Happiness [9] | Hebe Tien | 200 | July 20, 2015 | First Chinese music video to reach 100 million views |
8 | "Stranger In the North" [10] | Namewee ft. Wang Leehom | 198 | March 4, 2017 | |
9 | "Love Rose" [11] | UNDER LOVER ft. Nine One One | 187 | December 20, 2015 | In Taiwanese Hokkien |
10 | "What's Wrong" [12] | Eric Chou | 181 | January 10, 2019 | First Chinese male artist to have three music videos reach 100 million views |
11 | "Goodbye Princess" [13] | Tia Lee | 175 | December 9, 2022 | Fastest Chinese music video to reach 100 million views |
12 | "Red Scarf" [14] | William Wei | 172 | November 7, 2021 | |
13 | "Shouldn't Be" [15] | Jay Chou ft. A-Mei | 171 | June 16, 2016 | First Chinese male artist to have two music videos reach 100 million views First Chinese male artist to have two songs from the same album reach 100 million views |
14 | "Back Here Again" [16] | EggPlantEgg | 170 | December 3, 2017 | |
15 | "Twilight" [17] | JJ Lin | 162 | December 4, 2015 | |
16 | "If I Were Young" [18] | Li Ronghao | 154 | August 3, 2018 | |
17 | "Practice Love" [19] | JJ Lin | 152 | February 28, 2013 | |
18 | "Goodbye" [20] | G.E.M. | 151 | October 29, 2015 | First Chinese female artist to have two music videos reach 100 million views |
19 | "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" [21] | Beyond | 151 | September 14, 2011 | In Cantonese |
20 | "Waiting For You" [22] | Jay Chou ft. Gary Yang | 146 | January 17, 2018 | |
21 | "Be Apart" [23] | JC | 143 | June 20, 2016 | |
22 | "Tik Tok" [24] | G.E.M. | 141 | August 10, 2018 | First Chinese female artist to have three music videos reach 100 million views [25] |
23 | "Palm" [26] | Ding Dang | 139 | August 6, 2013 | |
24 | "Here, After Us" [27] | Mayday | 139 | July 21, 2016 | First Chinese band to have two music videos reach 100 million views [28] |
25 | "Gap" [29] | Harlem Yu | 139 | July 7, 2014 | |
26 | "The Chaos After You" [30] | Eric Chou | 136 | December 18, 2017 | First Chinese male artist to have four music videos reach 100 million views [31] |
27 | "Bracing the Chill" [32] | Yang Zongwei ft. Zhang Bichen | 134 | January 9, 2017 | Removed in 2023 |
28 | "Waves Wandering" [33] | EggPlantEgg | 134 | September 26, 2018 | |
29 | "Away" [34] | G.E.M. | 133 | November 4, 2015 | 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 |
29 | "Hip Hop Country" [35] | Nine One One | 127 | January 28, 2016 | |
30 | "Losing You, What Does It Matter If I Win The World" [36] | JJ Lin | 127 | November 27, 2017 | Original artist: Terry Lin |
31 | "So Handsome That We Broke Up" [37] | Nick Chou | 126 | October 5, 2016 | |
32 | "What Brings Me To You" [38] | Ann | 125 | December 17, 2012 | |
33 | "I Still Love You" [39] | Magic Power | 123 | September 3, 2014 | |
34 | "We Are Not The Same" [40] | Da Zhuang | 121 | November 28, 2017 | Removed in 2019 |
35 | "Rhythm of the Rain" [41] | Queen Wei | 121 | September 17, 2013 | First Chinese song to have two music videos reach 100 million views |
36 | "Happened To Meet You" [42] | Li Yugang | 121 | June 13, 2017 | |
37 | I Won't Let You Be Lonely [43] | Mayday | 120 | January 10, 2012 | |
38 | "Love You" [44] | Kimberley Chen | 117 | April 23, 2012 | Categorized as children's song |
39 | "What Kind of Man" [45] | Jay Chou | 114 | December 18, 2014 | |
40 | "Without You" [46] | OSN | 111 | April 1, 2019 | |
41 | "Learn to Meow" [47] | Xiao Panpan ft. Xiao Fengfeng | 110 | June 20, 2018 | Removed in 2021 |
42 | "Why Not Love" [48] | Rosie Yang ft. Ryan Yu | 110 | October 19, 2015 | |
43 | "Loving You" [49] | G.E.M. | 107 | August 14, 2014 | First Chinese female artist to have five music videos reach 100 million views Original artist: Beyond |
44 | "A Kind of Sorrow" [50] | A-Lin | 107 | October 11, 2018 | |
45 | "Fly Out" [51] | G.U.T.S | 103 | January 18, 2016 | |
46 | "Rhythm of the Rain [52] | Jay Chou | 102 | April 10, 2015 | First Chinese male artist to have five music videos reach 100 million views First Chinese song to have two music videos reach 100 million views |
47 | "Give Me A Reason To Forget" [53] | A-Lin | 101 | December 12, 2010 | |
48 | "Ming Ming Jiu" [54] | Jay Chou | 100 | December 18, 2012 | First Chinese male artist to have six music videos reach 100 million views |
49 | "Grain in Ear" [55] | Zhao Fangjing | 99 | December 27, 2019 | |
50 | "Miss You 3000" [56] | 831 | 98 | November 13, 2019 | |
As of February 11, 2025 |
The following Chinese 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 | |
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"Those Years" [57] | Hu Xia | 178 | August 1, 2011 | Unofficial channel | |
"A Little Sweet" [58] | Silence Wang ft. BY2 | 162 | May 23, 2013 | Unofficial channel | |
"Decency" [59] | Kelly Yu | 160 | February 5, 2018 | Unofficial channel; unofficial lyrics video | |
"It's So Lonely Without You" [60] | Miya Wang | 147 | May 5, 2017 | Unofficial channel; live performance video | |
"May I" [61] | Zhang Zihao | 137 | August 22, 2018 | Unofficial channel; unofficial lyrics video | |
"The Ordinary Road" [62] | Pu Shu | 134 | July 22, 2014 | Unofficial channel; unofficial lyrics video | |
"Passerby" [63] | A Han | 125 | March 3, 2018 | Unofficial channel; unofficial lyrics video | |
As of February 11, 2025 |
Below is a list of the top 20 fastest Chinese 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 | "If I Were Young" | Li Ronghao | 744 |
12 | "So Handsome That We Broke Up" | Nick Chou | 761 |
13 | "What's Wrong?" | Eric Chou | 890 |
14 | "Back Here Again" | EggPlantEgg | 907 |
15 | "How Have You Been?" | Eric Chou | 914 |
16 | "Actor" | Joker Xue | 943 |
17 | "Let's Not Be Friends Anymore" | Eric Chou | 968 |
18 | "Learn to Meow" | Xiao Panpan ft. Xiao Fengfeng | 973 |
19 | "Be Apart" | JC | 1091 |
20 | "Waves Wandering" | EggPlantEgg | 1183 |
Below is a list of the fastest Chinese 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 |
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