[Kuala Lumpur – December 16, 2021] 2021 is coming to an end, and JOOX has unveiled their 2021 music annual review in Malaysia by sharing in-depth statistics about Malaysia’s music streaming habits, JOOX ROOMS activity, live events and their taste in music. This year, users will realize that JOOX tends to be more interactive, especially when bringing fans closer to their favourite artists/celebrities. Which JOOX ROOMS have the most happenings? Which singers or songs are the most frequently streamed? JOOX Windup 2021 highlights the music and entertainment that mattered most to Malaysians throughout the year.
Take a closer look at Malaysian’s music streaming habits, as a new phenomenon emerges in the music scene, especially locally.
Through local users’ music streaming habits, JOOX discovers that the peak hours of JOOX users’ music listening were recorded at 5pm on weekdays and 11am on weekends, illustrating that the lives of Malaysia users are slowly getting back to normal, where they can now spend more time enjoying music and entertainment during or after their daily routines (study or work) on the weekdays and during their free times over the weekends. Furthermore, the popularity of K-Pop groups BTS and BLACKPINK is made even more apparent through the cumulative streaming times of their songs, which has reached more than 19 million plays!
| Top 10 Most Streamed Songs: Top 1: At My Worst – Pink Sweat$ Top 2: Mimpi – Haqiem Rusli Top 3: Adakah Ini Mimpi – Reedzwann Top 4: Here’s Your Perfect – Jamie Miller Top 5: Know Me Too Well – New Hope Club | Top 6: Reckless – Madison Beer Top 7: On The Ground – Rose @ BLACKPINK Top 8: Teman – Iman Troye Top 9: Semalam – Aina Abdul Top 10: You Broke Me First – Tate McRae |
In addition to the top streaming songs of 2021, the JOOX Windup 2021 also revealed this year’s most streamed singers! Alan Walker gets into the third place in the Most Streamed artist category, proving the significance of his popularity! Meanwhile, the K-POP wave continues in Malaysia, with Korean group BTS and BLACKPINK having topped the first and second places, which has set off a trend in the country!
Top 3 Most Streamed Artists:
- Top 1: BTS
- Top 2: BLACKPINK
- Top 3: Alan Walker
Top 3 Most Streamed Local Artists:
- Top 1: Dato’ Sri Siti Nurhaliza
- Top 2: Naim Daniel
- Top 3: Ustaz Khairul Anuar Al-Hafiz
Top 3 Most Streamed Chinese Artists:
- Top 1: Jay Chou
- Top 2: G.E.M.
- Top 3: JJ Lin
The interactive model of music and entertainment — newly launched feature JOOX ROOMS gains popularity in Malaysia
JOOX ROOMS, the newly launched feature this year, allows users to engage in live conversations through audio and video group chatting, while playing games and sharing songs from JOOX’s huge music library. In JOOX ROOMS, your favourite artists may even surprise you by showing up and interacting with you virtually from the comfort of your own home or anywhere you are!
JOOX ROOMS has been popular among users since its launch. It attracted more than 287,000 views, and Malaysia users have created ROOMS with more than 48,000 views. It has also gathered more than 5,000 people simultaneously at peak in Isa Isarb Giveaway ROOMS. The highest viewed ROOMS had more than 14,000 users participating, proving that JOOX ROOMS has become a new platform choice for users to have gatherings virtually. JOOX ROOMS will keep putting more effort and bringing more surprises to Malaysia users in the future!
Continuous online and offline activities fuel enthusiasm for K-Pop
JOOX’s different online and offline activities for users this year have brought more opportunities for fans to interact with their idols. Online, it launched the hot new single by Alan Walker, livestreamed Ed Sheeran’s online concert promoting his brand-new album titled “=” exclusively to JOOX users, and continues to provide an exclusive experience for international pop music lovers. As mentioned above, BTS and BLACKPINK were named to be the ‘Most Streamed Artist’ this year, showing the consistent enthusiasm for K-Pop in Malaysia. In 2021, JOOX has exclusively broadcast a variety of popular music shows, including 2021 Melon Music Awards (MMA) and Mnet ASIAN MUSIC AWARDS (MAMA), and JOOX’s own original K-Pop music live program “IDOL STATION” season 2, to let K-Pop fans support their idols at home. Furthermore, JOOX has continuously release exclusive content under the JOOX ORIGINALS and JOOX First projects, aiming to support the local music industry and further demonstrating JOOX’s commitment to Malaysia!
JOOX will continue to bring you countless of music and entertainment-centered experiences in 2022 with various types of music events and programs in the pipeline. Stay tuned for JOOX’s latest updates in the upcoming year!
With more than 40 million songs in its music library from all over the world, JOOX takes all your favourite artists, songs, albums and personalized playlists and puts them right into the palm of your hands. Enjoy your choice of music anytime, anywhere by downloading JOOX mobile or desktop app on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, or access the JOOX website.
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