Whatever your nationality —Chinese, American or (India)for example —the chances are that at least one of your favourite pop songs (sing) in English. When you learn that one out of every eight albums (sell) around the world is recorded by British bands, this may not be too(surprise). After all, it has often been said that English is the unofficial language of popular music.
Many non-English speaking acts today often re-record their songs from their original language English. But (have) to record a song in English in order to be successful may not be necessary for much longer.
The IFPI, organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, announced that the best-selling digital (数字的) single in 2018 was Camila Cabello's Havana. Musicians from Puerto Rico and China singing in their own language also made the top ten.
With streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music becoming (increasing) popular, it is much easier for musicians and bands do not sing in English to develop a large local following. As they share their favourite songs across the world, music is becoming even more international and the English language (receive)many challenges to being the unofficial language of popular music.
