While a vast number of flash-in-the-pan stars appeared out of Taiwan's muc scene in the 1980's, Cantonese music made for popular TV series hit the Southeast Asian Chinese song market in a big way.
而當台灣歌壇眾星大量出籠，暴起暴落之際，星馬市場也漸失利。一九七○年代中期，挾港劇「上海灘」、「楚留香」、「小李飛刀」等大受歡迎的優勢，香港出品的廣東歌大舉攻佔東南亞華語歌市場。