Taylor Swift Crowned IFPI’s Worldwide Recording Artist For Record Fifth Time

It’s authorities: Taylor Swift owned the year 2024, we were simply residing in it.

Swift develops history by being called as the IFPI’s Biggest-Selling Global Recording Artist of the Year for the 5th time, and for the 3rd successive year.

With her most current crown, which acknowledges the leading artist throughout physical sales, downloads and streaming, Swift is the straight-out No. 1 recording artist on earth.

Revealed today, Feb. 18, Swift ended up at the top of the podium, ahead of Canadian rap artist Drake and K-pop feeling SEVENTEEN, respectively.

This year’s triumph follows Swift’s wins in 2014, 2019, 2022 and 2023. Nobody comes close to her record. Now in its 12th year, simply 2 other acts have actually led the IFPI’s Worldwide Recording Artist Chart on numerous events– Drake (in 2016 and 2018) and BTS (2020, 2021).

The artist award and chart is the very first and just ranking to properly catch the appeal of artists throughout streaming channels, doing so along with digital and physical album and songs sales on an international basis, throughout the fiscal year.

Likewise, the IFPI reports, TayTay does a Swift Sweep on the Federation’s different year-end tallies.

With her all-conquering release The Tortured Poets Department, the pop super star leads the IFPI’s Worldwide Album Chart, Worldwide Vinyl Album Chart, Global Streaming Album Chart and Global Album Sales Chart.

” We are exceptionally happy to award the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award to Taylor Swift for the 5th time, as she continues to redefine the limitations of international success,” remarks Victoria Oakley, CEO, IFPI.

” This has actually been a big year for Taylor, and it has actually been amazing to see the degree to which fans all over the world are getting in touch with her exceptional brochure of music.”

With her record smashing The Eras Trip filling arenas around the world in 2024, economic experts and experts created the expression “The Taylor Swift Result,” which discusses the wider cultural and financial effect when her programs concern town.

An item of that phenomenon can be seen in the IFPI’s charts as fans, hyped up by her live efficiencies, enhanced her whole brochure on streaming platforms.

Swift was likewise a juggernaut on wax in 2024. According to the IFPI, 1989 (Taylor’s Variation) (from 2023), Midnights (2022 ), folklore (2020 ), evermore ( 2020) and Fan ( 2019) all appeared in the leading 20 of the trade body’s 2024 Worldwide Vinyl Album Chart.

In other takeaways from the IFPI’s Worldwide Charts, Zach Bryan and Sabrina Carpenter split the leading 10 of the Worldwide Recording Artist Chart, whilst Noah Kahan, Benson Boone, Chappell Roan and Teddy Swims locked onto the Worldwide Streaming Album Chart for the very first time.

On the Worldwide Album Sales Chart, K-Pop when again blazed a trail. On the other hand, Chinese artist Zhou Shen and Japan’s Snow Male effect the leading 20 of the albums tally, which is based upon system sales throughout physical and download formats.

Leading 20 IFPI Worldwide Recording Artist Chart 2024: