U.S. pop star Taylor Swift was topped the biggest-selling world artist of 2025, trade physique IFPI introduced Wednesday, the fourth consecutive 12 months and sixth time she has claimed its annual prize.
The 36-year-old’s success was turbo-charged by the October launch of her newest album, “The Life of a Showgirl”, which set a number of streaming data, in addition to the discharge of a docuseries about her record-breaking The Eras tour.
“2025 was another landmark year (for Swift), driven by exceptional worldwide engagement across streaming, physical and digital formats with the release of her 12th album … and the documentary of her tour,” IFPI stated.
The physique, which represents the recorded music trade worldwide, famous Swift had now received its high annual artist prize as many instances as all different artists mixed over the previous 10 years.
IFPI fingers out the Global Artist of the Year Award after calculating an artist’s or group’s worldwide gross sales throughout streaming, downloads and bodily music codecs in the course of the calendar 12 months and covers their whole physique of labor.
Swift beat out Korean group Stray Kids, which got here in second — its highest-ever rating and the third consecutive 12 months within the world high 5.
Fresh from his Super Bowl halftime present, Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny positioned fifth within the rankings, his sixth consecutive 12 months within the chart.
American rapper Tyler, The Creator marked his first look on the chart, in twelfth place, with IFPI noting he had “continued to generate strong vinyl sales across his catalogue”.
Meanwhile, Japanese rock band Mrs. Green Apple entered the rankings for the primary time one place under him, following what IFPI referred to as “the success of their anniversary album ’10′”.
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