Taylor also tops Global Album Chart, Global Vinyl Album Chart, Global Streaming Album Chart and Global Album Sales Chart with her 2024 release THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
18th February 2025 – Taylor Swift has been confirmed by IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, as the Global Recording Artist of the Year 2024.
This is the 5th time that Taylor Swift has won the award – and the third consecutive year. In a record-breaking year across the board for the pop superstar, 2024 has also seen her scoop up four other major IFPI awards. This includes the Global Album Chart, Global Vinyl Album Chart, Global Streaming Album Chart and Global Album Sales Chart thanks to the huge success of her eleventh studio album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, which was released in April 2024.
Record-breaking Taylor Swift |The Eras Tour boosted fan engagement with her entire catalogue on streaming platforms around the world.
This phenomenon was demonstrated by the resurgence of her previous albums 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (2023), Midnights (2022), folklore (2020), evermore (2020) and Lover (2019), which all landed in the Top 20 of IFPI’s 2024 Global Vinyl Album Chart – an incredible testament to Taylor’s fandom and the enduring popularity of her catalogue so far.
This marks the 12th year of the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award, with Taylor Swift having taken the top spot of the chart more than any other artist during that time (this year’s win follows successes in 2014, 2019, 2022 and 2023).
Victoria Oakley, CEO, IFPI, said: “We are immensely proud to award the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award to Taylor Swift for the fifth time, as she continues to redefine the limits of global success.
“This has been a huge year for Taylor, and it has been incredible to see the extent to which fans all over the world are connecting with her superb catalogue of music.”
It was also an incredible year for breakthrough artists across the IFPI Global Charts. Zach Bryan and Sabrina Carpenter made their first appearance in the Top 10 of the Global Recording Artist Chart whilst in the Global Streaming Album Chart, Noah Kahan, Benson Boone, Chappell Roan and Teddy Swims all featured for the first time.
Elsewhere, the various global album charts demonstrated the growing popularity of the country genre, reflected in chart appearances for Morgan Wallen, Beyoncé, Post Malone and Zach Bryan.
In the Global Album Sales Chart, based on unit sales across physical and download formats, K-Pop continued to be the leading genre. Elsewhere in Asia, Chinese artist Zhou Shen’s shenself reached #11 while Japanese act Snow Man reached #17 with their album RAYS.
The Global Vinyl Album Chart was a fascinating snapshot of the shifting demographics of vinyl fans, continuing a trend towards newly released albums and frontline artists, who skew significantly female and features the likes of Billie Eilish’s HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, Chappell Roan’s The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess and Charli XCX’s BRAT.
Note to Editors
About the IFPI Global Charts
The Global Recording Artist of the Year Award is calculated according to an artist’s or group’s worldwide sales across streaming, download and physical music formats during the calendar year and covers their entire body of work.
IFPI’s Global Charts provide the most complete picture of artist, album and track performance worldwide. The Charts capture streaming, downloads and physical formats in every country directly from the participating record labels, which is then converted using IFPI’s unique methodology to a single, global chart figure. The methodology, developed in partnership with IFPI’s member record labels, reflects global commercial success by combining the most exhaustive reporting of unit sales and streams with the country-level economics of each consumption type.
IFPI will release the results of the IFPI Global Single Chart and the winner of the IFPI Global Single Award for 2024 later this week.
Top 20 IFPI Global Recording Artist Chart 2024
This chart includes consumption of an artist’s entire catalogue across all formats, including physical album sales, downloads and streaming across both free and paid platforms, translated into chart units by IFPI according to a rigorous methodology based on the relative economics of each format in each region globally.
Position
Prior Year
Artist
1
1
Taylor Swift
2
4
Drake
3
2
SEVENTEEN
4
Re-entry (2022)
Billie Eilish
5
3
Stray Kids
6
16
Zach Bryan
7
5
The Weeknd
8
14
Eminem
9
Re-entry (2022)
Kendrick Lamar
10
NEW
Sabrina Carpenter
11
Re-entry (2021)
Ariana Grande
12
19
Post Malone
13
6
Morgan Wallen
14
NEW
ENHYPEN
15
17
Travis Scott
16
18
Kanye West
17
10
Lana Del Rey
18
Re-entry (2016)
Beyoncé
19
NEW
Linkin Park
20
9
Bad Bunny
(source: IFPI)
Previous IFPI Global Recording Artist Chart #1 Artists
Year
Artist
2024
Taylor Swift
2023
Taylor Swift
2022
Taylor Swift
2021
BTS
2020
BTS
2019
Taylor Swift
2018
Drake
2017
Ed Sheeran
2016
Drake
2015
Adele
2014
Taylor Swift
2013
One Direction
Top 20 IFPI Global Album Chart 2024
This chart includes consumption of an album across all formats, including physical album sales, downloads and streaming across both free and paid platforms, translated into chart units by IFPI according to a rigorous methodology based on the relative economics of each format in each region globally. To qualify as an album for charts purposes, a release must contain a minimum of five tracks (exclusive of remixes or alternative versions of the same track)
Position
Artist
Album
1
Taylor Swift
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
2
Billie Eilish
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
3
Sabrina Carpenter
Short n’ Sweet
4
ENHYPHEN
ROMANCE: UNTOLD
5
SZA
SOS
6
SEVENTEEN
SPILL THE FEELS
7
Morgan Wallen
One Thing At A Time
8
SEVENTEEN
17 IS RIGHT HERE
9
Noah Kahan
Stick Season
10
Stray Kids
ATE
11
Taylor Swift
Lover
12
Chappell Roan
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
13
Ariana Grande
eternal sunshine
14
Taylor Swift
1989 (Taylor’s Version)
15
Taylor Swift
Midnights
16
Benson Boone
Fireworks & Rollerblades
17
Taylor Swift
Folklore
18
Beyoncé
COWBOY CARTER
19
Zach Bryan
Zach Bryan
20
Travis Scott
UTOPIA
(source: IFPI)
Top 20 IFPI Global Album Sales Chart 2024
This chart considers sales of physical albums and full album downloads, and is calculated based on the number of units sold. To qualify as an album for charts purposes, a release must contain a minimum of five tracks (exclusive of remixes or alternative versions of the same track)
Position
Artist
Album
Units
1
Taylor Swift
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
5.6m
2
ENHYPEN
ROMANCE: UNTOLD
3.4m
3
SEVENTEEN
SPILL THE FEELS
3.4m
4
SEVENTEEN
17 IS RIGHT HERE
3.1m
5
Stray Kids
ATE
2.9m
6
Stray Kids
HOP
1.8m
7
IVE
IVE SWITCH
1.7m
8
NCT DREAM
DREAM( )SCAPE
1.7m
9
aespa
Armageddon
1.6m
10
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
minisode 3: TOMORROW
1.5m
11
Zhou Shen
shenself
1.5m
12
ATEEZ
GOLDEN HOUR: Part. 2
1.5m
13
TOMORROW X TOGETHER
The Star Chapter: SANCTUARY
1.5m
14
(G)I-DLE
2
1.4m
15
BAEK HYUN
Hello, World – The 4th Mini Album
1.4m
16
aespa
Whiplash
1.3m
17
Snow Man
RAYS
1.3m
18
NCT DREAM
DREAMSCAPE
1.2m
19
TWICE
With YOU-th
1.2m
20
ZEROBASEONE
CINEMA PARADISE
1.2m
(source: IFPI)
Top 20 IFPI Global Streaming Album Chart 2024
This chart includes consumption of an album across both free and paid streaming formats, translated into chart units by IFPI according to a rigorous methodology based on the relative economics of each format in each region globally. To qualify as an album for charts purposes, a release must contain a minimum of five tracks (exclusive of remixes or alternative versions of the same track)
Position
Artist
Album
1
Taylor Swift
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
2
Sabrina Carpenter
Short n’ Sweet
3
SZA
SOS
4
Morgan Wallen
One Thing At A Time
5
Billie Eilish
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
6
Noah Kahan
Stick Season
7
Taylor Swift
Lover
8
Benson Boone
Fireworks & Rollerblades
9
Ariana Grande
eternal sunshine
10
Travis Scott
UTOPIA
11
Future & Metro Boomin
WE DON’T TRUST YOU
12
Taylor Swift
Midnights
13
Zach Bryan
Zach Bryan
14
Chappell Roan
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
15
Post Malone
F-1 Trillion
16
Taylor Swift
1989 (Taylor’s Version)
17
Olivia Rodrigo
GUTS
18
Morgan Wallen
Dangerous: The Double Album
19
Teddy Swims
I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1)
20
The Weeknd
Starboy
(source: IFPI)
Top 20 IFPI Global Vinyl Album Chart 2024
This chart considers sales of vinyl albums only, and is calculated based on the number of units sold. To qualify as an album for charts purposes, a release must contain a minimum of five tracks (exclusive of remixes or alternative versions of the same track)
Position
Artist
Album
Units
1
Taylor Swift
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT
2,220k
2
Billie Eilish
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
612k
3
Chappell Roan
The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
487k
4
Sabrina Carpenter
Short n’ Sweet
430k
5
Taylor Swift
1989 (Taylor’s Version)
362k
6
Taylor Swift
Midnights
321k
7
Taylor Swift
folklore
315k
8
Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
314k
9
Taylor Swift
Lover
297k
10
Charli XCX
BRAT
278k
11
Taylor Swift
evermore
253k
12
Beyoncé
COWBOY CARTER
245k
13
Michael Jackson
Thriller
245k
14
Tyler, The Creator
IGOR
243k
15
Olivia Rodrigo
GUTS
235k
16
Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
234k
17
Bob Marley
Legend
225k
18
Lana Del Rey
Born To Die
220k
19
Ariana Grande
eternal sunshine
219k
20
Noah Kahan
Stick Season
214k
(source: IFPI)
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