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 fifth 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).
IFPI CEO Victoria Oakley 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.
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.
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).
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).
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).
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).
