US EditionTaylor Swift named best-selling artist of the year for sixth time
Taylor Swift won IFPI’s Global Artist of the Year for 2025, her sixth overall and fourth consecutive time, led by record sales of her album and tour documentary, IFPI said.
- Taylor Swift was named the best-selling global artist of 2025 by the IFPI, marking the sixth time she received this award.
- Swift's latest album 'The Life of a Showgirl' and documentary 'The End of an Era' contributed to her success across streaming, physical, and digital formats.
- While Stray Kids ranked second and Drake third, Swift has now won the IFPI award more times than all other artists combined over the past decade.
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Taylor Swift crowned the biggest-selling global artist of 2025
US pop star Taylor Swift was crowned the biggest-selling global artist of 2025, industry body IFPI announced on Wednesday. This is the fourth consecutive year and sixth time she has claimed this annual prize. The 36-year-old’s success was turbo-charged by the October release of her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, which set several streaming records, as well as the release of a docuseries about her record-breaking The Eras tour. “2025 was a…
The "Global Artist of the Year" award is calculated based on the artist's worldwide sales.
London. U.S. Taylor Swift was the world's largest selling artist in 2025 for the fourth consecutive year and for the sixth time in total, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) announced.
The 36-year-old interpreter of 'Shake It Off' outnumbers the K-pop Stray Kids group, which has reached its best position to date and is for the third year in a row in the top five worldwide. Third is Canadian rapper Drake.
No other artist, no other artist, has sold as much as Taylor Swift last year. Responsible for this is a publicly celebrated romance.
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