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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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.
She fills stadiums, markets her world tour as a documentary: Taylor Swift is not only a superstar, but was also the world's number one in music sales in 2025 – streaming included.
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