Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift ranks #1 on the latest IFPI Global Artist Chart for 2025. She also held #1 in the prior-year position. Taylor Swift is the latest IFPI Global Artist of the Year, ranking #1 on the 2025 chart released in 2026. IFPI's methodology covers worldwide streaming, downloads and physical music formats across an artist's entire catalogue. Swift's Wikipedia biography describes her as an American singer-songwriter whose career began in 2003 and whose music has moved across country, pop and folk styles. Her catalogue includes Taylor Swift, Fearless, Red, 1989, Midnights and The Tortured Poets Department, among other releases. She also released The Life of a Showgirl in 2025. Her combination of global consumption and sustained catalogue activity gives her the strongest verified position in this comparison.