Swift is the IFPI’s No. 1 Recording Artist of the Year, while Australian acts are locked out of the trade body’s various year-end charts.

Taylor Swift has been named global recording artist of the year for 2024 by the IFPI, the fifth time she has won the honour from the organisation that represents the recorded music industry.

Taylor Swift has done it again! The "So High School" songstress has broken yet another record by becoming the first artist named the Global Recording Artist winner for a fifth time by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).

Swift creates history by being named as the IFPI’s biggest-selling artist worldwide for the fifth time, and for the third consecutive year.

Swift’s THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT album also ranked first in IFPI’s Global Album Chart, Global Vinyl Album Chart, Global Streaming Album Chart, and Global Album Sales Chart.

Yes, we listened to a lot of Taylor Swift last year. The pop icon was the world's top artist of 2024 with a record 5.6 million sales of her album The Tortured Poets Department, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry,

Taylor Swift makes history as IFPI's biggest-selling Global Recording Artist of the Year for the fifth time; and third year in a row.

Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department was the bestselling vinyl album around the world in 2024, selling 2.22 million copies.