Taylor Swift Reigns as the Top Streamed Artist of 2024, Women Lead Spotify Charts

Los Angeles, Dec 5 (NationPress) Pop sensation Taylor Swift has once more taken the lead in the music charts this year. The audio streaming platform Spotify has revealed its eagerly awaited year-end data with Spotify Wrapped 2024, and Taylor Swift is once again at the pinnacle.

The talented singer-songwriter has been recognized as the Number 1 most-streamed artist globally on Spotify in 2024, securing this title for the second consecutive year, according to reports from Variety.

This remarkable achievement is primarily attributed to her latest album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department’, which emerged as the most-streamed album of the year on Spotify. In total, Swift’s music amassed over 26.6 billion streams on the platform this year.

Following Swift, the most-streamed artists worldwide on Spotify included The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake, and Billie Eilish.

As reported by Variety, Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’ shattered numerous Spotify records, including becoming the first album to surpass 300 million streams in a single day and achieving over 1 billion streams in its first week of release. Its immense popularity contributed to a landmark year for female artists, who claimed the top eight spots of the 10 most-streamed albums worldwide on Spotify.

The standout albums included ‘Hit Me Hard and Soft’ by Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Short n’ Sweet’, Karol G’s ‘Manana Sera Bonito’, Ariana Grande’s ‘Eternal Sunshine’, Swift’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’, SZA’s ‘SOS’, and Swift’s ‘Lover’.

For the first time, Spotify is introducing a Wrapped badge to Taylor Swift’s Spotify profile, marking the first year of what the platform indicates will be an annual recognition.

In addition, Spotify disclosed the most-streamed songs globally in 2024, with Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’ leading the charge with over 1.6 billion streams worldwide, followed by Benson Boone’s ‘Beautiful Things’, Eilish’s ‘Birds of a Feather’, ‘Gata Only’ by FloyyMenor and Cris MJ, and Teddy Swims’ ‘Lose Control’.

Spotify also showcased the top podcasts of the year, led by ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ and Alex Cooper’s ‘Call Her Daddy’.