Are you ready for it?
Spotify Wrapped is here and Taylor Swift has officially been named the most-streamed artist of 2024 — marking her second year in a row taking the impressive title.
“That’s right, it’s Taylor Swift!” Sulinna Ong, Spotify’s Global Head of Editorial, excitedly announced in a virtual press briefing attended by Page Six. “With more than 26.6 billion streams globally this year, Taylor is our Global Top Artist for the second year in a row.”
Swift’s latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” smashed records in 2024 and became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day when it dropped earlier this year.
On April 19, the day “TTPD” was released, Swift also became the most-streamed artist in a single day in Spotify history.
Just a few days later, on April 22, the Grammy winner’s eleventh studio album made history again by becoming the first album on the music streaming service to pass one billion streams in a week.
It’s been a monumental year for Swift, both personally and professionally.
In addition to her groundbreaking streaming numbers — and finding true love with NFL star Travis Kelce — the “Bad Blood” singer has continued making headlines for her massively successful Eras Tour.
The money Swift earned from the award-winning tour helped catapult her to reach Forbes billionaire status in April, nearly two decades after she made her music industry debut in 2006.
Data from a December 2023 Pollstar report concluded that the Eras Tour was the highest grossing tour by any musician of all time and the first to hit $1 billion.
“Ticket prices averaged about $238 each, while the typical show grossed over $17 million as she played for roughly over 72,000 people each show,” Rolling Stone reported at the time.
In October of this year, Forbes also named Swift the world’s richest female musician. Her estimated net worth of $1.6 billion slightly surpassed previous reigning queen Rihanna’s $1.4 million fortune.
Swift has performed over 150 shows since hitting the road for her Eras Tour in March 2023. She will officially wrap the tour on Dec. 8 at the BC Place in Vancouver, British Columbia.
“To my band, to my crew and everybody who’s put so much of this into this tour … I don’t even know what I’m saying anymore,” she told the crowd at one her final shows in Toronto last month, holding back tears while reflecting on the memories she’s made. “That was, uh, I’m just having a bit of a moment. Sorry.”
The end of the tour will mark the first of many celebrations for Swift that week, as the singer will ring in her 35th birthday just days later on Dec. 13.
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