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IT really is Taylor Swift's world we are living in.
Spotify has released its annual UK and global streaming charts for 2024 and in news that will come as a shock to absolutely nobody, Taylor has totally dominated the last 12 months.
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For the second year running the Look What You Made Me Do superstar was the most streamed artist in the UK.
She beat competition from rappers Drake and Kanye West who came in second and third.
Fellow mega-stars Billie Eilish and The Weeknd completed the Top Five.
And when it comes to our nation’s most streamed albums of this year, Taylor also reigns supreme.
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Her No1 eleventh album The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology took the top spot - having been released in April with a beefy 31 tracks.
Taylor’s pal Sabrina Carpenter landed the second most streamed album in the UK thanks to her hit-packed record Short n’ Sweet.
The album contains three No1 singles, Espresso, Please Please Please and Taste.
Meanwhile, American singer/songwriter Noah Kahan's third album Stick Season came in at No3.
But that’s not all.
Continuing her domination, Taylor also landed two more positions in the Top Ten most streamed albums.
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1989 (Taylor’s Version) — released October 2023 — came in at No5 while her seventh album Lover, released in 2019, came in at No9.
Lover has enjoyed a boost over the past 12 months thanks to fan favourite track Cruel Summer which is the opening track to Taylor’s record-breaking Eras Tour world tour.
The UK’s most streamed song came from Noah Kahan’s Stick Season which hit the No1 spot back in October 2023.
Ashamedly, no home-grown talent made it on to any of the most streamed Top Ten charts despite the rise of Charli XCX and her cult record Brat.
Globally, the story was the same.
Taylor was once again the most streamed artist on earth - clocking up 26.6 billion streams worldwide.
No home-grown talent
That’s more than three times the population of the planet.
Taylor was followed by The Weeknd and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny at No2 and No3.
And the Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology was also the most streamed album in the world.
Globally the most streamed song came in the form of Sabrina Carpenter’s mega hit Espresso.
As for Team Bizarre, our Howell Davies uses rival Apple Music but found his top artist was Kacey Musgraves and he spent 2,184 minutes listening to Charli XCX.
Our Jack found himself listening to his top artist Taylor Swift for a concerning 19,113 minutes — putting him in the top 0.5 per cent of global fans.
He has listened to her Post Palone collaboration Fortnight 503 times since it was released back in April - putting him in the 0.001 per cent of listeners worldwide.
Meanwhile, Ellie clocked up 16,741 minutes of streaming time – which is pretty poor thanks to her obsession with Radio 2 – and is among the top three per cent of fans for NOFX.
Ellie's top songs
- Atlas – Bicep
- He’s On The Phone – Saint Etienne
- Animals – Nickelback
- Idiots Are Taking Over – NOFX
- Rosemary – Deftones
- When I’m ’Ere – Roll Deep
- Mandem – Giggs
- Thunderstruck – AC/DC
- The Grudge – Tool
- Sicko Mode – Travis Scott
Jack's top songs
- Fortnight (ft Post Malone ) – Taylor Swift
- Houdini – Dua Lipa
- We Can’t Be Friends – Ariana Grande
- The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived – Taylor Swift
- The Tortured Poets Department – Taylor Swift
- Training Season – Dua Lipa
- Whatever – Kygo, Ava Max
- Taste – Sabrina Carpenter
- My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys – Taylor Swift
- You Only Love Me – Rita Ora
Top global songs of the decade
- Blinding Lights – The Weeknd
- Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran
- Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi
- As It Was – Harry Styles
- Sunflower Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse – Post Malone/Swae Lee
- Starboy – Daft Punk/The Weeknd
- One Dance – Drake/Kyla/Wizkid
- Stay – Justin Bieber/The Kid LAROI
- Sweater Weather – The Neighbourhood
- Believer – Imagine Dragons
Most streamed artist in the UK
- Taylor Swift
- Drake
- Kanye West
- Billie Eilish
- The Weeknd
- Eminem
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Rihanna
- Travis Scott
- Noah Kahan
Most streamed artist globally
- Taylor Swift
- The Weeknd
- Bad Bunny
- Drake
- .Billie Eilish
- Travis Scott
- Peso Pluma
- Kanye West
- Ariana Grande
- Feid
Most streamed album in the UK
- The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology – Taylor Swift
- Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
- Stick Season – Noah Kahan
- Hit Me Hard And Soft – Billie Eilish
- 1989 (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- Fireworks & Rollerblades – Benson Boone
- The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan
- Guts – Olivia Rodrigo
- Lover – Taylor Swift
- Eternal Sunshine – Ariana Grande
Most streamed album globally
- The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology – Taylor Swift
- Hit Me Hard And Soft – Billie Eilish
- Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
- Mañana Será Bonito – Karol G
- Eternal Sunshine – Ariana Grande
- 1989 (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- SOS – SZA
- Lover – Taylor Swift
- Fireworks & Rollerblades – Benson Boone
- Starboy – The Weeknd
Most streamed songs UK
- Stick Season – Noah Kahan
- Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter
- Beautiful Things – Benson Boone
- Too Sweet – Hozier
- Lose Control – Teddy Swims
- Birds Of A Feather – Billie Eilish
- Good Luck, Babe! – Chappell Roan
- A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey
- Please Please Please – Sabrina Carpenter
- Austin (Boots Stop Workin’) – Dasha
Most streamed songs globally
- Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter
- Beautiful Things – Benson Boone
- Birds Of A Feather – Billie Eilish
- Gata Only – FloyyMenor, Cris Mj
- Lose Control – Teddy Swims
- End Of Beginning – Djo
- Too Sweet – Hozier
- One Of The Girls with JENNIE, Lily Rose Depp – The Weeknd
- Cruel Summer – Taylor Swift
- Die With A Smile – Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga
Top rock & indie tracks UK
- I Wanna Be Yours, Arctic Monkeys
- 505, Arctic Monkeys
- Creep, Radiohead
- Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?, Arctic Monkeys
- Do I Wanna Know?, Arctic Monkeys
- Feel Good Inc, Gorillaz
- No Surprises, Radiohead
- Brazil, Declan McKenna
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, The Smiths
- Take Me Out, Franz Ferdinand
Top metal tracks UK
- Paranoid, Black Sabbath
- Throne, Bring Me The Horizon
- Crazy Train, Ozzy Osbourne
- Can You Feel My Heart, Bring Me The Horizon
- The Summoning, Sleep Token
- Kool-Aid, Bring Me The Horizon
- Iron Man, Black Sabbath
- Kingslayer (feat Babymetal), Bring Me The Horizon
- The Trooper, Iron Maiden
- DArkSide, Bring Me The Horizon
Top rap artists UK
- Central Cee
- Dave
- Nemzzz
- AJ Tracey
- Aitch
- Stormzy
- Skepta
- Tion Wayne
- Ndotz
- Russ Millions
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