The American singer received the IFPI prize, which each year distinguishes the artist who has sold the most around the globe.
Taylor Swift was the best-selling artist around the globe last year. The American singer has just received the Global Recording Artist of the Year 2022 award from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). As explained Billboardthis trophy rewards the best-selling artist in the world each year by counting streams, downloads and record sales.
In ten years of existence, the Global Recording Artist Award has distinguished Taylor Swift three times (in 2014, 2019 and this year). What makes the singerAnti-hero the most awarded artist in the history of this award.
strong year
Taylor Swift marked the end of 2022 by unveiling her tenth album, Midnights, October 21. The record spent five weeks at the top of the US best-selling albums chart. It also earned the singer to become the first artist in history to occupy the entire Top 10 singles across the Atlantic.
The interpreter of Willow succeeds Korean boy band BTS, winner of this award last year, relegated to second place this year. The Top 5 is completed by Drake, Bad Bunny and The Weeknd.
The rest of the Top 20 is mainly occupied by prominent figures from the English-speaking pop and rap scene (Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, Eminem, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish…) but also by artists from Asia, like the groups Seventeen and Stray Kids or the Taiwanese singer Jay Chou.
