The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has released its annual ranking of the best-selling global artists, naming Taylor Swift as the top-selling artist of 2025. This marks her fourth consecutive year at the top and her sixth time overall, making her the artist with the most wins in IFPI history. Swift’s dominance in 2025 was driven by the massive success of her album The Life of a Showgirl, broke numerous chart and streaming records.
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The IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year award recognizes the most successful artist based on album and song sales, streaming, and digital downloads worldwide. Here’s a look at the #1 best-selling artist each year since 2013:
• 2013: One Direction
• 2014: Taylor Swift
• 2015: Adele
• 2016: Drake
• 2017: Ed Sheeran
• 2018: Drake
• 2019: Taylor Swift
• 2020: BTS
• 2021: BTS
• 2022: Taylor Swift
• 2023: Taylor Swift
• 2024: Taylor Swift
• 2025: Taylor Swift
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