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Every year, the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) shares its Global Artist Chart, which ranks the biggest-selling artists of the previous year. In 2024, it was Taylor Swift who topped the ranks. The latest chart is out now (as Billboard notes) and for 2025, it was once again Swift. This is Swift’s sixth time topping the ranks, now having done so in 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. (It was BTS who interrupted her streak in both 2020 and 2021.)
Rounding out the top five are Stray Kids, Drake, The Weeknd, and Bad Bunny. Other notable entries incl...
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