Who’s the most popular music artist in the world right now? Check out the cross-platform best-performing artists in March 2024.
Here are the artists racking up the most streams and gaining the most new fans across the music world in 2024. As an artists gets more follows and listens on Spotify and Apple Music, Pandora, Deezer, SoundCloud and other streaming platforms, and the better they perform on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and across the rest of social media, the closer they get to becoming the biggest artist in the world.
Since we check the ranking earlier this year in January, there’s been a fair amount of movement amongst the top 10. Taylor Swift is of course still the number one best-performing artist, after overthrowing Drake last year and continuing her record-breaking, worldwide Eras Tour.
Justin Bieber has shot up from fifth place to second, securing ‘the biggest male artist’ title. Ariana Grande has climbed up two spots, following the release of her seventh studio album Eternal Sunshine. There’s a new entry at number seven from Beyoncé, after releasing two new singles in February.
Drake, Eminem and Bad Bunny have all dropped in the ranking. Nicki Minaj dropped out of the top ten.
Any surprises here amongst the most popular artists in 2024?
The data is based on Chartmetric’s cross platform performance analysis, which takes into account the artist’s overall reach with listeners in terms of listens, views and consumption, and how many followers the artist has in their fanbase across the web.
Taylor Swift is of course still the number one best-performing artist, after overthrowing Drake last year, releasing recording-breaking albums and continuing her worldwide Eras Tour. The Weeknd just rose from third to second, securing 'the biggest male artist' title.
“We are immensely proud to award the IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year Award to Taylor Swift for the fourth time, as she continues to redefine the limits of global success,” Lewis Morrison, director of charts and certifications at IFPI said.
As of April 2024, the Canadian singer the Weeknd is the artist with the most monthly listeners on Spotify, while the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the female artist with the most monthly listeners.
On the Global 200, ten singles reached number one in 2024. Seven artists reached the top of the chart for the first time—Benson Boone, Beyoncé, Future, Metro Boomin, Kendrick Lamar, Hozier, and Post Malone. Boone spent the most weeks at the top spot with seven weeks at number one for his single "Beautiful Things".
Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales. Second is Garth Brooks with over 157 million units sales, followed by Elvis Presley with 139 million units.
Taylor Swift Confirmed by IFPI as Biggest-Selling Global Recording Artist of the Year. 21st February 2024 – IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has announced Taylor Swift as the winner of IFPI's 2023 Global Recording Artist of the Year Award.
"Blinding Lights" by the Weeknd is the most-streamed song on Spotify, with over 4 billion streams. As of May 2024, "Blinding Lights" (2019) by Canadian singer the Weeknd is the most-streamed song to date.
On April 22, 2024, Taylor Swift's THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT became Spotify's most-streamed album in a single week. The album has surpassed 1 Billion streams since release. That “Tortured Poets” is setting new Spotify records five days into its run is not a surprise.
Demonstrating their global dominance once again, the internationally acclaimed South Korean boy band secures the top spot on the global Billboard charts, solidifying their status as the biggest band in the world. BTS's latest single "Take Two" debuts at No. 1 on the prestigious Billboard Global 200 chart.
It is estimated that more than one billion Elvis Presley records have been sold worldwide. From his early sessions at Sun Records to the end of his career and beyond, Elvis albums and singles enjoyed strong sales across every format–vinyl, cassette, CD and digital.
Taylor Swift Passes The Beatles for Most Weeks in Billboard 200's Top 10 in Last 60 Years. Her 16 top 10 albums have logged a combined 384 weeks in the top 10, surpassing the Fab Four's 382.
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