Taylor Swift is Billboard’s top artist of the 21st century.
The United States chart-producing music and entertainment company, looked back at its albums and singles charts since 2000 to identify the hottest artists so far this millennium.
“Taylor Swift reigns as the No. 1 artist on Billboard’s recap of the first 25 years of the 21st century, leading Billboard’s Top Artists of the 21st Century chart, based on performance on the Billboard 200 albums chart and the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart from the start of 2000 through the end of 2024,” it said in a statement.
“Even with the country-turned-pop superstar not having made her Billboard chart debut until July 1, 2006, with the then-16-year-old’s co-written debut single “Tim McGraw,” Swift has rung up 14 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 – the most among women all-time – and 12 No. 1 songs on the Hot 100.”
Billboard said Swift also became the first artist to claim each of the top 10 positions on the Hot 100, in November, 2022, thanks to songs from her album Midnights.
“She repeated the feat – and stretched her dominance to the top 14 spots – on the May 4, 2024, survey, via tracks from her LP The Tortured Poets Department.”
Billboard said Swift led year-end Top Artists charts in 2009, 2015, 2023 and 2024, becoming the first act with four annual titles.
The top 10:
- Taylor Swift.
- Drake.
- Rihanna.
- Post Malone.
- Eminem.
- The Weeknd.
- Beyoncé.
- Justin Bieber.
- Bruno Mars.
- Usher
