{"id":138160,"date":"2020-03-02T12:43:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T16:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=138160"},"modified":"2020-03-02T12:43:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T16:43:15","slug":"taylor-swift-was-2019s-best-selling-artist-in-the-world-according-to-ifpi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2020\/03\/02\/taylor-swift-was-2019s-best-selling-artist-in-the-world-according-to-ifpi\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Was 2019&#8217;s Best-Selling Artist In The World, According To IFPI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fueled by the success of her new album &#8220;Lover&#8221; and her enduringly popular back-catalogue, Taylor Swift was 2019&#8217;s best-selling artist.<\/p>\n<p>The artist takes #1 on the IFPI Global Artist Chart for 2019, which accounts for worldwide album and song consumption.<\/p>\n<p>2019 marks her second year as the world&#8217;s best-selling artist; she previously achieved the feat in 2014 in conjunction with the release of her &#8220;1989&#8221; album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaylor Swift is the epitome of a truly global star,&#8221; says IFPI Chief Executive Frances Moore. &#8220;She continues to grow as an artist and maintains an incredibly strong connection with her fanbase, whilst continuing to evolve her sound with each album. It is a pleasure to be able to present her with the Global Recording Artist of the Year award for the second time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ed Sheeran follows at #2 on the list, ahead of Post Malone at #3 and Billie Eilish at #4. Queen completes the Top 5 at #5.<\/p>\n<p>Other high-ranking artists include Ariana Grande (#6), BTS (#7), Drake (#8), Lady Gaga (#9) and The Beatles (#10).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The IFPI released its list of the top global artists.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[145],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Taylor Swift Was 2019&#039;s Best-Selling Artist In The World, According To IFPI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fueled by the success of her new album &quot;Lover&quot; and her enduringly popular back-catalogue, Taylor Swift was 2019&#039;s best-selling artist. 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