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resolution source is spotify

Is she bit enough to be the biggest though? (I'll say Spotify as it's the easiest way to compile statistics)

spotify released their 2024 results & Tswift was #1

https://newsroom.spotify.com/2024-12-04/taylor-swift-takes-the-crown-as-spotifys-global-top-artist-of-2024/

https://apnews.com/article/spotify-wrapped-2024-taylor-swift-306707264ea42c6e65ee82d79b4f833e

it is i admit slightly odd because this just says "2024" and 2024 isn't over. but the resolution source is spotify, and this is when they release their year-end lists. the spotify data isn't otherwise public—this is the source. so i think this has to resolve YES.

(e.g. for reference, wikipedia has a most-streamed artists by year page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-streamed_artists_on_Spotify but

the source is just the yearly spotify wrapped, released around the start of december, because that's how spotify publicly defines "most streamed artist in X year")

List of most-streamed artists on Spotify - Wikipedia

https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/taylor-swift-tortured-poets-department-breaks-global-streaming-record-1235671798/amp/

TTPD had 1.76 billion streams in its first week alone, which is 52% higher than the previous record Taylor set with Midnights.

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The Weeknd led every month last year but November and December.

added some other options for the Swift doubters

Monthly streams or streams in 2024 or total streams?

@june I would assume streams, but good question

@wilkess I think I misunderstood this question, I thought it was about her staying most streamed from 2023-2024.

[meaning most streamed in the year 2024]

It's a great question either way! Please clarify

@Gen ahh I never read it that way but to be fair I think it's the sort of thing if read quickly might confuse, so I'm going to be extra clear -- ty!

(streams in 2024; so I guess that means 2024-2025, if anything (from Jan 1 24 - Dec 31 24))

@wilkess That is actually how I interpreted it, but I realise in asking for clarification I fell into the same trap lol. So it's "most streamed during 2024", not "achieve most streams all-time, in 2024"

no way

I'm a big swiftie. She will definitely top the charts #ERAStour.

@InnesMackay her gigs leave you quaking in your boots

(No literally, there is measurable seismic activity!)