It is the 11th time that this ranking is established "on the basis of the worldwide sales of an artist or group in the last year, in all formats (streaming, downloads and physical media) and on its entire repertoire", explained on Wednesday the organization that represents recorded music industry worldwide.
The 2023 award follows those from 2014, 2019 and 2022. IFPI hails "an exceptional year in which the artist took three albums (…) to the top of the charts", respectively "Midnights" and the self-recorded versions of the albums "Speak Now" and "1989" .
"With her record-breaking Eras Tour, she has brought her entire repertoire back into the spotlight on streaming platforms around the world," the organization continues. This phenomenon was illustrated by the reappearance of the song 'Cruel summer', originally released in 2019, which returned to number 1 in the charts four years later', IFPI continues.
K-Pop stars Seventeen and Stray Kids took second and third place, "following a record-breaking year for Korean artists." Four K-Pop groups also feature in the top 10, with Tomorrow X Together at number seven and NewJeans at number eight.
It must also be added that Taylor Swift (38 years old) once again made pop music history at the beginning of this month, winning her fourth Grammy award for the prestigious title of best album.
