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According to the IFPI, these are the top 20 recording artists in the world.
The top 20 global recording artists of the year were announced by the IFPI in an official post on February 22, 2023.
The Top 20 Global Recording Artists for 2022 have been revealed by the organization that represents the recorded music business globally, the IFPI. For the third time in the award’s ten-year history, Taylor Swift was named the 2022 Global Recording Artist of the Year by the IFPI.
The award is determined by how well an artist or group performed globally over the year across all of their music releases, both digital and physical. Taylor Swift has received more IFPI World Recording Artist Awards than any other artist during the course of the award’s ten-year history. She presently holds the distinction from 2014, 2019, and 2022.
After back-to-back victories in 2020 and 2021, BTS places second, marking their third consecutive year in the Top 3, while Drake places third, marking his sixth Top 3 appearance since the Chart’s inception.
“It is a great pleasure to award the IFPI Global Recording Artist Award to Taylor Swift for an unprecedented third time in the chart’s ten-year history,” says Frances Moore, Chief Executive at IFPI. “Taylor is a truly magnificent international star who continues to grow and evolve as an artist whilst maintaining an incredibly strong connection with her fans around the world.”
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“It is exciting to see this year’s Global Recording Artist Chart reflect the increasingly diverse spectrum of music available to music fans today, with superstars from Latin America, Taiwan, and South Korea, as well as the US, UK, and Canada represented. Record companies continue to work diligently in every corner of the globe to find and develop global stars and build their successful careers for the long-term.”
The IFPI Global Recording Artist Chart continues to reflect the diverse artists finding global success in today’s music industry.
The first Latin American artist to reach the Top 5 and the highest place for a Spanish-language performer, Bad Bunny of Puerto Rico, came in at position four.
Jay Chou, whose fame has endured throughout China and Southeast Asia, became the first Taiwanese musician to feature on the List at number nine.
Moreover, South Korean performers had a strong year, with more musicians from their country breaking into the Top 10 than any other nation.
BTS was joined by SEVENTEEN and Stray Kids, charting at six and seven, respectively. The UK was represented on the Chart by Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran (at positions 8 and 10 respectively), while Canadian artist The Weeknd peaked at position 5.
See The Full List Of The Top 20 Global Recording Artists Chart 2022.
- Taylor Swift
- BTS
- Drake
- Bad Bunny
- The Weeknd
- SEVENTEEN
- Stray Kids
- Harry Styles
- Jay Chou
- Ed Sheeran
- Eminem
- Kanye West
- YoungBoy Never Broke Again
- Kendrick Lamar
- Lil Baby
- Billie Eilish
- Post Malone
- Juice WRLD
- The Beatles
- Imagine Dragons