Taylor Swift will have a lot to celebrate this New Year, with the musician taking home two major year-end honors on Spotify to close out 2024.
And in response to the news that she's both Spotify's most-streamed artist of 2024 and the creator of the app's most-streamed album of the year — both things the platform announced Wednesday (Dec. 4) as part of the annual Wrapped — the 34-year pop star gushed about the feat in a heartfelt thank-you message to fans on Instagram Stories.
“Top artist and album streamed on @spotify this year?” Swift wrote incredulously. “You guys are incredible.”
The year-end wins come just days before the 14-time Grammy winner takes the stage for a final trio of Eras tour shows Dec. 6-8 in Vancouver, BC. two-year trek — had the top-streamed song on Spotify in 2024, with the smash hit “Espresso” amassing more than 1.6 billion global streams.
“What an amazing thing to discover going to the shows on the last weekend of our seasons,” she added in her post. “THANK YOU!”
According to Spotify, more than 26.6 billion global streams propelled Swift to the top of their artist list this year, with The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billie Eilish respectively finishing 2024 as second, third, fourth and fifth most streamed artists. . This turn around the sun marks the second year in a row that the 'Karma' artist has been the service's top artist, having also taken the crown in 2023.
In addition to her Stories post, Swift personally thanked fans with a video message to her top Spotify listeners. “I just wanted to say thank you for being one of my top listeners on Spotify, that's so nice of you,” she said, addressing the camera while wearing one of her Eras tour trinkets. “Thank you for streaming the music — it's just been a crazy ride.”
When it comes to the most streamed album awards, this is just the last straw Department of Tormented Poetshis cap. Swift's sprawling 11th studio album spent a total of 15 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2024 and was recently certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA, meaning it has surpassed 6 million sales in the US
However, Swift's streaming dominance in 2024 wasn't limited to Spotify. This year, she was also Apple Music's top streaming artist, while Tormented poets it was the biggest album on the competing platform.
“Ahhhhhh thanks for listening to my music and TTPD so much!!!!” she wrote about the latest feat in her Story on December 3. “You, the fans, made The Tortured Poets Department the TOP STREAMING album of the Year on @applemusic!!!”
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