Taylor Swift’s record breaking year on Spotify revealed as Brit stars fail to crack ANY of the Top 10 charts

Find out which artists topped UK and global categories

Spotify has released its annual UK and global streaming charts for 2024 and in news that will come as a shock to absolutely nobody, Taylor has totally dominated the last 12 months.

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Taylor Swift has totally dominated the last 12 months on SpotifyCredit: Getty
For the second year running the Look What You Made Me Do superstar was the most streamed artist in the UK.

She beat competition from rappers Drake and Kanye West who came in second and third.

Fellow mega-stars Billie Eilish and The Weeknd completed the Top Five.

And when it comes to our nation’s most streamed albums of this year, Taylor also reigns supreme.

Her No1 eleventh album The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology took the top spot – having been released in April with a beefy 31 tracks.

Taylor’s pal Sabrina Carpenter landed the second most streamed album in the UK thanks to her hit-packed record Short n’ Sweet.

The album contains three No1 singles, Espresso, Please Please Please and Taste.

Meanwhile, American singer/songwriter Noah Kahan’s third album Stick Season came in at No3.

But that’s not all.

Continuing her domination, Taylor also landed two more positions in the Top Ten most streamed albums.

1989 (Taylor’s Version) — released October 2023 — came in at No5 while her seventh album Lover, released in 2019, came in at No9.

Lover has enjoyed a boost over the past 12 months thanks to fan favourite track Cruel Summer which is the opening track to Taylor’s record-breaking Eras Tour world tour.

The UK’s most streamed song came from Noah Kahan’s Stick Season which hit the No1 spot back in October 2023.

Ashamedly, no home-grown talent made it on to any of the most streamed Top Ten charts despite the rise of Charli XCX and her cult record Brat.

Globally, the story was the same.

Taylor was once again the most streamed artist on earth – clocking up 26.6 billion streams worldwide.

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Taylor was the most streamed artist in the UK for the second year runningCredit: Getty
That’s more than three times the population of the planet.

Taylor was followed by The Weeknd and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny at No2 and No3.

And the Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology was also the most streamed album in the world.

Globally the most streamed song came in the form of Sabrina Carpenter’s mega hit Espresso.

As for Team Bizarre, our Howell Davies uses rival Apple Music but found his top artist was Kacey Musgraves and he spent 2,184 minutes listening to Charli XCX.

Our Jack found himself listening to his top artist Taylor Swift for a concerning 19,113 minutes — putting him in the top 0.5 per cent of global fans.

He has listened to her Post Palone collaboration Fortnight 503 times since it was released back in April – putting him in the 0.001 per cent of listeners worldwide.

Meanwhile, Ellie clocked up 16,741 minutes of streaming time – which is pretty poor thanks to her obsession with Radio 2 – and is among the top three per cent of fans for NOFX.

Ellie’s top songs

Atlas – Bicep

He’s On The Phone – Saint Etienne

Animals – Nickelback

Idiots Are Taking Over – NOFX

Rosemary – Deftones

When I’m ’Ere – Roll Deep

Mandem – Giggs

Thunderstruck – AC/DC

The Grudge – Tool

Sicko Mode – Travis Scott

Jack’s top songs

Fortnight (ft Post Malone ) – Taylor Swift

Houdini – Dua Lipa

We Can’t Be Friends – Ariana Grande

The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived – Taylor Swift

The Tortured Poets Department – Taylor Swift

Training Season – Dua Lipa

Whatever – Kygo, Ava Max

Taste – Sabrina Carpenter

My Boy Only Breaks His Favourite Toys – Taylor Swift

You Only Love Me – Rita Ora

Top global songs of the decade

Blinding Lights – The Weeknd

Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran

Someone You Loved – Lewis Capaldi

As It Was – Harry Styles

Sunflower Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse – Post Malone/Swae Lee

Starboy – Daft Punk/The Weeknd

One Dance – Drake/Kyla/Wizkid

Stay – Justin Bieber/The Kid LAROI

Sweater Weather – The Neighbourhood

Believer – Imagine Dragons

Most streamed artist in the UK

Taylor Swift

Drake

Kanye West

Billie Eilish

The Weeknd

Eminem

Sabrina Carpenter

Rihanna

Travis Scott

Noah Kahan

Most streamed artist globally

Taylor Swift

The Weeknd

Bad Bunny

Drake

.Billie Eilish

Travis Scott

Peso Pluma

Kanye West

Ariana Grande

Feid

Most streamed album in the UK

The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology – Taylor Swift

Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter

Stick Season – Noah Kahan

Hit Me Hard And Soft – Billie Eilish

1989 (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift

Fireworks & Rollerblades – Benson Boone

The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess – Chappell Roan

Guts – Olivia Rodrigo

Lover – Taylor Swift

Eternal Sunshine – Ariana Grande

Most streamed album globally

The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology – Taylor Swift

Hit Me Hard And Soft – Billie Eilish

Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter

Mañana Será Bonito – Karol G

Eternal Sunshine – Ariana Grande

1989 (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift

SOS – SZA

Lover ­– Taylor Swift

Fireworks & Rollerblades – Benson Boone

Starboy – The Weeknd

Most streamed songs UK

Stick Season – Noah Kahan

Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter

Beautiful Things – Benson Boone

Too Sweet – Hozier

Lose Control – Teddy Swims

Birds Of A Feather – Billie Eilish

Good Luck, Babe! – Chappell Roan

A Bar Song (Tipsy) – Shaboozey

Please Please Please – Sabrina Carpenter

Austin (Boots Stop Workin’) – Dasha

Most streamed songs globally

Espresso – Sabrina Carpenter

Beautiful Things – Benson Boone

Birds Of A Feather – Billie Eilish

Gata Only – FloyyMenor, Cris Mj

Lose Control – Teddy Swims

End Of Beginning – Djo

Too Sweet – Hozier

One Of The Girls with JENNIE, Lily Rose Depp – The Weeknd

Cruel Summer – Taylor Swift

Die With A Smile – Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga

Top rock & indie tracks UK

I Wanna Be Yours, Arctic Monkeys

505, Arctic Monkeys

Creep, Radiohead

Why’d You Only Call Me When You’re High?, Arctic Monkeys

Do I Wanna Know?, Arctic Monkeys

Feel Good Inc, Gorillaz

No Surprises, Radiohead

Brazil, Declan McKenna

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, The Smiths

Take Me Out, Franz Ferdinand

Top metal tracks UK

Paranoid, Black Sabbath

Throne, Bring Me The Horizon

Crazy Train, Ozzy Osbourne

Can You Feel My Heart, Bring Me The Horizon

The Summoning, Sleep Token

Kool-Aid, Bring Me The Horizon

Iron Man, Black Sabbath

Kingslayer (feat Babymetal), Bring Me The Horizon

The Trooper, Iron Maiden

DArkSide, Bring Me The Horizon

Top rap artists UK

Central Cee

Dave

Nemzzz

AJ Tracey

Aitch

Stormzy

Skepta

Tion Wayne

Ndotz

Russ Millions