London, UK – Taylor Swift has been crowned the global recording artist of the year for a fifth time after breaking records, selling out arenas, and topping music charts throughout 2024.

The pop superstar (35) previously won the award in 2014, 2019, 2022, and 2023 and has now been named by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents the recorded music industry worldwide, as its recipient again for the last year.

Swift has held on to the top spot following the success of her mammoth Eras Tour which helped propel albums throughout her back catalogue back up the charts, according to the IFPI.

The demand has led to 2023's 1989 (Taylor's Version), 2022's Midnights, 2020's folklore, 2020's evermore, and 2019's Lover all securing spots in the top 20 of IFPI's 2024 global vinyl album chart.

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The release of her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, last April also helped her win four other IFPI awards, including global album chart, global vinyl album chart, global streaming album chart, and global album sales chart.

Swift wrapped her billion-dollar, record-breaking Eras Tour in December, having started the mammoth string of dates in March 2023.

Just behind her on this year's IFPI list is Canadian rapper Drake at number two and South Korean boy band Seventeen at number three.

Billie Eilish follows behind, taking the fourth spot, while K-Pop stars Stray Kids came in fifth.

It was also a major year for breakthrough artists, including singers Zach Bryan and Sabrina Carpenter, who both made their first appearance in the top 10 of the global recording artist chart last year at number six and 10, respectively.