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Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Global recorded-music revenue growth slowed down dramatically in 2022 but still was up 9% according to the year-end report from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s released Tuesday. While 2021 saw an 18.5% growth, largely due to an increase in streaming numbers as the world waited at home for the pandemic to lift, a growth in global streaming numbers powered the past year’s lift, which showed total trade revenues for year at $26.2 billion. Subscription audio streaming revenues increased by 10.3% to $12.7 billion, and there were 589 million users of paid subscription accounts at the end of 2022, according to the report.  Total streaming (including both paid subscription and advertising-supported) grew by 11.5% to reach $17.5 billion, or 67% of total global recorded music revenues, according to the IFPI, which represents more than 8,000 record company members worldwide.

The International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry has announced another of its awards for global success in 2022, handing Bad Bunny its Global Album Award for his ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ record, making him the first Latin artist to receive the prize.“We are incredibly excited to award Bad Bunny, the first Latin American artist to win an IFPI Global Award, with the Album Of The Year Award”, says IFPI chief exec Frances Moore. “His unique sound, encapsulated in his award-winning album ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’, has captured the world’s attention on a remarkable scale over the last twelve months”.Bad Bunny’s entirely Spanish language album scored more success across all the digital platforms than some strong contenders, finishing ahead of Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’, Harry Styles’ ‘Harry’s House’ and the soundtrack to Disney movie ‘Encanto’.There was also a strong showing from K-pop artists, with Stray Kids, Seventeen, Blackpink, Enhyphen and Tomorrow X Together all making the IFPI’s global top 20 – Stray Kids and Seventeen in fact both featuring twice.“This year’s Global Albums Chart bears testament to the incredible partnerships that exist between artists and record labels”, reckons Moore.

The International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry has announced another of its awards for global success in 2022, handing Bad Bunny its Global Album Award for his ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ record, making him the first Latin artist to receive the prize.“We are incredibly excited to award Bad Bunny, the first Latin American artist to win an IFPI Global Award, with the Album Of The Year Award”, says IFPI chief exec Frances Moore. “His unique sound, encapsulated in his award-winning album ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’, has captured the world’s attention on a remarkable scale over the last twelve months”.Bad Bunny’s entirely Spanish language album scored more success across all the digital platforms than some strong contenders, finishing ahead of Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’, Harry Styles’ ‘Harry’s House’ and the soundtrack to Disney movie ‘Encanto’.There was also a strong showing from K-pop artists, with Stray Kids, Seventeen, Blackpink, Enhyphen and Tomorrow X Together all making the IFPI’s global top 20 – Stray Kids and Seventeen in fact both featuring twice.“This year’s Global Albums Chart bears testament to the incredible partnerships that exist between artists and record labels”, reckons Moore.

I now this doesn’t happen to people like Harry Styles very often, but Harry Styles has been presented with the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry’s Global Single Award for 2022, because he had the most successful track across all the digital platforms worldwide last year with ‘As It Was’.And this really doesn’t happen to people like Harry Styles very often. By, which I mean people who are Harry Styles.

The International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry has announced Taylor Swift as the recipient of its 2022 Global Recording Artist Of The Year Award – the third time she has been presented with the annual prize.“It is a great pleasure to award the IFPI Global Recording Artist Award to Taylor Swift for an unprecedented third time”, says IFPI chief exec Frances Moore. “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”.The prize is handed to the artist who has the highest number of worldwide streams and sales of their music each year. As well as revealing Swift as the overall winner, the IFPI also revealed the top 20 most successful acts in 2022, which includes BTS, Bad Bunny, The Weeknd, Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, Juice Wrld and young upstarts The Beatles.“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”, says Moore.

Taylor Swift has been named IFPI's Global Recording Artist of the Year 2022, an annual honour celebrating the most popular recording act in the world based on streaming and sales; including vinyl, CDs and downloads.

BTS, Adele and Taylor Swift contributing to a £19.5billion increase.According to industry trading body International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in a new report published Tuesday (March 22), revenues for global recorded music grew by 18.5 per cent in 2021, totalling £19.63billion (US$25.9billion), largely driven by increases in paid subscription streaming.The report stipulates there were 523million users of paid subscription accounts at the end of 2021 – up from 443million in 2020 – generating an increase of 21.9 per cent, or £9.32billion (US$12.3billion).Streaming in 2021 accounted for 65 per cent of total revenues, while downloads equated to four per cent, 19 per cent made up by CDs, vinyl and cassettes.According to IFPI, this means the industry is in its seventh consecutive year of growth, IFPI chief executive Frances Moore told the BBC: “We lived through that dire period after 1999 where the industry declined by 40 per cent.Recorded music revenues grew in every region in 2021. Asia grew by 16.1 per cent, with South Korean superstars BTS the biggest-selling act for the second consecutive year.After being named 2020’s second-biggest seller, Taylor Swift achieved the same position in 2021, with Adele, having released her fourth studio album, ’30’, in November, sold 4.7million copies, making it the most popular album overall.Similar results were seen in Europe – the world’s second-largest music region – with a growth of 15.4 per cent up from 3.2 per cent.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe global recorded music market grew by 18.5% in 2021, driven by growth in paid subscription streaming, according to IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), the organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide. Figures released Tuesday in IFPI’s Global Music Report show total revenues for 2021 were $25.9 billion.While the free version of the report does not attach numbers to all of the rankings, they’re pretty fascinating anyway:The top 10 global artists, based on “consumption across all formats and all countries, weighted based on the value of each method of consumption,” are:The top 10 global digital singles were: The top 10 all-format albums were:And, for good measure, the top-selling vinyl titles across the world were:Digging into the data, the report notes that paid subscription streaming revenues increased by 21.9% to $12.3 billion, with 523 million users of paid subscription accounts at the end of 2021.

Adele’s latest album ’30’ and The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours‘ single ‘Save Your Tears’ were the world’s best-selling records of 2021.Music industry body the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has revealed that Adele’s 2021 album sold more than five million copies in two months. It’s also the biggest-selling record on vinyl and CD.The Weeknd’s ‘Save Your Tears, which was released in 2020, topped the charts in 18 countries and was streamed 2.15billion times. In 2020, The Weekend also had the biggest record of the year with his other ‘After Hours’ single ‘Blinding Lights’.You can see the rankings below.Top 10 global singles 2021:01 The Weeknd – ‘Save Your Tears’ (2.15billion streams)02 The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber – ‘ STAY’ (2.07billion streams)03 Dua Lipa – ‘Levitating’ (1.88billion streams)04 BTS – ‘Butter’ (1.76billion streams)05 Olivia Rodrigo – ‘drivers license’ (1.73billion streams)06 Justin Bieber (ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon) – ‘Peaches’ (1.72billion streams)07 The Weeknd – ‘Blinding Lights’ (1.61billion streams)08 Olivia Rodrigo – ‘good 4 u’ (1.61billion streams)09 Lil Nas X – ‘MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)’ (1.60billion streams)10 Ed Sheeran – ‘Bad Habits’ (1.57billion streams)Top 10 global albums 2021:01. Adele – ’30’02. Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Sour’03. Justin Bieber – ‘Justice’04. Ed Sheeran – ‘=’05. The Weeknd – ‘After Hours’06. Dua Lipa – ‘Future Nostalgia’07. The Kid LAROI – F Love (Mix Tape)08. ABBA – ‘Voyage’09. Morgan Wallen – ‘Dangerous: The Double Album’10. Doja Cat – ‘Planet Her’The three album charts compiled by the IFPI (overall sales, physical sales and vinyl) “reflect the truly global nature of the industry today,” chief executive Frances Moore told the BBC, “with albums by artists

Who were the most successful recording artists on a global basis in 2021? BTS of course. You all knew that already, obviously. But now we have confirmation from the good people at the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry who have done some maths.The trade body has handed the K-pop group its Global Recording Artist Of The Year Award which is, in case you wondered, awarded based on “an artist’s or group’s worldwide performance across digital and physical music formats during the year, from streams to vinyl, and covers their entire body of work”.IFPI actually does the maths to work out a top ten of the most successful recording artists each year, with whoever is in the number one spot getting the Global Recording Artist Of The Year Award.

BTS have been named IFPI's Global Recording Artist of the Year Award, beating the likes of Taylor Swift, Adele and Drake to the top spot.

The music industry is managing to endure the pandemic – and made the most revenue in nearly two decades.

Continuing its drip-feeding of stats in the run-up to the launch of its annual Global Music Report later this month, global record industry trade group the IFPI has announced ‘Blinding Lights’ by The Weeknd as the winner of its 2020 Global Digital Single Award. The track achieved this by being the world’s best performing single of the year across all digital formats.“‘Blinding Lights’ was undoubtedly one of the year’s biggest record breakers and most loved songs”, says IFPI chief exec Frances Moore.

The practice of artists or their labels purchasing streams of songs in order to make the musician appear to be more popular than they are is one of the most controversial and shadowy pitfalls of the streaming era. According to Music Business Worldwide, the matter was the focus of an injunction handed down today by the Regional Court of Frankfurt targeting Likeservice24.de — the website will no longer be allowed to sell fake streams of music content or any form of social media engagement connected with the music.

Japanese band Arashi edged out Taylor Swift for last year's best-selling album across the globe, according to the The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents the worldwide recorded music industry. Arashi’s hits compilation 5x20 All the BEST!! 1999-2019, released in June, sold 3.3 million global units compared to 3.2 million for Swift’s Lover release, the IFPI reports."Arashi are an iconic Japanese band that have built a huge and very dedicated fanbase across Asia throughout their twenty-year music career," said Frances Moore, chief executive of IFPI.

Massive.

Taylor Swift has been crowned the best-selling artist of 2019!

Taylor Swift was the best-selling recording artist of 2019, according to IFPI, the organization that represents the recorded music industry worldwide. Swift earns the honor for the second time, her first being in 2014.

Taylor Swift has been crowned the bestselling music artist in the world by members of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

Taylor Swift is truly a global sensation.