Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Taylor Swift will reportedly earn $100million from Spotify streams alone this year
nme.comTaylor Swift will reportedly earn over $100million (£78million) from Spotify streams alone in 2023.The popstar was recently crowned Spotify’s Top Global Artist of 2023, with Swift racking up over 26 billion streams on the platform.Now, Billboard has estimated that Swift will bring home $100million from Spotify alone.
According to their royalty calculator, the 26 billion streams Swift has accumulated will have earned her $101million in royalties by the end of December 2023.
Accounting for publishing revenue, Billboard claimed Swift will have made around $131million on the streaming platform.However, this figure does not include other platforms such as Apple Music, YouTube Music and Amazon Music.
If these streaming services were to be included, Billboard estimated that Swift would have had a total of 38.3 billion streams, which allegedly may have earned the singer about $160million in royalities.
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