The singer was also named the top artist on the music streaming platform
Apple Music named Taylor Swift the top streamed artist and her album The Tortured Poets Department the top streamed album in 2024. Following the news, Swift took to social media Tuesday to share her excitement.
“Ahhhhhh thank you for listening to my music and TTPD so much!!!!” Swift shared in an Instagram story post. “You, the fans, made The Tortured Poets Department the TOP STREAMED ALBUM of The Year on @applemusic!!! You guys snagged me that Top Streamed Artist spot too.”
The news comes as little surprise. Swift’s 11th studio album spent 15 weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 chart, with the opening track “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone spending two weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Making Rolling Stone‘s 100 Best Albums of 2024 list, Poets placed at Number 23 for incorporating the “intimate sound of Folklore and Evermore, but with a coating of Midnights synth-pop gloss.” Ahead of the top music streaming title, Swift also released The Eras Tour Book and The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology on vinyl and CD on Nov. 29.
Swift has taken little time to rest since announcing The Tortured Poets Department at the Grammys in February. Since kicking off the North American leg of her massive Eras Tour in March 2023, which by year’s end became the highest grossing tour of all time, Swift has performed in South America, Asia, and Australia. The pop star recently performed six consecutive nights in Toronto, and will wrap her run in Vancouver on Dec. 6, 7, and 8.
Both Spotify and Apple Music previously crowned Swift the Artist of the Year in 2023. This year, the coveted Apple Music title went to Billie Eilish, who released her third album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, in May and kicked off her North American tour in September.
