The largest artist of the 21st century (according to Billboard USA)

Who is the largest music artist of the 21st century? Billboard USA, the magazine considered a sort of “Bible” of the American Music Biz, even activated since 1894, has no doubts: it is Taylor Swift. The American newspaper, which among other things publishes the official sales charts of overseas, has drawn up the top 10 of the most influential artists of the twenty -first century discography. Swift, in the first place, overcomes the competition of colleagues such as Beyoncé, The Weeknd, Rihanna and Drake: “Wift led the rankings of Billboard’s best year -end artists in 2009, 2015, 2023 and 2024, becoming the first artist to have four annual titles (starting from the birth of the category in 1981)”, wrote the editors of Billboard in the text that precedes the top ten, Explaining the reasons that pushed them to crown Taylor Swift.

This is the top ten:

1. Taylor Swift
2. Drake
3. Rihanna
4. Post Malone
5. Eminem
6. The Weeknd
7. Beyoncé
8. Justin Bieber
9. Bruno Mars
10. Usher

The latest album of unpublished by the US singer -songwriter is “The tortured poets department”, released in April last year, in the middle of the “Eras Tour” of records. Last May Swift announced that he had purchased the Masters of his first records, after six years of media war.