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As of January 2025, American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is the artist with the most monthly listeners. He is followed by Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd, who was the first artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was the first female artist and second overall. [18]
In 2019, American music magazine Billboard began publishing a list of the greatest pop star of every year since 1981, with essay tributes for each artist. [1] The first year of 1981 was chosen as "the year that forever changed modern stardom", with the premiere of MTV which established music videos as an essential element for popular music iconicity. [1]
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
The 2025 MusiCares Person of the Year event, honoring the Grateful Dead, is moving ahead “with a special appeal for donations to support wildfire relief efforts,” the Recording Academy ...
MusiCares has named Jon Bon Jovi the Person of the Year for their 33rd annual benefit gala taking place on Feb. 2 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, just two nights before the 66th annual ...
The following list of best-selling music artists includes musical artists from the 20th century to the present with claims of 75 million or more record sales worldwide. The sales figures are calculated based on the formula detailed below.
Madonna is the first woman in music to earn $100 million for a year (2009) and has become the highest-paid female musician a record 11 times. Taylor Swift remains the female musician with the highest annual earnings ever with $185 million in 2019, breaking previous record set by herself in 2016 with $170 million. [10] [11]