Global Recording Artist of the Year
| Global Recording Artist of the Year | |
|---|---|
 The IFPI trophy | |
| Awarded for | Most successful recording artist worldwide based on album-equivalent units |
| Presented by | International Federation of the Phonographic Industry |
| First awarded | January 2014 |
| Most recent winner | BTS (2021) |
| Most awards |
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The Global Recording Artist of the Year is an award presented by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) to honor the best-performing recording artist based on a total of album-equivalent units, which include music downloads, streaming and physical format sales.[1] It has been awarded every year since January 2014, with British boy band One Direction becoming the first act to receive the accolade for 2013.[2] This success was attributed to the band's third studio album, Midnight Memories, which became the best-selling album of the year.[3] Taylor Swift was awarded the Global Recording Artist of 2014 following her fifth studio album, 1989.[4] It spawned two international number-one singles, "Shake It Off" and "Blank Space".[5]
Adele received the award for the Global Recording Artist of 2015 with the release of her third studio album, 25.[6] It was the best-selling album of the year, with its lead single, "Hello", reaching number one in nearly every country in which it charted.[7] The Global Recording Artist of 2016 went to Drake, whose fourth studio album, Views, was the third best-selling album of the year.[8][9] The album's second single, "One Dance", became the biggest digital song of the year.[9] Ed Sheeran received the award for 2017 with the release of his third studio album ÷, which included the singles "Shape of You", "Castle on the Hill", "Galway Girl", and "Perfect". He became the first recipient to have both the best-selling album and single of the year.[10] Drake won the award again in 2018, which made him the first artist to win twice.[11] Swift matched Drake's achievement when she received the award again for 2019. Her seventh studio album, Lover, was the second best-selling album of 2019.[12] The award for 2020 went to BTS. The band's fourth and fifth studio albums, Map of the Soul: 7 and Be, were the top two best-selling albums of the year. BTS became the first Asian act to win the award.[13][14] The band repeated the feat for 2021, becoming the third artist—after Drake and Swift—to win the award twice, and the first to do so in consecutive years.[15]
Top 10 Global Recording Artists of the Year
2013
| Rank | Artist[16] | IFPI Top 10 Album of the Year[3] | IFPI Top 10 Single of the Year[17] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Direction | Midnight Memories (first) | — |
| 2 | Eminem | The Marshall Mathers LP2 (second) | — |
| 3 | Justin Timberlake | The 20/20 Experience (third) | — |
| 4 | Bruno Mars | Unorthodox Jukebox (fourth) | "When I Was Your Man" (eighth) |
| 5 | Katy Perry | Prism (sixth) | "Roar" (fifth) |
| 6 | Pink | — | "Just Give Me a Reason" (fourth) |
| 7 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | — | "Thrift Shop" (second) |
| 8 | Rihanna | — | "Stay" (tenth) |
| 9 | Michael Bublé | To Be Loved (seventh) | — |
| 10 | Daft Punk | Random Access Memories (fifth) | "Get Lucky" (sixth) |
2014
| Rank | Artist[4] | IFPI Top 10 Album of the Year[5] | IFPI Top 10 Single of the Year[5] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Swift | 1989 (second) | — |
| 2 | One Direction | Four (sixth) | — |
| 3 | Ed Sheeran | X (third) | — |
| 4 | Coldplay | Ghost Stories (fourth) | — |
| 5 | AC/DC | Rock or Bust (seventh) | — |
| 6 | Michael Jackson | — | — |
| 7 | Pink Floyd | The Endless River (ninth) | — |
| 8 | Sam Smith | In The Lonely Hour (fifth) | — |
| 9 | Katy Perry | — | "Dark Horse" (second) |
| 10 | Beyoncé | — | — |
2015
| Rank | Artist[6] | IFPI Top 10 Album of the Year[18] | IFPI Top 10 Single of the Year[18] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adele | 25 (first) | "Hello" (seventh) |
| 2 | Ed Sheeran | X (second) | "Thinking Out Loud" (third) |
| 3 | Taylor Swift | 1989 (third) | "Blank Space" (eighth) |
| 4 | Justin Bieber | Purpose (fourth) | — |
| 5 | One Direction | Made in the A.M. (sixth) | — |
| 6 | Coldplay | A Head Full Of Dreams (eighth) | — |
| 7 | Maroon 5 | — | "Sugar" (fourth) |
| 8 | Sam Smith | In The Lonely Hour (fifth) | — |
| 9 | Drake | — | — |
| 10 | The Weeknd | Beauty Behind The Madness (tenth) | — |
2016
| Rank | Artist[8] | IFPI Top 10 Album of the Year[9] | IFPI Top 10 Single of the Year[9] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drake | Views (third) | "One Dance" (first) |
| 2 | David Bowie | Blackstar (fifth) | — |
| 3 | Coldplay | A Head Full of Dreams (ninth) | — |
| 4 | Adele | 25 (second) | — |
| 5 | Justin Bieber | — | "Love Yourself" (second) "Sorry" (fifth) |
| 6 | Twenty One Pilots | Blurryface (eighth) | "Stressed Out" (tenth) |
| 7 | Beyoncé | Lemonade (first) | — |
| 8 | Rihanna | — | "Work" (sixth) |
| 9 | Prince | — | — |
| 10 | The Weeknd | — | — |
2017
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| Rank | Artist[19] | IFPI Top 10 Album of the Year[20] | IFPI Top 10 Single of the Year[20] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ (first) | "Shape of You" (first) "Perfect" (ninth) |
| 2 | Drake | — | — |
| 3 | Taylor Swift | Reputation (second) | — |
| 4 | Kendrick Lamar | Damn (seventh) | "Humble" (sixth) |
| 5 | Eminem | Revival (eighth) | — |
| 6 | Bruno Mars | 24K Magic (tenth) | "That's What I Like" (fourth) |
| 7 | The Weeknd | — | — |
| 8 | Imagine Dragons | — | "Believer" (tenth) |
| 9 | Linkin Park | — | — |
| 10 | The Chainsmokers | — | "Something Just like This" (third) "Closer" (fifth) |
2018
| Rank | Artist[11] | IFPI Top 10 Album of the Year[21] | IFPI Top 10 Single of the Year[22] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drake | — | "God's Plan" (second) |
| 2 | BTS | Love Yourself: Answer (second) Love Yourself: Tear (third) |
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| 3 | Ed Sheeran | ÷ (sixth) | "Shape of You" (third) "Perfect" (fourth) |
| 4 | Post Malone | — | "Psycho" (tenth) |
| 5 | Eminem | Kamikaze (ninth) | — |
| 6 | Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody (seventh) | — |
| 7 | Imagine Dragons | — | — |
| 8 | Ariana Grande | — | — |
| 9 | Lady Gaga | A Star Is Born (fourth) | — |
| 10 | Bruno Mars | — | — |
2019
| Rank | Artist[23] | IFPI Top 10 Album of the Year[24] | IFPI Top 10 Single of the Year[25] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor Swift | Lover (second) | — |
| 2 | Ed Sheeran | No.6 Collaborations Project (seventh) | "I Don't Care" (seventh) |
| 3 | Post Malone | — | "Sunflower" (fourth) |
| 4 | Billie Eilish | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (fifth) | "Bad Guy" (first) |
| 5 | Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody: The Original Soundtrack (sixth) | — |
| 6 | Ariana Grande | Thank U, Next (eighth) | "7 Rings" (fifth) |
| 7 | BTS | Map of the Soul: Persona (third) | — |
| 8 | Drake | — | — |
| 9 | Lady Gaga | A Star Is Born (fourth) | "Shallow" (eight) |
| 10 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (tenth) | — |
2020
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| Rank | Artist[26] | IFPI Top 10 Album of the Year[14] | IFPI Top 10 Album of the Year (All Formats)[27] | IFPI Top 10 Song of the Year[28] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BTS | Map of the Soul: 7 (first) Be (second) Map of the Soul: 7 - The Journey (eighth) |
Map of the Soul: 7 (first) Be (fourth) |
"Dynamite" (tenth) |
| 2 | Taylor Swift | Folklore (fourth) | Folklore (ninth) | — |
| 3 | Drake | — | — | "Life Is Good" (sixth) |
| 4 | The Weeknd | — | After Hours (second) | "Blinding Lights" (first) |
| 5 | Billie Eilish | — | When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (third) | "Bad Guy" (ninth) |
| 6 | Eminem | — | — | — |
| 7 | Post Malone | — | Hollywood's Bleeding (sixth) | — |
| 8 | Ariana Grande | — | — | — |
| 9 | Juice Wrld | — | — | — |
| 10 | Justin Bieber | Changes (seventh) | Changes (eighth) | — |
2021
| Rank | Artist[29] | IFPI Top 10 Album of the Year | IFPI Top 10 Album of the Year (All Formats) | IFPI Top 10 Song of the Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BTS | TBA | TBA | Template:Mass buying |
| 2 | Taylor Swift | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 3 | Adele | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 4 | Drake | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 5 | Ed Sheeran | TBA | TBA | {{ [[bad habits| ed sheeran song }} |
| 6 | The Weeknd | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 7 | Billie Eilish | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 8 | Justin Bieber | TBA | TBA | {{"Peaches" (sixth) |
| 9 | Seventeen | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 10 | Olivia Rodrigo | TBA | TBA | TBA |
See also
- List of best-selling albums of the 21st century
- List of best-selling singles
- List of Billboard Year-End number-one singles and albums
- List of best-selling music artists
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