The U.S. recorded-music industry reached a record high of $11.5 billion in revenue in 2025.
Premium paid streaming subscription revenues grew 6.8% to $5.88 billion and vinyl sales, led by Taylor Swift, were up for a 19th consecutive year, passing $1 billion in sales for the first time since 1983.
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‼️| “The Life of a Showgirl” has broken 30 records. Taylor Swift enlarged her collection to 148 Guinness World Record Certifications.
— Extending her status as the #1 artist on the tally, and now ranks among the top 6 people with the most records-broken in history.
🏆Taylor Swift becomes the first female artist in Spotify history to surpass 122 BILLION streams across all credits.
She remains the most-streamed artist across lead credits.
🚨Taylor Swift has now the 3rd most expensive musical catalog of all time, estimated at $900 MILLION according to @Forbes.
— She’s behind Queen($1.27B) and Michael Jackson($1.2B).
[UPDATED] Taylor Swift's BILLIONS CLUB Catalogue on Spotify!
27 songs spanning 11 Eras, 14 albums, droplets, singles, album tracks, and multiple genres and styles!
🚨| Hilary Duff reveals that Taylor Swift is the one that altered her perception of what a live show should be!
“Taylor Swift. She’s the one who leveled up the game for me for live shows. The Eras Tour was so sick.”
🚨| ‘Enchanted’ by Taylor Swift surpasses 1 BILLION streams on Spotify!
It’s the first ‘Speak Now’ song to reach this milestone!
— Extending Taylor Swift’s record as the female artist with the most songs with over 1 BILLION streams each in Spotify history (26).
Taylor Swift's “Opalite” has become her 14th No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Swift now ties Rihanna for the third most Hot 100 leaders in the history of the chart. Who’s ahead of them? Only the Beatles with 20 No. 1s and Mariah Carey with 19.
“Opalite” follows “The Fate of Ophelia” as Swift's second No. 1 song from “The Life of a Showgirl.” “Ophelia” spent 10 weeks at No. 1. “Opalite” previously debuted at No. 2 during the week of the album’s release.
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Taylor Swift earns her 14th #1 on the Billboard Hot 100:
• Opalite
• The Fate of Ophelia
• Fortnight
• Is It Over Now? (Taylor's Version)
• Cruel Summer
• Anti-Hero
• All Too Well (10 Minute Version)
• Willow
• Cardigan
• Look What You Made Me Do
• Blank Space
• Bad Blood
• Shake It Off
• We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
IFPI's Top 10 Biggest Albums of 2025 globally:
1⃣ The Life of a Showgirl - #TaylorSwift
2⃣ I’m The Problem - #MorganWallen
3⃣ K-Pop Demon Hunters - Soundtrack
4⃣ DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS - #BadBunny
5⃣ Short n’ Sweet - #SabrinaCarpenter
6⃣ KARMA - #StrayKids
7⃣ SOS - #SZA
8⃣ HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - #BillieEilish
9⃣ MAYHEM - #LadyGaga
🔟10 - #MrsꓸGREENAPPLE
My favorite part about writing is that first spark of an idea. It can happen at any time, for any reason. The idea for the Opalite music video crash landed into my imagination when I was doing promo for The Life of a Showgirl. I was a guest on one of my favorite shows, @TheGNShow. For those of you who aren’t familiar, it’s a UK late night show where Graham Norton (the insanely charismatic and lovable host) invites a random group of actors, entertainers, musicians, etc to be on his show and we all sit there and chat like it’s a dinner party. They even serve wine. Anyway. I remember thinking I got ridiculously lucky with the group I was paired with. Cillian Murphy, Domhnall Gleeson, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith, and @LewisCapaldi. All people whose work I’ve admired from afar. When we were all talking during the broadcast, Domhnall made a light hearted joke about wanting to be in one of my music videos. He’s Irish! He was joking! Except that in that moment during the interview, I was instantly struck with an *idea*. And so a week later he received an email script I’d written for the Opalite video, where he was playing the starring role. I had this thought that it would be wild if all of our fellow guests on the Graham Norton show that night, including Graham himself, could be a part of it too. Like a school group project but for adults and it isn’t mandatory. To my delight, everyone from the show made the effort to time travel back to the 90’s with us and help with this video. You might even recognize some friendly faces from The Eras Tour. I got to work with one of my favorite people in the world, Rodrigo Prieto, again! I had more fun than I ever imagined - Made new friends, metaphors, and fashion choices. It was an absolute thrill to create this story and these characters. Shot on film. The Opalite video is out now on Spotify & Apple Music.
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