Taylor Swift is the Female Singer of the 21st Century

Taylor Swift tops the list of 100 female singers of the 21st century, the most commercially successful singer of the past 25 years.

March 19, Billboard released the list, which includes solo artists and band members. The results were calculated based on their weekly performance on the Billboard 200 and Billboard 100 charts from the beginning of 2000 to the end of 2024. Taylor Swift holds the top spot thanks to her repeated domination of trending playlists.

To date, she has a total of 19 records including 11 studio albums and four re-recorded versions. Taylor's Version , four live albums. Of those, she has 14 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200, tied with rappers Jay-Z and Drake. All three are among the most chart-topping solo artists of all time, second only to The Beatles. In May 2024, the songs on her latest project - The Tortured Poets Departments - holds the top 14 positions of the Billboard 100.

Taylor Swift received a golden statue at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards. Photo: Billboard

Following Taylor Swift, the top 10 are Rihanna, Beyoncé, Adele, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Pink, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys. Other notable names include Madonna at 36th place and Celine Dion at 48th place.

Taylor Swift, 36, was dubbed America's "country princess" after debuting at the age of 16. In 2014, she switched to the pop genre, making her mark with the album 1989. In nearly 20 years of career, she received 14 Grammy gold statues, 30 VMAs trophies, and organized many big tours such as The Eras Tour . The tour's revenue helped her enter the billionaire ranks with a fortune of 1.1 billion USD, according to Forbes .

In 2019, Swift was Billboard honored as Woman of the Decade. In November 2024, the magazine ranked her second in the top 25 Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century . However at that time Billboard made her fans angry when she used a nude wax figure to imitate the singer in the MV Famous Kanye West's video tribute to her. The newspaper's representative posted the article Sorry Taylor Swift on X, But many fans are not satisfied because they "don't feel the sincerity".

She was recently named Global Recording Artist of the Year 2024, thanks to her world-leading music sales for the year. On March 17, The Eras Tour receive title Tour of the Century at the iHeart Radio Music Awards. She is currently dating football player Travis Kelce, who is the same age.

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