Taylor Swift became the first female artist in the history of Spotify to reach 100 million monthly listeners.
The music streaming platform announced the news on Tuesday via Spotify’s social media, writing: “Queen behavior. On August 29, Taylor Swift became the first female artist in Spotify history to reach 100 million monthly listeners..
The Weeknd it ranks number one for the highest number of monthly listeners on the app with over 110 million. In February it surpassed 100 million, setting the Spotify record. Bad Bunny ranks third with 80 million, followed by Ed Sheeran with 77 million.
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The news comes after Swift released her re-recorded third album in July, “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”. The album debuted at number 1, reaching the top of the Billboard 200 with 716,000 album-equivalent units. “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” also earned Swift the accolade of being the first woman to have four albums in the top 10 of the Billboard Albums Chart at once, making her only the third artist in history to do so.
While on the final leg of her Eras US tour at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, Swift announced that her project “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” It would debut this fall. The announcement didn’t come as a huge surprise to fans, as the artist had left an Easter egg trail, stating the re-recorded album’s release date as October 27.
“So now, here we are on the last night of the US leg of the Eras Tour, in the eighth month of the year and the ninth day,” Swift teased fans. “Notice there are some new outfits on the show,” she said, hinting at the series of subtle hints she’d been dropping.
“There’s something I’ve been planning for a long, long, long, ridiculously embarrassingly long time. And I think instead of just telling you about it, I think I’ll show you something that I was excited to show you,” Swift told the crowd as the new “1989” album art flashed on the big screen behind her. hers.
Swift’s Eras Tour will continue its international run through the fall of 2024 (including a stop in Argentina), and the megastar recently announced the addition of 15 more North American dates.
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