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.

2013:
1. One Direction
2. Eminem
3. Justin Timberlake
4. Bruno Mars
5. Katy Perry
6. P!nk
7. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
8. Rihanna
9. Michael Bublé
10. Daft Punk

2014:

2015:

2016:

2017:

2018:

2019:

2020:

2021:

2022:

2023:

2024:

Who

I have no idea lmao.

Bro sells OD in China it’s wild how he made this list with literally only 1 market 😭

Damn Harry kinda low I expected him to at least be top 5

Yeah, I just did some quick research on him. I expect about half of the top 10 to be Asian acts.

I'm surprised, too.

Yea I expect at least 3 Kpop groups on here this year

I feel like harry styles outsold drake in 2022 though

Yea asian acts bout to dominate this list, makes sense tho that’s like the most populated part of the world

This is worldwide so using Billboard sales isn't a full picture

Not like, it is by far the most populous continent. 60% of the people live in Asia.

The way Ed is in the list every year...

yea that's what I mean because billboard year-end drake is still above him, but globally I feel like As It Was did bits

And it’s best selling artists, meaning they count every album and singles they sold that year not just one album

Why is this only in drake section?

Tragic

I made the thread in the music section. Don't know why it got moved here.

It's over

Only Asian acts and Taylor now

Do you think drake is on this list