Taylor Swift officially has had 17 songs surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify.
The pop superstar is one of the most-streamed artists on the music platform, topping the charts alongside Ariana Grande with a record 20 songs hitting a billion streams, and The Weeknd, who boasts a staggering 27 songs with over a billion streams. Cruel Summer is Taylor’s number one streamed song, with 2.9 billion streams, followed by Blank Space, with 2.1 billion, and I Don’t Wanna Live Forever ft. ZAYN from the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack, at 1.9 billion.
Her dedicated fans, known as Swifties, celebrated the achievement on social media.
Taylor is one of the top artists on Spotify, though she has had a rocky past with the streaming platform.
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In 2014, she removed her entire catalogue from Spotify right after the release of 1989 over low royalty rates and claims that artists were not being paid fairly for their work. In 2017, her music returned to the platform after Spotify agreed to raise its royalty rates.
Fans flooded social media with praise for Taylor, who has one of the most passionate fan bases of any musician in the industry today, with comments.
“She really is the music industry omg!” another exclaimed, while a third commented, “She really turned heartbreak into a billion-dollar streaming empire.”
“Is Taylor Swift the greatest pop icon of all time? The charts think so what about you?” one wrote, with another adding, “About 963M of those Fortnight streams were me. You’re welcome, Taylor.”
The personal milestone comes after Taylor bought back the rights to her music catalogue back in May for $360 million after record exec Scooter Braun sold them to private equity firm Shamrock Capital. The deal included ownership of the masters to her first six albums, which include Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, and Reputation, as well as all music videos, concert films, album artwork, and unreleased material.
“I’ve been bursting into tears of joy at random intervals ever since I found out that this is really happening. I really get to say these words: All of the music I’ve ever made … now belongs … to me,” she wrote in a statement posted to her website.
