Taylor Swifts’ music earned over £79.8million last year in royalties from Spotify.
The singer, 35, was the streaming platform’s highest earner over the last 12 months – as it paid out a record £7.7billion to artists.
Back in 2014, Taylor pulled her music from the platform in a row over pay. It wasn’t added back until 2017.
The Shake It Off hitmaker said at the time: ‘It’s my opinion music should not be free.’
Elsewhere, The Weeknd was the second most streamed artist on the platform, earning around £39.8million in royalties.
Ariana Grande reportedly pulled in £30million for her music, while Bruno Mars’ streams made £25million.
Taylor Swifts’ music earned over £79.8million last year in royalties from Spotify
The singer, 35, was the streaming platform’s highest earner over the last 12 months – as it paid out a record £7.7billion to artists
Earlier this year, two of her albums, her eponymous debut album from 2006 and 2017’s Reputation, were no longer listed in the discography of her Spotify page.
The singer’s devoted fans quickly assumed this meant the re-recordings, called Taylor’s Version of the two albums were being released soon.
Other schools of thought were that it was a Spotify bug, which it appears to be.
Her debut album is back in the list of her albums on the app and Reputation can be played from search, but is not showing up on the list as of this writing.
One fan dramatically revealed her worst fear, saying ‘My worst fear is that I’ll be asleep when Reputation TV drops.’
Taylor is in the process of re-recording her first six albums that were released under her former contract with Big Machine Records.
In 2019, Scooter Braun bought Big Machine – and the master recordings of Taylor’s first six albums, which she had fought valiantly to own herself.
After that, Taylor vowed to re-record those six albums and she’s completed four of them to date: Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (2021), Red (Taylor’s Version) (2021), Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (2023), and 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (2023).
Elsewhere, The Weeknd was the second most streamed artist on the platform, earning around £39.8million in royalties
The only two left are Taylor Swift and Reputation and fans have been frothing at the mouth for any news on when Taylor’s Version of Reputation will drop.
The album contains fan favorites Look What You Made Me Do, ….Ready For It and Don’t Blame Me.
Swifties were sure she was going to announce the new Reputation during her Eras Tour.
Now that the Eras Tour has wrapped, Taylor has more time to devote to ‘normal’ things – like watching her boyfriend Travis Kelce, 35, play professional football.
The pair were seen for the first time together this week following the Chiefs loss at the Super Bowl one month earlier.
The couple have mainly flown under the radar after the Kansas City Chiefs’ humiliating defeat against the Philadelphia Eagles last month during Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.
Swift had supported her beau during the big game – and was notably booed by attendees in the stadium when she was shown on a large jumbotron from her VIP suite.
Boos from the crowd could be heard echoing throughout the venue – and her reaction soon became a viral meme.
Now that the Eras Tour has wrapped, Taylor has more time to devote to ‘normal’ things – like watching her boyfriend Travis Kelce, 35, play professional football
Kelce’s reaction to his girlfriend getting booed in the stadium was revealed with a source telling Dailymail.com, ‘Travis was aware of Taylor getting booed and he felt helpless. Seeing the look on her face got to him’; seen at Super Bowl LIX above
She momentarily looked stunned before giving a side-eye and then leaning over to briefly address a friend sitting next to her.
In regards to what the performer had stated, lipreader Nicola Hickling revealed to DailyMail.com that Taylor said, ‘aww what, what’s going on.’
Kelce’s reaction to his girlfriend getting booed in the stadium was revealed with a source telling Dailymail.com, ‘Travis was aware of Taylor getting booed and he felt helpless. Seeing the look on her face got to him.’
‘He always protects her and it broke his heart. He was already having a tough night and the fact that the stadium was predominantly Eagles fans didn’t help. Travis knows that this hurt her and anyone can see this.’
The insider added, ‘It’s clear to many that the Eagles fans feel she is a traitor of sorts – being from Pennsylvania and even wearing Eagles gear prior to dating him.
‘Travis believes that it was unnecessary for Trump to take a dig at her especially after he voiced that he was honored for a president to be there.’
The source continued, ‘After Taylor being shut out for a Grammy and Travis losing the biggest game of the year it just hasn’t been a good week for them.
‘But he knows that even though this is not a happy ending to the season having her love gives him so much joy.’
Days after Taylor was booed and the Chiefs’ loss at the Super Bowl, People reported that the pair planned to take a step away from the spotlight.
‘Their lives have been a whirlwind since they first started dating. Things seem great between them, and they’re incredibly happy together,’ a source informed the outlet.
The insider added Taylor and Travis will ‘have a break together’ and stated that the Super Bowl loss ‘was upsetting for everyone.’
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