Global non-profit music industry organisation, IFPI has unveiled the best-selling albums of 2024, based on worldwide figures across formats.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has announced their annual award for the Global Recording Artist of the Year 2024. With this, the IFPI are breaking down the best-selling artists, albums and singles of 2024. This information is based on worldwide data of downloads, physical formats, and free and paid streaming, across the calendar year.

The Global Album Chart requires a minimum of five tracks to qualify as an album, excluding remixes or alternative versions.

​​Taylor Swift’s eleventh studio album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT was the best-selling album of 2024. This release also topped IFPI’s Global Album Chart, Global Vinyl Album Chart, Global Streaming Album Chart and Global Album Sales Chart. Taylor Swift was also the best-selling artist of 2024. See the full top 20 list here. See the best-selling single of 2024 here.

For the full top 20, keep scrolling. You can find IFPI’s best-selling albums of 2023 here.

Image Credit: IFPI




4. ROMANCE: UNTOLD

ENHYPHEN

Release year: 2024


5. SOS

SZA

Release year: 2022


6. SPILL THE FEELS

SEVENTEEN

Release year: 2024



8. 17 IS RIGHT HERE

SEVENTEEN

Release year: 2024


9. Stick Season

Noah Kahan

Release year: 2022


10. ATE

Stray Kids

Release year: 2024


11. Lover

Taylor Swift

Release year: 2019



13. eternal sunshine

Ariana Grande

Release year: 2024



15. Midnights

Taylor Swift

Release year: 2022



17. Folklore

Taylor Swift

Release year: 2020


18. COWBOY CARTER

Beyoncé

Release year: 2024


19. Zach Bryan

Zach Bryan

Release year: 2023


20. UTOPIA

Travis Scott

Release year: 2023


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