Who’s the most popular music artist in the world right now? Check out the cross-platform best-performing artists in July 2024.

Here are the artists racking up the most streams and gaining the most new fans across the music world in 2024. As an artists gets more follows and listens on Spotify and Apple Music, Pandora, Deezer, SoundCloud and other streaming platforms, and the better they perform on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and across the rest of social media, the closer they get to becoming the biggest artist in the world.

Since we checked the ranking last April, there’s been a fair amount of movement amongst the top 10. Taylor Swift is of course still the number one best-performing artist, after overthrowing Drake last year, releasing recording-breaking albums and continuing her worldwide Eras Tour.

Drake rose from third position to number two thanks to the excitement over the Drake, Kendrick Lamar beef. Speaking over beef, Kendrick Lamar entered the top 10 at number four. Third position is another new entry from Billie Eilish, with the release of her new album HIT ME HARD AND SOFT. Eminem has shot up from eighth to fifth, thanks to his just released new album The Death of Slim Shady and prior singles. The Weeknd, Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande have all dropped places in the top ten, due to previously high positions from new music.

Beyonce and Ed Sheeran have both dropped out of the top ten.

Any surprises here amongst the most popular artists in 2024?


The number one biggest artist

1. Taylor Swift

Score: 645K


The number two biggest artist

2. Drake

Score: 584K


The number three biggest artist

3. Billie Eilish

Score: 583K


The number four biggest artist

4. Kendrick Lamar

Score: 562K


The number eight biggest artist

5. Eminem

Score: 544K


The number four biggest artist

6. The Weeknd

Score: 508K


The number six biggest artist

7. Rihanna

Score: 502K


The number five biggest artist

8. Justin Bieber

Score: 495K


The number five biggest artist

9. Ariana Grande

Score: 478K


The number three biggest artist

10. Bad Bunny

Score: 442K


The data is based on Chartmetric’s cross platform performance analysis, which takes into account the artist’s overall reach with listeners in terms of listens, views and consumption, and how many followers the artist has in their fanbase across the web.

Who’s your number one artist in 2024?


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