Taylor Swift was the biggest-selling global artist of 2025Music revenues rose 6.4 percent, marking the eleventh consecutive year of expansion, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents more than 8,000 global record labels. AI-generated tracks regularly go viral, such as the runaway success of an AI cover of Belgian musician Stromae's "Papaoutai" at the end of January. According to the report, Deezer revealed that it receives more than 60,000 AI-generated tracks every day. Suno reached an agreement with record label Warner Music Group in November to compensate artists whose work is used to create AI-generated tracks. Taylor Swift was the biggest-selling global artist of 2025, followed by Korean group Stray kids and Canadian rapper Drake.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 18, 2026 15:15 UTC