On Wednesday (December 4), Spotify revealed its year-end Spotify Wrapped data, which featured its ranking of the most-streamed albums in the world over the past 12 months. According to those figures, the Top Eight most-streamed albums of 2024 were all released by women. Taylor Swift is featured three times in the Top Eight, with The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology topping the list of the most-streamed albums of the year, while 2023’s 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is at Number Six, and 2019’s Lover reached Number Eight. Billie Eilish‘s Hit Me Hard and Soft came in at Number Two on the most-streamed albums of 2024, while Sabrina Carpenter‘s Short n’ Sweet is third, Karol G’s Mañana Será Bonito is Number Four, Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine is Number Five. and SZA’s 2022 album SOS landed at Number Seven. Swift was also crowned Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally for the second consecutive year, with the pop superstar racking up 26.6 billion worldwide streams. (Rolling Stone)