Taylor Swift Becomes First Female Artist With 100 Million Monthly Listeners on Spotify

Taylor Swift (Instagram @taylorswift)

JAKARTA - Taylor Swift made history by becoming the first female artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

However, the singer, who has released a series of new albums and re-releases in the last three years, is still behind The Weeknd, who has the most monthly listeners on the streaming service with more than 110 million.

Announcing Swift's new achievement, Spotify wrote on social media: “Queen behavior. On August 29, Taylor Swift became the first female artist in Spotify history to reach 100 million monthly listeners.”

Queen behavior 👑 On August 29th, Taylor Swift became the first female artist in Spotify history to reach 100 million monthly listeners. pic.twitter.com/p7smvexszE

— Spotify (@Spotify) August 29, 2023

Swift herself will release 1989 (Taylor's Version) as the latest re-recorded album on October 27.

Since its announcement, streaming of the original album released in 2014 has seen a huge spike.

Writing on social media, Swift called the album "the most FAVORITE re-recording [her] has ever done" while teasing five of From The Vault's unannounced tracks.