Madonna is recognized by Guinness World Records as the "Best-selling female recording artist of all time".
Madonna. While Madonna may be considered the greatest and most successful female popstar of all time, she may not get the kudos for her actual singing voice that she deserves. Her voice is always solid and clear, with a delicate quality that works so perfectly for her brand of pop.
The singer will be honored at the Billboard Women in Music Awards in March.
Abel Tesfaye, more commonly known as The Weeknd, is statistically the most popular musician on the planet, and no one else even comes close. The 33-year-old Canadian singer's success has seen him set two new Guinness World Records titles: Most monthly listeners on Spotify – 111.4 million (as of 20 March 2023)
The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of July 2023, Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist of all time on Spotify, while American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist.
With over 3 billion views, the most popular song on YouTube is "Despacito." Released by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee in 2017, this Latin pop sensation took the world by storm and became a viral hit.
Of the three women, Rihanna, 35, has the highest net worth, with $1.4 billion to her name (she first achieved billionaire status in 2021).
The album's title track topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and cemented Madonna's status as a pop icon. What is this? Madonna is arguably not only the most famous female vocalist of all time, but she is certainly also the most successful.
Lainey Wilson brought home the Female Vocalist of the Year trophy for the second year in a row at the 2023 ACM Awards on Thursday night (May 11). She emerged victorious over a fiercely competitive pack of nominees: Miranda Lambert, Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce and Kelsea Ballerini were also nominated in this category.
Madonna. The Queen of Pop, Madonna, is the bestselling female artist of all time.
Selena Gomez is the most-followed woman, actor, musician, producer and North American on Instagram, with over 426 million followers.
Selena Gomez is the reigning queen of Instagram once again! The singer and actress recently broke records when she hit 400 million followers and officially became the most followed woman on the app. She joined an elite group of just two other celebs that have hit the major milestone: Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Taylor Swift is the all-time winner with four and is also the most nominated artist with nine. There are only six women have won the award more than once: Christina Aguilera, Taylor Swift, Adele, Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey, and Rihanna.
Rihanna is now worth $1.4 billion–making her America's youngest self-made billionaire woman.
Taylor Swift is the second richest self-made woman in music and celebrates taking her spectacular Eras Tour to Latin America. Taylor is only behind Rihanna.
As of July 2023, "Blinding Lights" (2019) by Canadian singer the Weeknd is the most-streamed song of all time on Spotify, while "Dance Monkey" (2019) by Australian singer-songwriter Tones and I is the most-streamed song by a female artist.
Taylor Swift (USA) surged ahead of Ariana Grande as the most streamed female artist on Spotify soon after her 12th studio album Midnights hit streaming services worldwide on 21 October 2022.