Taylor Swift first woman to reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify

Taylor Swift is officially the first female artist to accumulate 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify, according to the streaming service.

"Queen behaviour. On August 29, Taylor Swift became the first female artist in Spotify history to reach 100 million monthly listeners," said Spotify’s social media accounts.

At the time of writing, Taylor Swift is the second most listened to artist on the streaming platform, behind Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye who’s monthly listener count is around 110 million.

Currently, the pair are the only two musicians on Spotify to over the 100 million mark for 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

Speak Now (Taylor's Version), was released in July and is the third outing in her plan to re-record her first six albums, following manager Scooter Braun's sale of her early catalogue.

In the same month, it was announced that Swift had achieved more number-one albums than any other woman in history.

During a show in California recently, Swift announced her 1989 (Taylor's Version) album will be released in October.

She received eight nominations at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, the most of any artist for 2023.

Earlier this year, the Grammy-winner announced three shows at Dublin’s 3 Arena for Summer 2024 as part of her Eras tour, each of which are now sold-out.