Female artists including Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter and Dua Lipa outshine male stars as they hold record-breaking number of weeks in the singles chart
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Women performers have outshone their male counterparts in the music industry in the past year, with a record-breaking number of weeks at the top of the singles chart. New research by trade organisation the BPI reveals that female artists spent 34 weeks in top spot on the list of hit songs, beating the previous record of 31 weeks, set the year before.
![[New research by trade organisation the BPI reveals that female artists spent 34 weeks in top spot on the list of hit songs; pictured Billie Ellish and Charli XCX]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/01/93603469-14237965-New_research_by_trade_organisation_the_BPI_reveals_that_female_a-m-72_1735606919966.jpg)
This means songs by women were at No.1 for the majority of the year. Female performers also claimed half of the top 20 albums in the year for the first time, with huge success for artists including Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and Charli XCX.
![[Female performers also claimed half of the top 20 albums in the year for the first time, with huge success for artists including Taylor Swift (pictured)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/00/93603255-14237965-Female_performers_also_claimed_half_of_the_top_20_albums_in_the_-m-61_1735606570752.jpg)
Women accounted for six of the top ten albums in the year, matching last year’s record, with Swift’s Tortured Poets Department in top place. Her album had over 783,000 sales by the end of December, the most in a calendar year for any artist release since 2017. Swift had four of her albums in the top 20 for the year.
![[12 albums by female solo acts or groups topped the Official Albums Chart during the year, equalling the most in any calendar year. Other acts to reach top spot included Dua Lipa (L), Ariana Grande and Beyonce (R)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/01/93603567-14237965-image-m-70_1735606853100.jpg)
Women performers have outshone their male counterparts in the music industry in the past year, with a record-breaking number of weeks at the top of the singles chart; pictured Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter. New research by trade organisation the BPI reveals that female artists spent 34 weeks in top spot on the list of hit songs; pictured Billie Ellish and Charli XCX.
![[But while it was a strong year for female performers it was Noah Kahan’s (pictured) hit song Stick Season that topped the singles chart for the year]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/31/01/93603981-14237965-image-a-74_1735607465096.jpg)
