Taylor Swift secured the best-selling album of 2025, while K-pop artists claimed many of the year’s biggest songs, according to newly released industry data.

Swift’s 12th studio record, The Life of a Showgirl, ranked as the most popular album worldwide, topping the annual global chart issued by the IFPI.

At the same time, Blackpink member Rosé delivered the year’s biggest international single. Her collaboration with Bruno Mars, APT, surpassed two billion streams globally.

This marks the first occasion that a track featuring non-English lyrics has led the annual global singles chart.

The second-largest hit of 2025 was Golden, performed by Huntr/x, the fictional girl group from Netflix’s breakout series KPop Demon Hunters.

See below for the full top 20 singles and albums rankings.

The success of APT also represents the first time the IFPI singles chart has been topped by an artist from outside North America or Europe.

Although the majority of the song is in English, it begins with spoken Korean words that translate to: “Chaeyoung’s favorite random game. Random game. Game start.”

The chorus prominently repeats the word “아파트,” pronounced “apateu,” which means “apartment” in English.

IFPI CEO Victoria Oakley described the achievement as a “landmark moment.” The organization has published its annual global rankings since 2007.

Bruno Mars appeared again in the top five, with his duet with Lady Gaga, Die With A Smile, finishing in fourth place.

American singer Alex Warren earned the third-biggest single of the year with Ordinary, while Benson Boone’s Beautiful Things completed the top five. Boone’s track had previously topped the chart in 2024.

Notably, much of the singles chart was dominated by older releases, with eight of the top 10 songs originally released before 2025.

For the second year running, no British acts appeared in the year-end global top 10.

However, Lola Young came close, placing 11th with her breakthrough hit Messy, which surpassed one billion streams.

Another track from KPop Demon Hunters, Soda Pop by fictional rival boy band Saja Boys, also secured a spot in the top 20.

Earlier in the week, the IFPI confirmed that Taylor Swift was the overall top global artist of 2025.

She appears once in the year’s leading singles list, with The Fate of Ophelia, the lead release from The Life of a Showgirl, landing in 19th position.

Swift also features at the lower end of the albums ranking, as her 2024 release The Tortured Poets Department placed 20th for the year.

Oakley noted that Swift’s continued dominance “clearly reflects the powerful connection she maintains with fans worldwide.”

The Life of a Showgirl is joined in the albums top five by releases from Morgan Wallen, Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter.

K-pop had a strong showing in the album rankings as well, with projects by Stray Kids and Seventeen making the top 20, and the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack finishing third overall.

• Rosé and Bruno Mars - APT

• Huntr/X - Golden

• Alex Warren - Ordinary

• Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars - Die With A Smile

• Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

• Billie Eilish - Birds of a Feather

• Teddy Swims - Lose Control

• Kendrick Lamar and SZA - Luther

• Gracie Abrams - That's So True

• Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us

• Lola Young - Messy

• Bad Bunny - DtMF

• Saja Boys - Soda Pop

• Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso

• Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

• Sombr - Back to Friends

• The Weeknd - Timeless

• Shaboozey - A Bar Song (Tipsy)

• Taylor Swift - The Fate of Ophelia

• Ravyn Lenae - Love Me Not

Source: IFPI

• Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl

• Morgan Wallen - I'm The Problem

• KPop Demon Hunters - KPop Demon Hunters

• Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

• Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

• Stray Kids - Karma

• SZA - SOS

• Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft

• Lady Gaga - Mayhem

• Mrs. GREEN APPLE - 10

• Kendrick Lamar - GNX

• Seventeen - Happy Burstday

• Tate McRae - So Close To What

• The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow

• Sabrina Carpenter - Man's Best Friend

• Enhypen - Desire: Unleash

• Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess

• Gracie Abrams - The Secret of Us

• Rosé - Rosie

• Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department

Source: IFPI