Ƙungiyar Ƙasashen Rikodi ta Ƙasa (IFPI) ta zaɓa Taylor Swift a matsayin mashahurin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na 2014, bambancin da mawaƙiyar Amurkan ta samu don yawan tallace -tallace da aka samu a zahiri, tsarin dijital da hayayyafa ta hanyar yawo a cikin watannin 2014. Tare da ƙaddamar da sabon aikinta, 1989, watan da ya gabata Oktoba Swift ya kai adadi na kwafi miliyan 1.2 da aka sayar a makon farko a Amurka.
Tare da wannan adadi mashahurin mawaƙin ya zama ɗan wasa mafi nasara tun bayan fitowar The Eminem Show, aikin da mawaƙin Amurka ya buga a 2002. Sakin farko na farko daga kundin, Shake It Off, ya sami nasarar shiga manyan kasashe biyar a cikin kasashe sama da ashirin, ciki har da muhimman kasuwanni irin su Kanada, Jamus, Ostiraliya da Japan, da kuma shaharar shirin bidiyonsa wanda aka kalla fiye da sau miliyan 600 a YouTube tun lokacin da aka buga shi.
Manyan wurare a jerin shahararrun mawakan masana'antar da aka buga IFPI Adadin mutanen Burtaniya ne ke mamaye su, idan aka ba da cewa a matsayi na biyu shine Direction Daya (wanda ke saman tebur a 2013), sannan Ed Sheeran (wanda aka fi saurara a 2014 akan Spotify) da Coldplay. Matsayi na biyar yana zuwa ƙungiyar AC / DC, sai Sam Smith (8th), Katy Perry (9th) da Beyonce (10th).