To no one’s surprise, Taylor Swift is once again atop the Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) list of top-certified albums of the year for 2025. The RIAA announced its annual tally of 2025 certifications on Thursday (Dec. 11) and for the second consecutive year, Swift topped the year-end list with the highest certification level and the year’s top album for the 5x platinum, Billboard 200-topping The Life of a Showgirl.

The top spot for 2025 follows up on some other mega-certifications Swift received earlier this year from the RIAA when she became the first female artist in history to surpass 100 million RIAA-certified album units for her catalog. Swift’s Tortured Poets Department topped last year’s RIAA album tally.

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