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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


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.

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. 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

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