Taylor Swift is the most translated artist in the world, study finds

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Taylor Swift is the most translated artist in the world, according to a new study.The results were found as part of a recent study conducted by WordFinderX, which analysed data on 627,000 translations of 277,000 songs from more than 11,700 musical artists.The songs were ranked by the number of times that they had been translated from their original language, and artists were also ranked based on how many times their songs had been translated.

Non-English-speaking artists were also ranked separately.Of the results, it was shown that Taylor Swift was the most translated artist globally, with fans translating 365 of Swift’s songs across 57 languages – the equivalent of nearly 5,000 translations in total.K-pop stars BTS came in second place due to their popularity and Korean lyrics, and Lana Del Rey and The Beatles came in third and fourth place respectively.Others on the list included Céline Dion, Julio Inglesias, Shakira and One Direction.

Similarly, on the non-English speaking list, BTS came in peak position, followed by German metal band Rammstein, ​​Ana German from Uzbekistan and Italian artist Laura Pausini.The most translated song in the world was found to be ‘Ai Se Eu Te Pego’ by Michel Teló.

Recorded in Portuguese, the song was released in 2011 and reached Number One on the iTunes charts around Latin America and Europe.Elsewhere, the report shows that Bosnia’s Dino Merlin has been around long enough to record 135 songs deemed worthy of translation.