Taylor Swift and BTS emerged as the most translated music artists in the world, according to WordFinderX.
WordFinderX analyzed data on more than 627,000 translations of 277,000 songs from more than 11,700 musical artists from LyricsTranslate.com.
“We ranked the songs by the number of times they have been translated from their original language and ranked the artists based on how many times their songs have been translated. We also ranked non-English speaking artists separately and the most translated artists from each country,” according to WordFinderX.
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Swift is the No. 1 most translated singer in the world with 4,954 translations on Lyrics Translate. Some 365 of Swift’s songs have been translated into one or more of 57 languages.
Placing second is BTS, which also emerged as the No. 1 most translated non-English language act, with 3,446 translations of 239 songs across 59 languages.
On the other hand, Michel Teló’s “Ai Se Eu Te Pego” (Brazil) is the world’s most translated song, with 131 translations, including Afrikaans, Welsh and four different Macedonian versions.
The analysis also revealed that “while English is the most common language for songs to be translated into from most of the most commonly translated languages, it’s not always the case. Korean is translated into Russian more than any language.”
The list also revealed the most translated song and artist for every country.
In the Philippines, for example, Aegis is the most translated artist with 80 while Bella Poarch’s “Build A B*tch is the most translated song with 20.
Here are the most translated singers in the world:
1. Taylor Swift - 4,954 translations
2. BTS - 4,005
3. Lana del Rey - 3,709
4. The Beatles - 3,156
5. Rammstein - 2,846
6. Anna German - 2,666
7. Laura Pausini - 2,569
8. Celine Dion - 2,504
9. Julio Iglesias - 2,170
10. Shakira - 2,094