The Weeknd, the most popular artist in the world according to Guinness World Records

Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, is statistically the most popular musician on the planet. This is after setting two new Guinness World Records: Most listeners per month on Spotify, With 111.4 million (as of March 20, 2023), in addition to becoming Firstly artist To reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

His two new records come after his remix release.die for you With Ariana Grande, which went viral on TikTok. This track peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming #7 for The Weeknd. This is the fourth collaboration for both of them yet “love me so much” (2014), “off the table” (2020) and remix “Save your tears” (2021).

The original version of “I die for you” It was released in 2016 as part of Starboy The Weeknd’s album. After more than six years, it finally topped the popularity charts and became the Longest climb to number one on the Hot 100 by a non-party song in history.

starboy is now The Weeknd’s third album to produce multiple hit singlesafter Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) and After Hours (2020).

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Another Guinness World Record for the week

In 2016 he was awarded two Guinness World Records titles. one for Most streamed album on Spotify in 2015By Beauty Behind the Madness. the other was for Most consecutive weeks in the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 by a solo male artist.

For records on other platforms, “blind lights” Hours later is still the most played track on Spotify, With over 3.4 billion songs played as of February 2023. the song has surpassed “shape you” by Ed Sheeran.

Artists are the most streamed monthly on Spotify

The Weeknd currently has nearly 30 million monthly listeners over Miley Cyrus, at number two, with 82.4 million. The former Disney star beats Shakira with 81.6 million, Ariana Grande with 80.6 million, Taylor Swift with 80.2 million, and Rihanna with 78.5 million. On the other side, The Weeknd’s closest competitor is Ed Sheeran, with $77.5 million.