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The Weeknd has reached a milestone that no artist before him has achieved. He is now the first artist in Spotify history to have 30 different songs each surpass one billion streams. The achievement ...

One of the buzziest songs recently circulating on TikTok and climbing the Spotify charts featured the familiar voices of best-selling artists Drake and the Weeknd. But there's a twist: Drake and the ...

“Blinding Lights” claims the shiny prize largely for its unprecedented longevity in the top 10: 59 weeks, the most of any song not only in the quarter century but in the entire history of the Hot ...

Last month, The Weeknd celebrated his Spotify streaming success with a special Billions Club Live performance in Los Angeles, where he played some of his biggest hits to reach a billion streams on the ...

The Weeknd’s individualistic imprint made him the only Drake co-sign to escape the OVO orbit and establish his own center of gravity. He’s now expanded the role he served for the rapper as the go-to ...

Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” holds at No. 1 on Radio Songs for a twenty-sixth frame, tying a historic airplay milestone set by ...

Pop star Ariana Grande has revealed that she and fellow artist The Weeknd once recorded a batch of songs together that were later abandoned because they “weren’t right for the time,” according to a ...

For The Weeknd, it seems making music can mend his heart. The singer is opening up about his experience creating his 2018 album My Dear Melancholy, which is widely believed to be a breakup album.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Weeknd is the most successful musician on this week’s edition ...

The Weeknd opened for Drake at shows before becoming a full-on collaborator when he contributed to five songs on the rapper’s landmark Take Care. While Drake undoubtedly drew inspiration from Kanye ...