THE WEEKEND SET GUINNESS RECORD AS THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR ARTIST ON THE PLANET

• The Weeknd became the first artist in Spotify History to reach 100 Million monthly listeners.

• The Weeknd is statistically the most popular musician on the planet.

• The Weeknd currently has almost 30 million more monthly listeners than second-placed Miley Cyrus (82.4 million).

On February 27, Abel Tesfaye, more commonly known as The Weeknd became the first artist in Spotify History to reach 100 Million monthly listeners ” as announced on Twitter. The Weeknd is statistically the most popular musician on the planet. The 33-year-old Canadian singer’s success has seen him set two new Guinness World Records titles:

• Most monthly listeners on Spotify – 111.4 million (as of 20 March 2023)

• First artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify

The Weeknd currently has almost 30 million more monthly listeners than;

• Second-placed Miley Cyrus (82.4 million). 
• He is also comfortably ahead of Shakira (81.6 million), Ariana Grande (80.6 million), Taylor Swift (80.2 million), Rihanna (78.5 million), and his closest male Artist, Ed Sheeran (77.5 million).

The Weeknd has been a musical sensation since 2009, but this latest streaming surge was due to the “Die for You” remix featuring vocalist Ariana Grande, which went viral on TikTok in late 2021. Since then, the duo have found further success collaborating on songs like “Love Me, Harder,” “Off the Table” and the remix of “Save Your Tears.

He also has a new live concert special on HBO Max, which proved to be the highest-rated debut for a music special in the platform’s history.