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 ...

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” has become the first song to pass the 4 billion stream mark on Spotify, a rep for the company confirms to Variety. The song passed Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” as the all ...

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” continues to make history. On Sunday (Aug. 31), Spotify announced on Instagram that the 2020 megahit has officially become the first song in the streaming platform’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” ties The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights ...

Having won numerous Grammys, Billboard Music Awards, and American Music Awards, The Weeknd also sold over 75 million albums and set the record for most songs to cross one billion streams on Spotify.

The lights were blinding inside Ford Field on Saturday night — as were the lasers, bursts of pyrotechnics and flashes from phones in the audience — as Toronto superstar the Weeknd brought his After ...