The Weeknd reached a brand new high-water mark on Spotify this week.
“It’s official: On February 27, The Weeknd turned the primary artist in Spotify Historical past to achieve 100 Million month-to-month listeners,” the streaming service introduced Monday (Feb. 27) through its official social media accounts on Twitter and Instagram.
For context on simply how spectacular 100 million month-to-month listeners is, different supernovas at present path the artist in any other case often known as Abel Tesfaye by tens of hundreds of thousands. As of press time, Drake sits at 68.6 million, Taylor Swift is garnering 80.3 million and even with the record-breaking success of present Billboard Sizzling 100 No. 1 hit “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus has 82.5 million.
The Weeknd’s newest streaming accomplishment comes only a few days after he dropped his new remix of “Die for You” with Ariana Grande. The duet model of the Starboy-era hit is the frequent collaborators’ fourth team-up following “Love Me More durable” (from 2014’s My All the things), “Off the Desk” (from 2020’s Positions) and the pair’s 2021 remix of “Save Your Tears” (from After Hours).
Over the weekend, The Weeknd: Reside at SoFi Stadium — the Canadian crooner’s new live performance particular filmed throughout final 12 months’s After Hours ‘Til Daybreak Tour — premiered on HBO Max. Earlier this month, he confirmed that the musical documentary would shut out his album cycle for 2022’s Daybreak FM, tweeting, “HBO live performance would be the final piece of Daybreak FM. I can see the horizon.”
In the meantime, Tesfaye’s upcoming HBO drama The Idol, which he created with Euphoria visionary Sam Levinson and Reza Fahim, is about to premiere a while later this 12 months co-starring Lily-Rose Depp, Troye Sivan, BLACKPINK’s Jennie and extra.
Take a look at Spotify’s announcement of The Weeknd’s newest achievement under.
