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The Weeknd is first artist with 30 songs to earn 1 billion Spotify streams

In 2024, The Weeknd became the first artist with 21 songs to surpass the one billion streaming count on Spotify after ...
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The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Becomes First Song to Hit 5 Billion Streams on Spotify

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 ...
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Abel Tesfaye’s Soon-To-Be Retired Persona Did Over 40 Songs of Pop Perfection

On stage inside a sold-out AT&T Stadium, a cityscape is in decay. Between massive lighting rigs, gear for a band and more lasers than Star Wars, a once-powerful city skyline has turned to rubble, ...
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The Weeknd gets emotional at first Nashville concert in a decade, calls it 'craziest show on the entire tour'

August 12 was a Tuesday, but in Nashville, it was already The Weeknd. The R&B and hip-hop singer born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye brought his "After Hours Til Dawn Tour" to Music City's Nissan Stadium for ...
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The Weeknd becomes the first artist in Spotify history to have 30 songs with 1 billion streams

The Weeknd has reached a milestone that no artist before him has achieved. He is now the first artist in Spotify history to ...