The Weeknd Becomes Spotify’s First Artist To Surpass 100 Million Monthly Listeners

The Weeknd Becomes Spotify’s First Artist To Surpass 100 Million Monthly Listeners

The Weeknd made history as the first artist to surpass 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify, days after releasing a remix of his track Die for You with Ariana Grande.

The news was confirmed by the digital music service on Monday, which puts him way ahead of his peers, like Miley Cyrus, who has 82.5 million listeners, Taylor Swift with 80.3 million and rapper Drake, who has 68.6 million, according to Billboard.

His latest collaboration, which was an instant hit with fans, marks the fourth time that he joined forces with Grande.

His latest milestone also comes days after releasing his televised concert, Live at SoFi Stadium, which documented one of his sold-out shows in Los Angeles.

Over his career, the performer has taken home four Grammy Awards, 20 Billboard Music Awards and been nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy.

Back in 2021, the Toronto-based musician’s hit Blinding Lights became the first song in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 to remain in the Top 10 for an entire year.

The upbeat track from the artist, whose full name is Abel Tesfaye, previously set a record by remaining in the Top 5 for 43 weeks.

The previous Top 10 record was held by Post Malone, whose Circles spent 39 weeks in the upper part of the charts.

The impressive feat came after the song and his album After Hours were snubbed in Grammy nominations, that year, following his incredible Super Bowl performance.

At the time, the Can’t Feel My Face artist told Billboard that the lack of nominations felt like ‘an attack’ on him professionally.

‘We did everything right, I think. I’m not a cocky person. I’m not arrogant. People told me I was going to get nominated. The world told me.

‘Like, “This is it; this is your year.” We were all very confused.’

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