In 2024, The Weeknd became the first artist with 21 songs to surpass the one billion streaming count on Spotify after ...

The Weeknd performed at Spotify's first-ever Billions Club concert  in 2024, celebrating the fact that he had more ...

An eerily synth-laden beat gives rise to the killer introduction of The Weeknd’s music video for his single, “Starboy.” Literally, the metaphor for The Weeknd’s self-reinvention is as subtle as ...

The Weeknd secures $1 billion for his masters catalog with Lyric Capital; Partners Group finances the deal through royalty-backed notes.

Drake smiling in a blue and black jacket; The Weeknd performing with a microphone, wearing a black and gold outfit. As seen in the clip below, Abel’s Daft Punk-featuring Starboy title track, which hit ...

The Weeknd has lived up to the hype. In little more than five years, the former Abel Tesfaye has gone from unknown mixtape artist to global sensation. His 2016 release “Starboy” topped the charts in ...

The Weeknd is planning to celebrate having the most songs to hit one-billion streams on Spotify with a performance for the first-ever Billions Club Live in Los Angeles. The concert, taking place on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The focus at the moment when it comes to The Weeknd is on his new ...

Last month, the Weeknd took the stage in a former aircraft hangar in Los Angeles for a special concert celebrating a major achievement: Having more songs with more than a billion streams on Spotify ...

DETROIT – Fans inside Ford Field were treated to a powerful performance from a pop culture icon at the peak of his powers Saturday night as The Weeknd dazzled the Detroit crowd. Kicking off the first ...

The Weeknd's sixth and most recent album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, was released in January and was accompanied months later by a film of the same name. In the mystifying thriller, the star-born Abel Tesfaye ...

It was an unforgettable Saturday. There was a gaudy military parade in Washington, D.C., ardent protests around the country and a traumatic shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses in the ...