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It's official! The Weeknd is the most popular artist in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
The 33-year-old Canadian, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, set two new Guinness World Records, most monthly listeners on Spotify at 111.4 million and he's also the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
And that's not all. The Weeknd's 2020 track Blinding Lights is the most streamed track on Spotify of all time, with more than 3.47 billion listens as of Monday.
Blinding Lights is also the longest charting song on the Billboard Hot 100 of all time with a total of 90 weeks on the chart - despite the fact the Grammys snubbed the song.
Impressively, no one even comes close to The Weeknd's streaming success.
Shakira is closest with 81.6 million listeners, followed by Ariana Grande with 80.6 million listeners, Taylor Swift with 80.2 million listeners and Rihanna with 78.5 million listeners.
Record holder: It's official! The Weeknd is the most popular artist in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records
Acheivments: He has most monthly listeners on Spotify at 111.4 million and he's also the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify
The Toronto native's closest male challenger is Ed Sheeran with 77.5 million monthly listeners.
The Weeknd's two new world records come after the enormous success of his latest single, the remix of Die For You with Ariana Grande.
The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the seventh number-one hit for both The Weeknd and Grande.
Die For You was originally released on the rapper's 2016 album Starboy.
It is also the fourth collab between Grande and The Weeknd, following 2014's Love Me Harder, 2020's Off the Table and the 2021 remix of Save Your Tears.
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