Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Weeknd scores his fifteenth top 10 on the Billboard Global 200 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. In 2015, The Weeknd secured back-to-back chart-toppers with “Can’t ...

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the record that keeps on giving. The 2019 track has officially become the first song in Spotify’s history to hit a whopping five billion streams. Just days earlier, ...

As everyone shares their top 5 most-streamed songs and artists of the year, some interesting stats have emerged. The Weeknd has been crowned the most streamed male artist on Spotify for 2024. Not R&B, ...

The Weeknd lands his fifth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with the debut of Hurry Up Tomorrow atop the tally (dated ...

The Canadian R&B sensation has shattered digital music boundaries as Blinding Lights becomes Spotify’s first track to eclipse 5 billion streams, establishing an unprecedented benchmark in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Blinding Lights” claims the shiny prize largely for its unprecedented longevity in the top 10: 59 weeks, the most of any song not ...

Who wants an album from The Weeknd and Madonna? The pair released their new collaboration, "Popular" with Playboi Carti from HBO's The Idol, on Friday, and The Weeknd spoke to Apple Music's Zane Lowe ...

This week, The Weeknd's new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, debuts atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, and the biggest winners and performers from the... This week's pop charts are all about The Weeknd — ...

On the final night of his After Hours til Dawn Tour, The Weeknd attempted to sing one of his most powerful songs, “Alone Again,” — but nothing came out. This moment, its causes, effects and fallout, ...