The Weeknd is not slowing down. In fact, he is accelerating. The global superstar has officially extended his record as the artist with the most songs reaching one billion streams in Spotify history.

April 18 (UPI) --Actress Jenna Ortega joins Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, in his music video for "Drive," a song that appears on his album Hurry up Tomorrow and will be featured in their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. A decade after its release, The Weeknd’s “The Hills” returns to ...

The Weeknd is continuing to boycott the Grammys, but two of his projects — his Avatar: The Way of Water theme song and Emmy-nominated Live at SoFi Stadium concert film — are on the Grammy ballot.

The Weeknd kicked off the Hurry Up Tomorrow era Saturday night in São Paulo, Brazil, where Abel Tesfaye staged a special livestreamed concert that included the live debut of a handful of new album ...

There are a lot of great singers in the world. But the one with the purest voice—the one with a sound like literal rays of light—has to be The Weeknd. For the Toronto-born artist, singing is a gift ...

The Weeknd opened for Drake at shows before becoming a full-on collaborator when he contributed to five songs on the rapper’s landmark Take Care. While Drake undoubtedly drew inspiration from Kanye ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ becomes first song to pass 4 billion streams on Spotify The Weeknd’s hit single ‘Blinding Lights’ ...

Canadian music megastar The Weeknd has become the artist with the most songs to surpass 1 billion Spotify streams. In a new milestone, The Weeknd has become the artist with the most songs with over 1 ...

Back in April, Universal Music Group issued a takedown notice after an AI-generated song imitating Drake and The Weeknd went viral on YouTube, but that somehow isn’t stopping the song from being ...

“Heart on My Sleeve,” a song created by the producer Ghostwriter using deepfaked vocal likenesses of Drake and The Weeknd, has been submitted to the Grammys for consideration, the New York Times ...