The numbers are an undeniable witness to The Weeknd's dominance.
The Weeknd is statistically the most popular artist on the planet according to the Guinness World Records organization.
The 33-year-old Canadian singer set two new Guinness Records: for the most monthly listeners on Spotify, reaching 111.4 million listeners on March 20, 2023, and for the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify
The Weeknd currently has nearly 30 million more monthly listeners than second-place Miley Cyrus with 82.4 million listeners.
She is also well ahead of Shakira (81.6 million), Ariana Grande (80.6 million), Taylor Swift (80.2 million), Rihanna (78.5 million) and the nearest male, Ed Sheeran (77.5 million);
The Weeknd's surge in streaming numbers is due to the release of his remix of 'Die For You' featuring Ariana Grande, which went viral on TikTok.
His remix of "Die For You" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving The Weeknd and Ariana Grande their seventh No. 1s respectively. This was the fourth collaboration between the two artists, following "Love Me Harder" (2014), "Off the Table" (2020) and the remix of "Save Your Tears" (2021).
The original version of 'Die For You' was released in 2016 on The Weeknd's 'Starboy' album and six years later it finally topped the charts.
That's the longest time in history for a non-Christmas song to climb to No. 1 on the Hot 100.
'Starboy' is now the third of The Weeknd's albums to have more than one No. 1 singles, after 'Beauty Behind the Madness' (2015) and 'After Hours' (2020).
Michael Jackson is the only other solo male musician to have at least three albums with more than one No. 1 singles.
These aren't The Weeknd's first Guinness World Records. 2016 saw him set two more records – for the most streamed album on Spotify in 2015 and for the most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of Billboard's Hot 100 by a solo male artist.
The most streamed album on Spotify in 2015 was 'Beauty Behind the Madness', which, spearheaded by the single 'Can't Feel My Face', launched The Weeknd worldwide.
The Weeknd has released five albums since his debut with 'Kiss Land' (2013) to date. His latest album, Dawn FM (2022), is his most critically acclaimed album.
'Blinding Lights' from The Weeknd's 'After Hours' album is also the most streamed song on Spotify, having amassed over 3.4 billion streams as of February 2023.
The Weeknd's smash hit 'Blinding Lights' has unseated Ed Sheeran's 'Shape Of You', which was the most streamed song on Spotify since September 2017.
