The Weeknd

The Weeknd has been crowned the king of the music world. "No one else even comes close," Guinness World Records said. Guinness World Records reports that.

But this isn’t the first time that The Weeknd has been recognized by Guinness World Records. Miley Cyrus is his closest competitor with 82.4 million monthly listeners, followed by Shakira (81.6 million), Ariana Grande (80.6 million), Taylor Swift (80.2 million) and Rihanna (78.5 million). Not to mention, he was also the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners.

The 33 year-old Canadian singer currently has the most monthly listeners on Spotify, with 111.4 million as of March 20, according to Guinness. Guinness says ...

(WOLO)— It’s Friday, so it seems like a good time to announce The Weeknd as officially the most popular artist in the world. It's Friday, so it seems like a good time to announce The Weeknd as officially the most popular artist in the world. Guinness World Records: The Weeknd the most popular artist in the planet

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, more commonly known as The Weeknd, is officially the most popular artist in the world, according to Guinness World Records (GWR).

The Weeknd is no stranger to GWR. "The track peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the seventh number-one hit for both The Weeknd and [Ariana] Grande respectively," it added. He is also the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners on the digital music service app. Guinness said that Miley Cyrus is the Weeknd's closest competitor, with 82.4 million monthly listeners. Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, more commonly known as The Weeknd, is officially the most popular artist in the world, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). He currently has the most monthly listeners on Spotify, with 111.4 million as of March 20.

You either know him as The Weeknd or Abel, and you've likely heard his music during your demonic/dark self-loathing hours. Now, the 33-year-old Canadian ...

- The Weeknd has other GWR titles to his name too. - For a decade, Abel has been singing about self-loathing, sex, and drugs. The only statistics that GWR provides are the Spotify listeners.

In an announcement on March 20 2023 by Guinness World Record, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye popularly known as The Weeknd is the most popular artist in the world with ...

Canadian music star The Weeknd has been officially declared the most popular artist in the world by record-keeping organisation The Guinness Book of Records. The Weeknd also boasts of the most streamed song on Spotify with his hit single 'Blinding Lights' released in November 2019 holding the record with 3.4 billion streams. The Weeknd declared the most popular artist in the world