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The Weeknd has really earned it. The singer has overtaken Justin Bieber as the artist with the most listeners on Spotify.The Weeknd, who also goes by Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, broke the record Saturday after amassing 85.66 million monthly listeners.

Neve Campbell had an iconic response to finding out that her name was in The Weeknd’s latest hit “Here We Go…Again” that she revealed while she was on The Late Late Show with James Corden on Tuesday, Jan. 18. While she admitted that she is “bad with pop culture,” she did know who The Weeknd is. When James Corden mentioned that Neve is not only in Scream, the biggest movie at this time, but referenced in “Dawn FM,” one of the most talked albums, she was pretty pumped.

Gunna's DS4Ever was last week's best-selling album, Billboard announced yesterday. This news wouldn't be surprising — the Atlanta rapper's last solo full-length, 2020's Wunna, also debuted in the top spot — if the project hadn't arrived the same day as the Weeknd's Dawn FM. Following the record-breaking success of After Hours, the Canadian crooner's new release was expected to coast to victory.

The Weeknd has shared an expanded edition of Dawn FM. The new version adds a Swedish House Mafia remix of "Sacrifice," Agents of Time's spin on "Take My Breath," and " Dawn FM is a culmination of The Weeknd's decade-plus of pop experimentation, and in the days following the record's release, he's unleashed more groundbreaking results in a steady stream of content that shows no sign of slowing.

The Weeknd has released a new music video for its title track.This highly stylised music video, which features CGI rendering from Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama, arrived on YouTube on Wednesday (December 21) in time for the record’s 10th anniversary.The video features a giant robot wandering through a dystopian world before stumbling upon a robotic version of The Weeknd.

Ten years ago today, The Weeknd shared his mixtape Echoes of Silence, the third full-length project in the now-legendary hat trick from the then-underground Toronto R&B artist. Today, Abel Tesfaye is one of the biggest pop stars in the world, so he can afford the very fancy-looking video for the Echoes of Silence title track, streaming above.

New Music Friday! It's every audiophile's favorite day of the week, and some of our favorite artists from all different genres have blessed us with new tunes.It's a great weekend to listen to The Weeknd, as the Canadian crooner pops up on FKA Twigs' latest release, «Tears in the Club,» as well as a new posthumous release from Aaliyah, titled «Poison.» The Aaliyah track comes after the late singer's music catalog was recently added to streaming services — 20 years after her tragic death -- and

Over the past few months The Weeknd has become a staple of the feature slot. He's collaborated with everyone from Rosalia to Swedish House Mafia and Post Malone, covering all bases.

two decades after her tragic death amid shady circumstances in a 2001 plane crash when she was only 22 years old. However, some fans are already dragging “Poison,” her new posthumous song with The Weeknd, as the “worst thing I’ve ever heard.”The legendary Princess of R&B’s royal collaboration aka pop’s Dark Prince dropped Friday.

Aaliyah's legacy still looms large. This year, Blackground Records released her discography — three studio albums and two posthumous compilations — on streaming services for the first time, starting with the upload of 1996's One In A Million in August, a week before the 20th anniversary of her tragic, untimely death.

Aaliyah and The Weeknd are set to appear together on a new collaborative single, ‘Poison’.The team-up is set for release tomorrow (December 17) via Blackground Records 2.0 and Empire ahead of a posthumous studio album by Aaliyah, which is due at a later date.The Weeknd sampled the late R&B star’s 2001 track ‘Rock The Boat’ on his 2011 ‘Trilogy’ song ‘What You Need’.

FKA twigs has teased a new collaboration with The Weeknd – listen to a snippet of ‘Tears In The Club’ below.The singer returned last month with new track ‘Measure Of A Man’, which features Central Cee and appears in upcoming film The King’s Man.Yesterday (December 12), twigs took to TikTok to share a snippet of a new song called ‘Tears In The Club’, alongside the caption “pre-game” and footage of her applying lipstick in the mirror.Though no release date or mention of The Weeknd was revealed in

The Weeknd’s boycott of the Grammys, saying the star’s move “doesn’t affect us or offend us”.The Weeknd vowed not to submit his music for consideration for the Grammys in the future after his album ‘After Hours’ failed to be nominated for a single award at the 2021 ceremony.In a new interview with Billboard, Harvey Mason Jr, the Recording Academy’s CEO, was asked if responses like the Canadian star’s “distract from the work”.

The Weeknd has dropped a music video for ‘Die For You’, taken from his blockbuster 2016 album ‘Starboy’.The music video arrived today (November 25) on YouTube. In a distinct homage to the sci-fi film E.T.

The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" is now the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song of all time.

The Weeknd‘s 2020 mega hit ‘Blinding Lights’ has officially been crowned the biggest US Billboard Hot 100 single of all time.The song, which appeared on Abel Tesfaye’s ‘After Hours’ album and was released at the end of 2019, has now spent 90 weeks in the charts.In that time, it set a new record for most weeks in the Top Five of the chart (43), Top 10 (57 weeks) and Top 40 (86 weeks).

Further casting details around The Weeknd's upcoming TV series The Idol have been revealed. HBO will air the series, about a female pop star who starts a romantic relationship with a cult leader, though a start date remains TBC.

The Weeknd’s drama series The Idol has been given the green light from HBO, with Troye Sivan and seven others joining the cast.According to Variety, the US network has formally ordered the six-episode series, which The Weeknd – real name Abel Tesfaye – stars in and has co-written and executive produced.Originally announced in June as being in development, The Idol follows a female pop singer who enters into a relationship with a cult leader and self-help guru.

The Weeknd's series, .The network also confirmed that Troye Sivan, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, Suzanna Son, Steve Zissis, Anne Heche, Melanie Liburd, Tunde Adebimpe and Nico Hiraga have all been added to the cast.

Post Malone and The Weeknd have shared the official video for their recent collaborative single, ‘One Right Now’ – tune in below.Arriving earlier this month, the synth-driven team-up serves as the first taste of Post’s upcoming fourth album.

Rosalía and the Weeknd have released "LA FAMA," the lead single from Rosalía's forthcoming 2022 album, MOTOMAMI. The track, teased earlier this week, comes with a music video by Director X featuring beloved character actor Danny Trejo.

Rosalía has shared a new video for her latest single ‘La Fama’ featuring The Weeknd – you can watch it below.The powerful and cautionary track, which was first teased earlier this week, is the first official single to be taken from the Spanish artist’s much anticipated forthcoming new album ‘Motomami’.‘La Fama’ finds Rosalía and The Weeknd singing to each other in Spanish about how charming and seductive famecan be, making her a dangerous and shallow lover.“I wanted to write, in my own way, a

The Weeknd and Rosalía are back together for another collaboration!The artists dropped the bachata-esque Spanish song, «La Fama,» and its accompanying music video on Thursday night. The sizzling visual, which was teased earlier this week, features a cameo from Danny Trejo and shows Rosalía, 28, putting on a show in a sparkly silver dress as The Weeknd, 31, watches from the audience.The Weeknd also sings in Spanish, which he previously did in Maluma's «Hawái» remix.

Rosalía and The Weeknd have shared a trailer for their upcoming collaboration, titled ‘La Fama’ – scroll down the page to watch it now.The track, which will feature on the Spanish artist’s new album ‘Motomami’ next year, will be released on Thursday (November 11).The trailer features a cameo from Danny Trejo, who tells a crowd: “So get ready for some heat… La Fama.”Rosalía then performs to an audience in a silver bejewelled outfit, while The Weeknd sits in the crowd and watches.

Post Malone and The Weeknd have shared a collaborative new track, ‘One Right Now’ – listen below.Teased earlier this week, the synthy team-up begins with Abel Tesfaye addressing a lover who’s been “fuckin’ with my feelings“.

Post Malone and The Weeknd have teased a new collaborative single titled ‘One Right Now’, sharing a snippet of the track.The brief audio clip, posted on both artists’ Instagram accounts earlier today (November 3), features both Post and The Weeknd singing.

American Music Awards nominations have arrived!The hottest acts in music will reunite for the annual celebration at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles in November. This year, Olivia Rodrigo makes her AMAs debut earning seven nominations, including Artist of the Year and New Artist of The Year.

Are they or aren’t they? Angelina Jolie’s response to The Weeknd’s dating rumors may give us a hint about the nature of their relationship—whether that’s as “friends” or something more.

Angelina Jolie is remaining mum about her friendship with The Weeknd. The Academy Award winner, 46, and her Eternals co-star Salma Hayek appeared on E! News’ Daily Pop on Tuesday, Oct. 25 to promote their upcoming Marvel film. When the interviewer alluded to her recent dinner outings with the singer, real name Abel Tesfaye, Angelina smiled and avoided discussions about her pal, as seen in the clip below.