The Weeknd surpasses Ed Sheeran as Spotify's most-streamed artist

Last Sunday (30), Ed Sheeran lost his position as the most listened to artist in the world on Spotify, according to an update from the platform. The title now belongs to The Weeknd, with 78,416,788 listeners per month. Ed Sheeran, in second place, has the mark of 78,075,541 listeners. Since 2015, when he became known for the song “Earned It”, adult romance theme “Fifty Shades of Grey”, The Weeknd has been collecting a succession of successful releases, but it was with the album “After Hours”, from 2020, which the artist definitively won over the public.

The project made a huge impact on the music industry with its unique visuals and aesthetics. The standout track, “Blinding Lights”, has reached over 3.2 billion streams on Spotify. The single broke the record for Billboard Hot 100 in 2021, becoming the song to stay the longest on the chart. The singer was a highlight this year, winning ten categories. Billboard Music Awards.

_{Official clip of “Blinding Lights” (Youtube)}

The Weeknd is currently working on the promotion of “Dawn FM”, 2022, and is working on the tour “AFTER HOURS TIL DAWN”, covering his last two albums. In October of this year, The Weeknd became the black artist with the highest grossing in a concert. The performance took place on September 2nd at SoFi Stadium (Los Angeles) and grossed over $11 million.

In turn, Ed Sheeran is working on promoting his fourth studio album “=”, 2021, released by Atlantic Records and Asylum Records. The single main project, “Bad Habits”, has already been played 1.3 billion times on the Spotify platform and was nominated for Grammy Awards 2022 as Song of the Year. Considered one of the greatest musicians of today, Ed Sheeran is preparing a documentary about his life and career and for the “Mathematics Tour”, which will begin in May 2023.

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