The Weeknd Becomes First Artist With 100 Million Listeners On Spotify

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JAKARTA - The Weeknd has been named the first artist with 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify. This news was announced by the streaming service through their social media.

Resmi: on February 27, The Weeknd became the first artist in Spotify's history to reach 100 million monthly listeners," Spotify wrote on Monday, February 27 local time.

Monthly listeners or monthly listeners are the number of listeners who actively listen to musicians' songs for 28 days.

Following The Weeknd, the second position is held by Miley Cyrus with 82 million listeners and Taylor Swift with 80 million listeners.

This achievement follows the release of The Weeknd collaboration with Ariana Grande for Die For You remix. Since its first release, this song has been ranked seventh on the Billboard Hot 100. The original track is one of the b-sides of the 2016 Starboy album.

The Die For You duet is their fourth collaboration after Love Me Harder (2014), Off the Table (2020), and Save Your Tears (2021). It also marks Grande's latest work after collaborating with Doja Cat for I Don't Do Drugs (2021).

"Die For You remix. The journey continues," wrote The Weeknd.

"Writing and recording parts for my friends after 14 hours on set. This is an exception to make," wrote Ariana Grande, referring to her activities filming Wicked as Glinda.

Success with his tour, The Weeknd released the concert film The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium. The film was recorded during the After Hours Til Dawn Tour tour.

At the same time, The Weeknd is also preparing for the series The Idol with Sam Levinson. The series stars Lily-Rose Depp, Mike Dean, Jennie and Troye Sivan and is scheduled to air this year on HBO.