insert_link Music Drake Named Top Rapper of 2021 in Spotify’s Top Global Artists Wrap-up As the end of 2021 approaches, Spotify has again partaken in its tradition of summarizing the year through music. According to the “Top Artists of 2021 Global” list, Drake is considered to be the top hip-hop artist to be streamed across the world. Drake lands at number four on the list, behind Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, and BTS. Besides the late Juice WRLD at number ten, the Certified Lover Boy […] todayDecember 3, 2021
insert_link Adult Contemporary Apple Music’s 2021 Global Artist of the Year: The Weeknd The Weeknd has just been named Apple Music’s Global Artist of the Year for 2021. This is the third consecutive year the streaming platform has presented awards, including Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Top Song of the Year, and Top Album of the Year. After Hours was the most pre-added album of all time by a male artist on the platform, with […] todayDecember 2, 2021
insert_link Music Post Malone and The Weeknd Face-Off in New Music Video for “One Right Now” The Weeknd and Post Malone just put out a bloody music video for their first-ever collaboration track “One Right now.” The video, directed by Tanu Muino and currently at over 3M views on YouTube, features the two artists as enemies facing off to the intense lyrics of the song in a dramatic, explosive scenario. “One Right Now” became the pair’s first debut single to land in the U.S. top 10 […] todayNovember 17, 2021
insert_link Adult Contemporary Who Will Win Artist of the Year at the 2021 American Music Awards? Yesterday, the nominations for the 2021 American Music Awards were announced, including a hot lineup of contenders for the coveted artist of the year title. The nominees for the category are Olivia Rodrigo, BTS, the Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, and Drake. Many of these prolific and popular artists of today have had a great year of releases and influential projects, including the quick-rising success of viral, new artist, Olivia […] todayOctober 29, 2021
insert_link Adult Contemporary The Weeknd Pushes World Tour to 2022, Expands to Stadiums “Due to constraints of arenas and the demand for more shows I want to do something bigger and special for you which requires stadiums,” the Weeknd wrote in a recent Instagram post regarding the second postponement of his After Hours ‘Til Dawn Stadium Tour, which was originally rescheduled to begin in January of next year. The global tour has now been pushed to the summer of 2022 and is still […] todayOctober 19, 2021
insert_link Adult Contemporary The Weeknd’s “Save Your Tears” is Still Topping Charts "Save Your Tears" is a song by the Weeknd for his fourth studio album After Hours. The Weeknd wrote and produced the song with producers Max Martin and Oscar Holter, with Belly and Jason Quenneville receiving additional writing credits. The record was met with universal acclaim. A remix of the song by Oneohtrix Point Never was officially released alongside the deluxe edition of its parent album on March 23, 2020. […] todayJuly 26, 2021
insert_link Adult Contemporary The Weeknd Keeps Winning, Hitting a SOCAN Awards Record Global superstar and SOCAN member The Weeknd has achieved yet another milestone by gaining five SOCAN Awards for his accomplishments in 2020, matching fellow SOCAN member Shawn Mendes as the most-awarded SOCAN member in a single year. After dominating the Billboard Music Awards, The Weeknd adds the coveted SOCAN Songwriter of the Year Award, the SOCAN International Song Award for the smash hit "Blinding Lights," two SOCAN Pop Music Awards […] todayJune 3, 2021
insert_link Music The Weeknd Celebrated as 2021 Songwriter of the Year at Ascap Pop Music Awards Honoring pop music's hottest songwriters, producers and publishers, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has announced the winners of the 2021 ASCAP Pop Music Awards, which will be celebrated on @ASCAP social media through April 15. After a record-setting year following the release of his double platinum album After Hours, pop superstar Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye is named ASCAP Songwriter of the Year for the first time in […] todayApril 21, 2021
insert_link Adult Contemporary Check Out the Exclusive Inside Look at the Making of The Weeknd’s Super Bowl Halftime Show It has been recently announced that Showtime will air The Show, a 90-minute feature documentary that will provide a unique, first-ever look into the making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. This year's show starred The Weeknd and was executive produced by Emmy nominee Jesse Collins (BET Awards, Grammy® Awards, Oscars®), Roc Nation and directed by acclaimed multi-award nominated Hamish Hamilton (who has directed the Halftime Show since 2010). […] todayFebruary 15, 2021
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