Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Weeknd scores his fifteenth top 10 on the Billboard Global 200 ...

The international superstar’s After Hours Til Dawn Tour has become one of the biggest global treks ever, appearing in the top ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. In 2015, The Weeknd secured back-to-back chart-toppers with “Can’t ...

The Weeknd Tops Forbes 2025 Earnings List With $298 Million The Weeknd has officially been named the highest-paid musician of 2025 […] The post The Weeknd named highest-paid musician of 2025 by Forbes ...

The Weeknd became one of the defining stories of 2025, a year when music seemed determined to outdo itself at every turn.

The Canadian R&B sensation has shattered digital music boundaries as Blinding Lights becomes Spotify’s first track to eclipse 5 billion streams, establishing an unprecedented benchmark in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Blinding Lights” claims the shiny prize largely for its unprecedented longevity in the top 10: 59 weeks, the most of any song not ...

Abel Tesfaye is having a moment — and the numbers prove it. Just hours after lighting up one of South America’s most iconic stadiums, The Weeknd cemented his place in streaming history when Spotify ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How The Weeknd went from a homeless high school dropout to the world’s most popular artist—with a little help from Drake. The ...

On the final night of his After Hours til Dawn Tour, The Weeknd attempted to sing one of his most powerful songs, “Alone Again,” — but nothing came out. This moment, its causes, effects and fallout, ...

Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to ...