Guinness World Records crowns The Weeknd as the world’s most popular artist
The Guinness World Records has compiled streaming data from the globe’s biggest stars, and the Blinding Lights hitmaker has come out on top with a whopping 111.4 million monthly listeners. According to Spotify data, The Weeknd is the world’s most popular artist.
Guinness World Records compiled streaming data from the world’s biggest stars, and Blinding Lights’ hitmaker topped the list with 111.4 million monthly listeners.
With 82.4 million monthly listeners, Miley Cyrus is second, followed by Shakira (81.6 million), Ariana Grande (80.6 million), Taylor Swift (80.2 million), Rihanna (78.5 million), and Ed Sheeran (77.5 million).
The 33-year-old superstar became the most-streamed song of all time on Spotify after Blinding Lights surpassed Ed Sheeran’s Shape Of You.
Just days after the Canadian artiste’s Call Out My Name copyright infringement case was settled, a report was released.
Producers Suniel Fox and Henry Strange sued The Weeknd and co-defendants Nicolás Jaar and Frank Dukes in 2021, claiming a song from the singer’s debut EP My Dear Melancholy was “strikingly and/or substantially similar, if not identical” to their unreleased track Vibeking.
Nonetheless, Fox and Strange’s attorneys filed papers on Mar 17 confirming both sides had reached a settlement, meaning the case will probably be dismissed.
The filing, as seen by Rolling Stone: “Because the parties are still in the process of formalizing, executing, and consummating that settlement, Plaintiff respectfully requests that the Court take all dates off the calendar and set a date in 30 days for the parties to file a joint status report if the case hasn’t already been dismissed.”
According to Fox and Strange, the songs contained “quantitatively and qualitatively similar material in their respective lead guitars and vocal hooks, including melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic elements distinctive to Vibeking”.
Vibeking was never released, but the pair claimed The Weeknd heard it.
