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The Weeknd Now Has the Most Songs to Reach 1 Billion Streams on Spotify

The "After Hours" title track from his blockbuster fourth album breaks his 17-song tie with Drake.

The Weeknd

The Weeknd

Eddy Chen

The Weeknd now has the most songs to hit 1 billion streams on Spotify, the streaming service announced Monday (Sept. 23).

He broke the 17-song tie with Drake with the title track from his blockbuster fourth studio album, After Hours, bringing The Weeknd’s new total to 18. After Hours‘ Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 smash “Blinding Lights” remains the most streamed song on Spotify, with nearly 4.5 billion streams. Here’s every song by The Weeknd that has surpassed 1 billion streams:


  • “After Hours”
  • “One of the Girls” with JENNIE and Lily-Rose Depp
  • “Often”
  • “Reminder”
  • “Stargirl Interlude” with Lana Del Rey
  • “Creepin'” by Metro Boomin with 21 Savage
  • “Heartless”
  • “Die For You”
  • “I Was Never There” with Gesaffelstein
  • “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)”
  • “Call Out My Name”
  • “The Hills”
  • “Starboy” with Daft Punk
  • “I Feel It Coming”
  • “Can’t Feel My Face”
  • “Save Your Tears” with Ariana Grande
  • “Save Your Tears”
  • “Blinding Lights”

The Canadian-Ethiopian superstar (real name Abel Tesfaye) has also been putting up numbers at Billboard, with his latest single “Dancing in the Flames” debuting at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated Sept. 28. The song earned The Weeknd his 29th top 20 hit. “Dancing in the Flames” also debuted at No. 10 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. It’s the lead single from The Weeknd’s forthcoming LP Hurry Up Tomorrow, which is also the third and final installment of his After Hours/Dawn FM trilogy. He performed “Dancing in the Flames,” “São Paulo” (sans featured Brazilian star Anitta) and more songs at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival over the weekend.

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This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.

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Alex Warren Rolls Out 2027 Canadian Dates For Finding (More) Family on the Road World Tour

The outing will kick off in the U.S. on April 5 in Oklahoma City and is scheduled to wind down on May 16 in Birmingham, Ala.

Alex Warren will hit the road in North America again on his Finding (More) Family on the Road outing in 2027. On Friday morning (Nov. 13), the “Ordinary” singer announced the dates for a 26-city North American run of shows next spring that is slated to kick off on April 5 at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla., and continue on to stops in Orlando, Tampa, Knoxville, St. Louis, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Baltimore and Raleigh, N.C. before winding down on May 16 at the Coca-Cola Amphitheater in Birmingham, Ala.

The dates were announced in a hilarious faux rom-com promo clip featuring former Modern Family star Eric Stonestreet. “How could you!?,” a devastated, a rain-soaked Warren shouts at Stonestreet while being swamped in a storm. “You never came to a show! I waited for you!”

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