In 2016, he won an award for the most streamed album on Spotify, and another for the most consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 by a solo male artist. The original “Die for You” was released in 2016 on The Weeknd’s album “Starboy.” The previous record belonged to BLACKPINK, who peaked at 34,123,272 monthly listeners back on September 26, 2022. The track went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 – The Weeknd’s seventh time at the top spot.

The Weeknd’s surge was fueled in part by TikTok, after his “Die for You” remix with Grande went viral on the platform, according to GWR. The closest male competitor is Ed Sheeran (77.5 million), GWR adds. Next is Shakira (81.6 million), then Ariana Grande (80.6 million), Taylor Swift (80.2 million) and Rihanna (78.5 million). However, only Ed Sheeran was in the top 5 artists with the most monthly listeners, with The Weeknd taking the lead, with over 98 million monthly listeners. Taeyeon has 2.10 million followers on Spotify, and over the last month, she’s had 2,923,686 million monthly listeners Her most-streamed song is Fine, with 69.8 million streams. Miley Cyrus is The Weeknd’s closest competitor, with 82.4 million monthly listeners, according to GWR. Here’s a look at the 25 artists that had the most monthly listeners over the last month 25. The Weeknd’s record-breaking stats will come as bad news to Swifties, Sheerios and Beliebers – whose idols are trailing in his wake.

For a deep-dive tutorial, check out my Medium page kyledeguzmanx. This API was built for educational purposes. This data being web scraped from Wikipedias entry List of most-streamed artists on Spotify. The Weeknd performing during the Super Bowl Halftime Show in 2021. This is an API that showcases Spotifys monthly data.

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