The Guinness Book of Records documents both ordinary and extraordinary achievements. So we will find guitar records in it, in which thousands of guitarists play well-known hits, but also the longest hiccups or the largest number of tattoos on the body. A few days ago, , which officially became the most popular in the world, entered the Guinness Book of Records.
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The Weeknd entered the Guinness Book of Records. He broke two records
The Weeknd entered the Guinness Book of Records on March 20. On that day, he officially became the most popular musician in the world statistically. According to the portal, the 33-year-old can boast of two records:
- The largest number of listeners on Spotify: 111.4 million (as of March 20, 2023).
- First artist to reach 100 million listeners in a month (on Spotify).
The singer from Canada is 30 million ahead of second place Miley Cyrus. Interestingly, this is not his first record documented in the book. In 2016, The Weeknd also received two titles: for the most weeks spent in the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 by a solo artist, and for the most streamed album in . The artist can also boast of the most played song on Spotify, although this achievement did not make it into the Guinness Book of Records. “Blinding Lights” has already been listened to almost 3.5 billion times.
He started by posting songs on YouTube. Today The Weeknd is a star
The Weeknd, actually Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, was born on February 16, 1990. He took his first steps in his music career on YouTube, where he anonymously published his own songs. In 2012, he signed his first contract with a music label, he also founded his own. The first studio album, “Kiss Land”, debuted in 2013 at number two on the US Billboard 200. His songs have billions of views and plays on websites such as YouTube and Spotify, and he has also won four Grammy Awards.
Source: Gazeta
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