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The Weeknd named world’s most popular artiste by Guinness World Records

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The Weeknd has been named the world’s most popular artiste by the Guinness World Records.

In a release this week, the Guinness World Records announced that they had awarded The Weeknd – whose real name is Abel Tesfaye – the title of the most popular artiste in the world.

The Weeknd has set the Guinness World Record for becoming the first, and so far only, artiste to reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify. He also holds the record for the most monthly listeners, with 111.4 million as of March 20.

SURGE IN STREAMING FIGURES

He has almost 30 million more monthly Spotify listeners than Miley Cyrus, who is in second place with 82.4 million. The second-most listened-to male artiste was Ed Sheeran, with 77.5 million monthly listeners.

Shakira, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande have between 78.5 million and 81.6 million monthly listeners.

After The Weeknd released his Die For You remix featuring Grande in February this year, his streaming figures reportedly surged, with the track reaching first place on the Billboard Hot 100.

The original Die For You was released in 2016.

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