It’s official that The Weeknd is the most popular artist in the world. The singer-songwriter, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, is statistically the most popular musician on the planet, according to Guinness World Records (GWR). The Canadian singer, 33, has set two new Guinness World Record titles. He currently has the most monthly listeners on Spotify, with 111.4 million as of March 20. He also became the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners. According to GWR, The Weeknd’s surge was fueled in part by TikTok, after his “Die for You” remix with Grande went viral on the platform. The track went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 – The Weeknd’s seventh time at the top spot.
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Kylie Minogue announces new music
Kylie Minogue is to release a new single. The 54-year-old pop superstar became the first female to have chart-topping albums across five consecutive decades when she released the smash hit ‘Disco’ in 2020 and will return to the music scene next week as she teams up with house DJ Oliver Heldens to release the brand new single ’10 Out of 10′ on Wednesday (05.04.23.) Kylie Minogue who is known for having explored a variety of music genres throughout her career including pop, Indie, country, and disco – teased that her upcoming 16th studio album will be a mixture of electro and 90s house music as she admitted she couldn’t wait to share it with fans.
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Today Music’s History
On April 27 1985, USA For Africa started a three-week run at No.1 on the US chart with ‘We Are The World’. The US artists’ answer to Band Aid had an all-star cast including Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall, Huey Lewis, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Carnes, Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon plus the composer’s of the track, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie.
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Today in Music’s History
On August 09th 1980, ABBA scored their eighth UK No.1 single with ‘The Winner Takes It All’. Taken from their ‘Super Trouper’ album. A music video to promote the song was filmed in July 1980 on Marstrand, an island on the Swedish west coast. It was directed by Lasse Hallström. Appropriately, the video was shot ten days after the divorce of Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog was officially declared by the courts.
