The Weeknd dethrones himself with a record-breaking milestone

The Weeknd reaches blinding heights!

Later this week, the Canadian singer-songwriter set a new all-time record by breaking his previous Spotify record.

The Weeknd, who in February 2023 became the first singer ever to reach 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify, has now broken that record by having 120 million monthly listeners.

Just below the Blinding lights singer is Taylor Swift on the chart, who is reportedly the only artist with more than 100 million monthly listeners.

The After hours The singer has held the title of most listened to artist every month since February 2023.

In addition to breaking his own record, The Weeknd has added another feather in his cap as his song After hours is now the newest member of Spotify’s Billion Club (the songs that have been streamed more than a billion times).

According to TMZ reports The Weeknd’s After hours is his 18th song to reach the 1 billion streams threshold, which in itself is a record as no other artist has this number of songs reaching the peak.

The singer recently wrapped up his two houseful shows in Australia and has two more scheduled for October 22 and 23 in Sydney.