The Weeknd has become the first artist in Spotify history to reach 100 million monthly listeners.
As of February 27, the global megastar set a new streaming record.
The feat comes days after Ariana Grande made her music return on The Weeknd’s Die For You remix.
The pop superstar – who has not released an album since 2020’s Positions – teamed up with her friend and collaborator on the new version of his 2016 track from his album Starboy.
The 29-year-old star and 33-year-old The Weeknd – whose real name is Abel Tesfaye – first teamed up on 2014’s Love Me Harder from Ariana’s album My Everything. And in 2020, they duetted on Off The Table on her LP Positions, while Ariana wowed on a remix of Save Your Tears from his record After Hours.
Ariana is currently working long hours filming the two-part movie adaptation of smash hit Broadway musical Wicked, in which she plays Glinda.
The Dangerous Woman singer recently reassured fans she is still very much a singer and reminded them of her vocal prowess on a rendition of Over the Rainbow from 1939 classic Wicked.
After being asked by a TikTok user why she is no longer a singer, she replied: “Literally on set filming two musical movies all day every day.”
In the video, the Thank You, Next hitmaker – who initially covered the torch song made famous by Judy Garland as a charity single in May 2017 at her One Love Manchester benefit concert after 22 of her fans were killed in a terrorist attack following her concert in the North of England – was wrapped in a pink hooded blanket in an attempt to conceal her Glinda costume and hairdo.
She captioned the post: “wanted to sing you a little something but don’t want to sing anything that is not “Ozian” at the moment 🙂 keeping to my little bubble for now … done with lots of love.”
