official The Weeknd is officially the world's most popular artist, according to Guinness WR

[Montreal]

 

 

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/3/the-weeknd-is-officially-the-worlds-most-popular-artist-741774

 

 

So happy for him!

 

 

Edited March 20, 2023 by Montreal

[Yuanyu]

What I see is that he's the artists with most monthly listeners on Spotify 

[littlebodybigheart]

4 minutes ago, Yuanyu said:

What I see is that he's the artists with most monthly listeners on Spotify 

this

[Orsay]

Do we have any idea how Spotify even calculates that number

[Axelios]

How is most monthly listeners on Spotify = most popular artist in the world?

[airplane]

He only got those monthly listeners thanks to autoplay. That horrendous remix terrorised my spotify and there was no way to stop it. Did they mention this in the “statistics” 

 

[Sscorpionn]

Monthly listeners are all about playlisting so it’s kind of a useless statistic. He’s definitely the most popular male artist rn though. I would say Taylor is right now and before that it was Adele. 

[a_d_22]

24 minutes ago, Montreal said:

 

 

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/3/the-weeknd-is-officially-the-worlds-most-popular-artist-741774

 

 

So happy for him!

 

 

most payola doesn’t equal most popular

[a_d_22]

4 minutes ago, Sscorpionn said:

Monthly listeners are all about playlisting so it’s kind of a useless statistic. He’s definitely the most popular male artist rn though. I would say Taylor is right now and before that it was Adele. 

you spilled

[magazine]

talent won!

[SmittenCake]

i think its actually taylor swift 

[Distantconstellation]

The most playlist payolad artist in the world too

[Bloodflowers.]

Global King of Pop! Thank you How Do I Make You Love Me?

 

[ariananext]

57 minutes ago, Orsay said:

Do we have any idea how Spotify even calculates that number

People who listen to said artist in a month..

[Big Bad Wolf]

It’s deserved I think. But the Die For You remix with Ariana was a disappointment, and made me like the song less, when DFY was my favorite on Starboy. 

[unclefloprry]

of course, the stans of certain local acts started fuming, as if we didn't know that Blinding Lights is bigger than their entire career.
anyways, king we know it 

[Klein]

1 hour ago, Orsay said:

Do we have any idea how Spotify even calculates that number

It's simply the number of individual users that listened to at least 1 song (collaborations included) of the artist in the last 28 days. 

Edited March 20, 2023 by Klein

[Trent W]

It’s either him or Taylor

 

But honestly I think blinding lights was so so big the last few years globally that he has definitely reached more people.

Edited March 20, 2023 by Trent W

[pride4jc1222]

35 minutes ago, Distantconstellation said:

The most playlist payolad artist in the world too

That would be Sabrina Carpenter, whose payola was good enough to milk out a half-hit.

 

Abel scored 2 Top 3 hits (including a #1) with a 6-year-old song and a cover of a 2004 song. His success is legitimate, and not a result of payola.

[Pop Tartlet]

Do Spotify Monthly Listeners only count for lead and co-leads, or also if an artist features on a song ?

[istan4badgalriri]

But ATRL said monthly listeners were irrelevant. Truly in a bubble  

[Orsay]

31 minutes ago, ariananext said:

People who listen to said artist in a month..

 

12 minutes ago, Klein said:

It's simply the number of individual users that listened to at least 1 song (collaborations included) of the artist in the last 28 days. 

ohp  well it still doesn't reflect overall consumption and idg how a spotify record = "most popular artist in the world" since there are obviously tons of other streaming services esp if we're talking globally

[Sazare]

Talent won.

[Klein]

10 minutes ago, Orsay said:

ohp  well it still doesn't reflect overall consumption and idg how a spotify record = "most popular artist in the world" since there are obviously tons of other streaming services esp if we're talking globally

Oh I definitely don't think "most monthly listener" = "most popular artist". 

 

It's a cute statistic, but it doesn't say that much about an artist's true popularity. All you need is a hit song, heavy playlisting or a  big event to rack up monthly listeners.

 

I do think that a stable amount of monthly listeners is reflective of a strong popularity though.

Edited March 20, 2023 by Klein

[SelenaGomez<3]

1 hour ago, Distantconstellation said:

The most playlist payolad artist in the world too

His second name should be Payola