The Weeknd has generated monumental streaming numbers over his career, and with billions of streams coming from one of his most popular songs alone.
On Wednesday (January 31), Chart Data reported that the Canadian singer’s sole collaboration with Daft Punk has now surpassed three billion streams on Spotify.
“Starboy” is the title track of the 33-year-old’s third studio album, which was released in 2016 to critical acclaim. It debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart, won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the Grammy Awards and has since been certified four-times platinum by the RIAA.
With his latest achievement, the Pop/R&B titan has become the first artist to have more than one song garner over 3 billion plays on the Swedish music platform.
.@theweeknd and Daft Punk’s “Starboy” has now surpassed 3 billion streams on Spotify. It’s the fifth song in history to reach this milestone. pic.twitter.com/wMnvCLZpZq
— chart data (@chartdata) January 31, 2024
Last month, The Weeknd broke yet another Spotify record with his 2020 megahit, “Blinding Lights.” According to a press release sent out in mid-January, the Max Martin-produced joint from After Hours became the first song to cross over four billion streams on the app.
“I’ll never stop being humbled by anything I create making its way to millions of people let alone billions!” the superstar wrote in a statement. “I’m so thankful this song makes people feel a way that they keep going back to listen.”
It is also worth nothing that same hit reach 2.5 billion streams on the audio provider just a year after its release, becoming the fastest song in history to reach said milestone.
The blockbuster track also surpassed Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” and became the No. 1 streamed song in Spotify history in early 2023.
The news came soon after The Weeknd ended the previous year as one of the most-streamed artists on the service. On New Year’s Eve, he took to Twitter to celebrate the feat by sharing his Daily Global chart stats, which he captioned: “FOR NEW YEARS ???”