The Weeknd’s observe “Call Out My Name” has been considered over one billion instances on YouTube.
“Call Out My Name” appeared on the Weeknd’s debut EP, 2018’s My Pricey Melancholy. It was co-written by the Weeknd and producer Frank Dukes. Musician Nicolas Jaar acquired a writing credit score for the track’s use of his 2016 observe “Killing Time.” Directed by Grant Singer, the track’s music video options bats bursting out of the singer.
“Call Out My Name” is much from the primary track by the artist born Abel Tesfaye to affix the YouTube Billions Membership. Different songs to attain the milestone embody “Save Your Tears” from After Hours and “I Feel It Coming,” his 2016 hit with Daft Punk.
Final 12 months, the Weeknd carried out at Spotify’s first-ever Billions Membership stay present. The 45-minute stay live performance movie is now obtainable to view solely on the platform. On the present, The Weeknd handled plenty of prime Spotify listeners to among the 25 songs which have reached over a billion streams, together with “Can’t Feel My Face,” “Save Your Tears” and “Earned It.” The Weeknd presently has 27 songs within the Spotify Billions Membership, with “In Your Eyes” and his Future collaboration “Low Life” becoming a member of the elite membership this January.
This 12 months, the Weeknd launched Hurry Up Tomorrow, which featured appearances from Justice, Anitta, Travis Scott, Florence and the Machine, Future, Playboi Carti, Giorgio Moroder, and Lana Del Rey. The album is the ultimate installment in a trilogy that features 2020’s After Hours and 2022’s Daybreak FM.
In January 2023, “Blinding Lights” turned Spotify’s most-streamed track of all time. Just a few weeks later, the Weeknd turned the primary artist in Spotify historical past to succeed in 100 million month-to-month listeners. In March of that 12 months he was named the “statistically most popular” musician on this planet by Guinness World Data.
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