This is the world’s most popular artist according to Guinness World Records
Based on streaming statistics, the Guinness World Record recently announced the world’s number one most popular artists.
Canadian superstar, The Weeknd has been named the world’s most popular artist by Guinness World Records.
This comes after the organisation scrutinised the Spotify data of some of the most prominent artists in the world, looking at the number of monthly listeners on the streaming platform.
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The Guinness World Records concluded that The Weeknd, also known as Abel Tesfaye, has the most monthly listeners on the streaming giant Spotify.
According to Billboard, he is also the first entertainer to reach 100 million monthly listeners.
So technically, he is statistically the most popular artist currently in the world.
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The next artist on the list is Miley Cyrus, who currently tallies 82.4 million monthly listeners.
Other artists who trail The Weeknd include Shakira (81.6 million), Ariana Grande (80.6 million), Taylor Swift (80. 2 million), Rihanna (78.5 million) and Ed Sheeran (77.5 million).
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