Last Thursday (20th), The Weeknd became the first Canadian artist to achieve seven singles certified diamond, following the RIAA certification of Save your tears AND Dying for you. She is also the fourth artist to have seven or more songs certified Diamond, for a total of at least 10 million equivalent units sold.
Furthermore, his collaboration with Madonna AND Playboi Carti, Popular, became much more popular: the song was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. According to the RIAA, platinum certification for a song recognizes 1 million certified units in the United States for a song, and one unit equals one permanent download sold or 150 on-demand audio and/or video streams.
It is worth mentioning that he is one of three artists to have produced seven diamond singles over the course of his career, along with Rihanna and Post Malone, the latter who holds the record for the most certified diamond singles, with nine.
It is worth noting that the singer has more than 106 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
The Weeknd releases singles from “The Idol” series on compact vinyl
Canadian star The Weeknd is rereleasing his hits One of the girls AND Popular together in one 7 inch compact vinyl in Brazil via Universal Music, via registers of the republic. The product is now available for pre-order on Ummusic shop for the value of R$169.90.
One of the girls involves the participation of the South Korean singer Jenny and French-American actress Lily Rose Depp and was released as a single in December 8, 2023 like the first in the series The idolfrom the HBOpresent in episode 4. The track was also included in the compilation THE Highlights In The weekend in 2021.
The single addresses themes related to control, fame, desire AND Stockholm syndrome.
Already Popular was launched by The weekend in collaboration with the North American rapper Playboy Carti and from pop stars Madonna In June 2, 2023also present in the series The idol.
Popular won the Gold Record in countries like New Zealand, France, Italy It’s inside UKtaken into consideration by the magazine Rolling Stone one of the best songs released that year.
Developed as an R&B song, Popular makes a direct reference to “The Allure and Traps of Fame and Fortune”referring to a woman who “will do anything to achieve celebrity status.”
A scoreboard North America has noticed Popular is loaded with “thunderous synth instrumentals and vibrant percussion”.
Source: Terra
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