The Weekend signed a rumoured-$1bn deal with investment firm Lyric Capital late last year backed by his publishing and ...
Swift rounded out the list of nine-figure earners, thanks to record-breaking album sales and a lucrative Disney+ documentary ...
The Weeknd revealed as Forbes’ highest paid musician of 2025 Forbes released its annual ranking of the highest-paid musicians ...
The Weeknd, born Abel Tesfaye, just made a significant move in music industry, and he did it on his own terms. The “Can’t Feel My Face” singer has secured a first-of-its-kind partnership with Lyric ...
Including sales figures for his upcoming 2026 dates across Mexico, Brazil, Europe and the UK, the tour has now sold more than 7.5 million tickets and grossed over $1 billion across 153 dates. The tour ...
More than 23,000 entries were submitted for Grammy consideration. Most won’t even get a participation trophy. Looking at you, Morgan Wallen and Kanye West, who continue to be kryptonite to the nearly ...
In February, the Weeknd slipped into the 2025 Grammy Awards without anyone noticing. He’d been working alongside the Recording Academy for four months to plan his grand return to the ceremony. It had ...
One headline-making real estate deal in the South Florida market is illustrating just how celebrity capital is reshaping the landscape. Pop music icon The Weeknd – whose real name is Abel Tesfaye – is ...
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the record that keeps on giving. The 2019 track has officially become the first song in Spotify’s history to hit a whopping five billion streams. Just days earlier, ...
The Weeknd is working to raise $1 billion by leveraging his music catalog without selling his rights as he eyes a post-music career shift. The Weeknd is aiming to secure a whopping $1 billion in ...
Usually when we talk about The Weekend in the context of 10-digit numbers, it’s about how many streams his music is getting. However, according to Bloomberg the star is in talks to raise $1bn of ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. 2025 is another huge year for The Weeknd, though it’s not as if he ...