The Weeknd’s ‘Starboy’ and ‘Blinding Lights’ are verified diamond by RIAA
With 77.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify at time of writing, The Weeknd’s monster tracks ‘Starboy’ with Daft Punk and ‘Blinding Lights’ have just recently become diamond certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). For a track to be certified as diamond, it must have moved over 10 million units; one unit is equivalent to one song sale, or
The Weeknd announces release date for ‘Dawn FM’
In a trailer posted to his socials, The Weeknd has just given fans a solidified release date for his newest album 'Dawn FM', which will be available to stream on all platforms this Friday, January 7th, 2022. 'Dawn FM' will be the fifth studio album from the artist and follows up the 2020 release 'After Hours' that broke records internationally
The Weeknd launched new NFT collection ‘Blinding Lights’
The Weeknd has just launched a brand new limited edition NFT entitled 'Blinding Lights'. The launch celebrates 'Blinding Lights' as the Number 1 spot on Billboard's 'Greatest Songs of All Time Hot 100 Chart’. The collection is released in junction with Billboard and Infinite founder Karvin Cheung through footballer Tom Brady's NFT trading website Autograph, which has also released limited editions of other
Joris Voorn energises Alex Kennon’s ‘Blinding Lights’ with a sparkling remix
Dutch powerhouse Joris Voorn has just dropped a stunning track, a remix treatment of one of the recent additions of his imprint Spectrum. 'Blinding Lights' by Alex Kennon was released last month and now gets a sublimated reinterpretation. Joris Voorn represents Dutch electronic music, he heads the underground sound, he is synonymous with quality. A lot of quality. Joris is a
The Weeknd reveals his next album is inspired by Black Lives Matter & Covid-19
The Weeknd is still riding the high of having a studio album released last year entitled 'After Hours' that brought us hits such as 'Blinding Lights' and 'Hardest To Love'. Yet, The Weeknd's back in the studio, gearing up for his next new album, however, this time he says his new music has been inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement
The Weeknd teams up with ROSALÍA for the remix of hit song ‘Blinding Lights’ : Listen
Canadian superstar singer and songwriter, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, better known by his stage name the Weeknd celebrates the 1-year anniversary of one of his greatest hits, 'Blinding Lights' by joining forces with Spanish pop star ROSALÍA to deliver a bilingual version of the song. There might be only a handful of music listeners who can't recognize the song with the distinctive synthwave melody and the
Diplo teases a ‘Blinding Lights’ Major Lazer remix is coming
Ever since the outbreak of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), DJs and producers are locking themselves in urging fans to do the same. To make this period easier for each and everyone, loads of them are currently live-streaming past performances, new sets from their living room (or pool), live Q&A’s or just chatting away with their fans. Diplo is no exception to that.