Abel Tesfaye has just done something no other artist has managed in Spotify’s entire history. According to streaming data compiled by ChartMasters and confirmed by Spotify’s Billions Club, The Weeknd now has 30 songs sitting above one billion streams each. Not 25. Not 28. Thirty.
Drake currently has 17 tracks in the billion-stream club. Taylor Swift has built an impressive collection of her own.
The Weeknd’s achievement places him substantially ahead of the field, with the gap between first and second place widening.
The milestone arrived in late December 2025, spanning more than a decade of work from dark R&B mixtapes through to stadium-filling pop anthems.
From “Blinding Lights” closing in on 5.2 billion streams down to deeper cuts like “Is There Someone Else?” that most casual listeners probably can’t even hum. All of them crossed a billion plays.
The Complete List
What makes this particularly striking is the mix. Sure, “Blinding Lights” and “Starboy” were massive singles. But the list also includes album tracks that never went to radio, collaborations from years ago, and remixes that found unexpected second lives.
The complete 30:
- Blinding Lights
- Starboy
- Die For You
- The Hills
- Save Your Tears
- One Of The Girls
- Call Out My Name
- I Feel It Coming
- Can’t Feel My Face
- Save Your Tears Remix
- Earned It
- Creepin’
- Stargirl Interlude
- I Was Never There
- Reminder
- Moth To A Flame
- Timeless
- After Hours
- Popular
- Low Life
- Love Me Harder
- Die For You Remix
- Lost In The Fire
- Often
- Or Nah
- Heartless
- Pray For Me
- In Your Eyes
- You Right
- Is There Someone Else?
“I Was Never There” is a deep cut from My Dear Melancholy, an EP released in 2018. “Stargirl Interlude” runs under two minutes. “Or Nah” is a 2014 remix featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Wiz Khalifa, and DJ Mustard. All of them cleared a billion streams.
The catalogue demonstrates strength beyond hit singles. Album tracks and collaborations from throughout his career continue accumulating streams years after release.
Reaching one billion streams represents a significant achievement for most artists. The Weeknd has accomplished it 30 times, with many of those tracks never released as official singles.
How Did We Get Here?
According to data tracked by ChartMasters, Drake currently sits at 17 billion-stream tracks whilst Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran have built substantial catalogues of their own. The Weeknd’s 30-song achievement represents a significant leap ahead of the competition.
The Numbers Tell a Story
According to ChartMasters’ 2024 year-end data, The Weeknd finished the year as Spotify’s third most-streamed artist with 13.27 billion plays. Only Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift pulled bigger numbers that year.
This represents his best ranking after nearly a decade of placing third in 2015, 2017, and 2023. He’s been consistently massive, just never quite number one until now he’s carved out his own category entirely.
“Blinding Lights” sits at nearly 5.2 billion streams and still adds 10 million weekly. That’s six years after release.
The synth anthem caught fire during lockdown and refused to go away. It’s the most-streamed song in Spotify’s history by a considerable margin.
His albums from years ago keep performing. “Starboy” has 15.8 billion streams. “After Hours” sits at 13.6 billion. “Beauty Behind the Madness” cleared 10 billion.
None of these are new releases riding hype. They’re catalogue titles that people keep returning to, which is where the real money sits in streaming.
Spotify celebrated The Weeknd’s achievements with the platform’s first-ever Billions Club Live concert in December 2024, honouring his then-record of 25 billion-stream songs. Five tracks later, the milestone continues to grow.
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Why Him?
Part of it comes down to range. “Blinding Lights” and “Call Out My Name” could be from different artists entirely. Same with “Creepin'” and “Starboy.” But they all sound unmistakably like him.
That flexibility means his music shows up across different playlists and pulls from different listener bases without alienating anyone.
The collaborations matter too, but not in the obvious way. The “Die For You” remix with Ariana Grande brought a 2016 album track back from the dead and turned it into a streaming monster.
“Popular” with Madonna grabbed her audience. “Creepin'” with Metro Boomin and 21 Savage pulled in trap fans. Each one expands his reach without making him sound like a guest on someone else’s track.
His new album “Hurry Up Tomorrow” dropped in January 2025, possibly his last under The Weeknd name. Abel’s talked about wanting to kill the persona, though he’ll keep making music under his real name.
The record runs 84 minutes with features from Future, Lana Del Rey, Florence + The Machine, Travis Scott, and Giorgio Moroder. Whether it’s actually the end or just another reinvention remains to be seen.
What It Means Beyond Bragging Rights
Thirty billion-stream songs translates to serious money. The exact figures depend on label contracts and publishing splits, but catalogue longevity is where streaming pays off. His 2015 material still generates revenue in 2025, compounding year after year.
Compare that to the old model where an album sold its units in the first few weeks then dropped off. Streaming rewards artists who build catalogues people return to. The Weeknd’s mastered that completely.
Where This Goes
The 30-song record will probably extend. Several tracks sit in the 800-900 million range, and his catalogue shows no signs of slowing down. Streaming rewards longevity differently than radio ever did. Songs don’t need to be current to rack up plays.
Gen Z finds “Blinding Lights” through TikTok. Longtime fans still play “House of Balloons” from 2011. The music works across generations, which is rare enough on its own. That it also translates to these kinds of numbers is rarer still.
Whether anyone catches up to 30 billion-stream songs anytime soon seems unlikely given the current gap. Drake currently has 17 such tracks. The more interesting question is whether The Weeknd himself pushes the number to 40, or 50, before another artist reaches 25.
Abel Tesfaye turned mysterious R&B mixtapes into the most dominant streaming catalogue in modern music. Whatever happens with the name, that part’s already done.