Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The focus at the moment when it comes to The Weeknd is on his new ...

“Blinding Lights” claims the shiny prize largely for its unprecedented longevity in the top 10: 59 weeks, the most of any song not only in the quarter century but in the entire history of the Hot ...

INDIO, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 17: The Weeknd performs onstage at the Coachella Stage during the 2022 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 17, 2022 in Indio, California. The Weeknd and Playboi ...

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

As The Weeknd nears the end of his After Hours Til Dawn tour, which commenced in 2022, the crooner’s trek is now the biggest R&B tour in history. Bey earned $579.8 million over 56 shows in 2023 while ...

The Weeknd has officially made history. Billboard Boxscore revealed that his After Hours Til Dawn Tour has become the highest-grossing R&B tour of all time. Since launching in 2022, the tour has ...

When Abel Tesfaye dropped a few tracks in 2011 under the moniker “The Weeknd,” it was at a moment when R&B had a taken a turn for the weird. The sex factor so native to the genre was doubled — nay, ...

Ten years after its initial release, The Weeknd’s hit single “The Hills” has made a surprising comeback on Billboard’s R&B Streaming Songs chart, landing at No. 15. The track, which was a defining ...

R&B and pop star The Weeknd has announced a massive summer tour that'll stop at several Northeast stadiums after releasing ...

DETROIT – Fans inside Ford Field were treated to a powerful performance from a pop culture icon at the peak of his powers Saturday night as The Weeknd dazzled the Detroit crowd. Kicking off the first ...

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Billboard chooses its top R&B albums of the year, featuring sets from SZA, Summer Walker, GIVEON and many more. There’s one thing you can say about 2025 musically: it was a very good year for R&B.