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DIAMOND CERTIFIED ARTIST THE WEEKND SURPASSES 80 MILLION RIAA DIGITAL SONG CERTIFICATIONS, MOVING INTO THE TOP 10 FOR MOST DIGITAL SINGLE CERTIFICATIONS OF ALL TIME
March 9, 2021 (NEW YORK, NY) – Exceeding yet another impressive benchmark, diamond-selling Toronto artist The Weeknd’s smash single “Blinding Lights” has again broken chart records spending its 52nd week in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. It becomes the first song in the history of the chart (which began Aug. 4, 1958) to spend a full year’s time in the top 10.
Additionally, The Weeknd has received the 2020 IFPI Global Digital Single Award for the septuple-platinum smash “Blinding Lights.” The Global Digital Single Award recognizes the best-selling single of the year worldwide across individual track downloads as well as paid and ad-supported streams. This marks his very first IFPI honor.
In its continued dominance, his blockbuster chart-dominating fourth full-length album, After Hours, has also garnered multiple new certifications from the RIAA. After Hours has reached double-platinum status while standout tracks “Save Your Tears,” “After Hours,” and “In Your Eyes” have all progressed to platinum. Additionally, “Blinding Lights” has officially been minted seven-times platinum. With these developments, he has reeled in a staggering total of 80 million-plus RIAA Digital Song Certifications, placing him in rarified air and in the “The Top 10 Most Digital Single Certifications of All Time.”
The Weeknd recently announced the After Hours World Tour. The 104-date global tour will kick off on January 14th, 2022 in Vancouver at Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena with stops in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Paris, London and more, before wrapping November 18th in Glasgow at SSE Hydro. The announcement comes just days ahead of the multi-platinum singer’s headlining Super Bowl performance, and also includes a handful of rescheduled dates shifting from 2021 to be a part of the After Hours World Tour in 2022. Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster.com. Full routing can be found HERE: https://www.theweeknd.com/TourSOURCE REPUBLIC RECORDS
Highly acclaimed and much-loved singer, songwriter, rapper, producer and South London native Jessica Wilde kicks of her 2024 by joining forces with the incredible Josh Barry for a soulful Valentine’s Day release ‘Love Like This’, out 14th February.
Packed with soaring emotions and infused with smoky orchestral atmospheres, ‘Love Like This’ is a striking nu-soul gem which will be released on Wilde’s forthcoming album and follows her recent singles ‘Freak Out’ and ‘Feathers’ ft. Zoe Kypri. The two 2023 singles saw her pick up many spins on BBC Radio 1’s Future Artists with Jack Saunders, BBC Radio 1 Introducing with Jess Iszatt, John Kennedy’s X-Posure Daily on Radio X, playlist support across the board from Spotify, Apple, Youtube and Tidal amongst other acclaim. Josh Barry has also been picking up serious heat, recently featuring with Rudimental and Sigma, collaborating with Nile Rogers and opening for Rag ‘N’ Bone Man on tour. Josh Barry brings a dynamic force to the collab as he embodies the spirit of legendary icons like James Brown and Jimi Hendrix.
On ‘Love Like This’, Wilde explains, “When we got in the studio, the song basically wrote itself, we wanted to capture that raw soulful essence in our husky tones, and a nostalgic feeling of those classic Marvin Gaye love songs but with a 2024 flip.”
As the dreamy, smooth track escalates, Wilde and Barry’s yearning vocals entwine with epic effect as the pair find the ‘Love Like This’ that they have been searching and waiting for. The release comes with a Valentine’s launch show at the iconic ‘The Bedford’ and a 6-part Instagram & TikTok reel series, released every other day from 16th February, which everyone should tune into to see Wilde and Barry explore the track’s steamy and romantic themes in more depth through nostalgic aesthetics.
2024 looks set to be an exciting new year for Wilde. With her album on the horizon, she has been gaining growing support from not only BBC Radio 1 but also 6 Music, BBC Radio London, KISS, editorial playlist support across DSPs, as well as features in CLASH, Complex, Wonderland, The Independent and many more.
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