Reportedly, The Weeknd has sealed a $1 billion catalog deal with Lyric Capital. The Weeknd’s reps confirm that Lyric Capital ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 13: Abel Tesfaye attends Lionsgate's "Hurry Up Tomorrow" World Premiere on May 13, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)Photo by: Jamie McCarthy / ...

Abel Tesfaye, the enigmatic artist known globally as The Weeknd, stands at the precipice of music industry history. Sources close to negotiations reveal that the performer is engaged in preliminary ...

Fans of The Weeknd who attended the Stade de France on July 29 and 30, 2023, will still remember it vividly. That summer, the ...

Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to ...

The singer's first-of-its-kind deal places him among a small group of artists, including Michael Jackson and Queen, with billion-dollar catalogs.

"I remember waking up to the headlines that the Weeknd called out the Academy for a lack of transparency in our awards. He went so far as to announce he was boycotting the Grammys. That made for some ...

The recording royalties investment firms says that the singer-songwriter will maintain creative control over his current music catalog, in 'first of its kind partnership.' ...

The Weeknd isn’t a streaming music star. Well, he is, often duking it out to be the top of the Spotify’s monthly play charts and holding both the most streamed song on the platform (“Blinding Lights” ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. In 2015, The Weeknd secured back-to-back chart-toppers with “Can’t ...

The artist currently known as The Weeknd has spent the last 15 years building his reputation as the “dark prince of pop.” Starting as an enigmatic artist who released his songs anonymously, The Weeknd ...