It’s crazy to think that with all of the success he’s seen with his music that The Weeknd was once homeless with little to no money to his name. The tour consisted of four legs and a total of 95 shows, running from February 2017 till December 2017 and went on to pull in an impressive $120 million at the box office, which is pretty much the same numbers an artist as big as Beyonce will make from one of her tours.Ĭonsidering that this was only his third commercial tour, those numbers were exceptionally high for a musician who was still considered to be fairly new in the music industry, but The Weeknd had already established a strong fanbase before signing his first record deal with Republic Records in 2012. RELATED: The Weeknd Shares Nostalgic Photo Of The Club That Helped Launch His Career
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His follow-up single, I Feel It Coming, was just as successful, peaking in the top 10 in countries such as the UK, Denmark, Canada and Sweden and selling another 6 million copies around the globe.Īgain, The Weeknd is credited as a writer and producer on the track, so one can only imagine how much money he has made from those two records alone.įrom there, he released the following singles: Party Monster, Reminder, Rockin, Die for You, and Secrets, which, once sales are accumulated, bring in another 12 million copies sold.Īt one point, the album in its entirety was receiving a record-breaking 32.8 million plays on Spotify alone, which was unheard of for an R&B artist at the time.īy February 2017, The Weeknd continued to support the album and its monumental success by kicking off his Starboy: Legend of the Fall Tour, which - to nobody’s surprise - was where the chart-topper made most of his fortune, aside from already having made millions from the album and single sales. RELATED: Here’s How The Weeknd Proved He’s A Secret Sweetheart 1 and sold an incredible 10 million copies worldwide, becoming one of The Weeknd’s best-selling songs to date. Not only did he co-write and co-produce the hit song, but it was also partially distributed under his XO record label, which means that the bigger the success, the more money for Abel. The Weeknd was almost guaranteed strong first-week sales given how well his lead single, Starboy, was doing on the charts.