billions with a B) of streams. Those streams lead to a truly massive touring advance of $75 million, what experts call a nutso sum of money.
The Weeknd ended up earning that year, which landed him on the cover of Forbes. Like, there's rich, and then there's Forbes cover rich, ya know?As Abel told , "We live in a world where artists don't really make the money off the music like we did in the Golden Age.
It's not really coming in until you hit the stage." But when I say "dropped," I mean he still made a full —much of which came from brand deals with the likes of Puma and Bacardi.
And FYI, while The Weeknd's 2020 earnings haven't been announced yet, streams from "Blinding Lights" and After Hours alone should set him up for a pretty lucrative.
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