{"id":22854,"date":"2022-03-01T12:35:38","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T20:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=22854"},"modified":"2023-01-18T05:04:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T13:04:43","slug":"the-weeknd-tops-ifpi-list-of-best-selling-single-of-2021-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/the-weeknd-tops-ifpi-list-of-best-selling-single-of-2021-globally\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weeknd tops IFPI list of best-selling single of 2021 globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>IFPI<\/strong>, the organization representing the recorded music industry worldwide, announced yesterday 28th that The Weeknd&#8217;s &#8220;<strong>Save Your Tears<\/strong>&#8221; is the winner of the &#8220;<strong>2021 IFPI Global Digital Single Award<\/strong>&#8221; . The Weeknd is the first artist to win the award two years in a row, in 2020 he won with the global hit \u201c<strong>Blinding Lights<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The IFPI Global Digital Single Award is given to the world&#8217;s <strong>best-selling<\/strong> single of the year in all digital formats, including paid subscription streaming, ad-supported platforms, and single-track downloads and streams.<\/p>\n<p>Following the hits \u201c<strong>Heartless<\/strong>\u201d, \u201c<strong>In Your Eyes<\/strong>\u201d and the record- breaking \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d, \u201cSave Your Tears\u201d was the fourth single to be released also from his 4th studio album by The Weeknd, \u201cAfter Hours\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IFPI_org\/status\/1498312063042600965\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">#1 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theweeknd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@theweeknd<\/a> \u2013 Save Your Tears<\/p>\n<p>In another Global Charts world 1st, for an unprecedented 2nd year in a row at the top of the chart it\u2019s The Weeknd. Met with universal praise, Save Your Tears was a global hit &amp; #1 track of the year. Congratulations!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IFPIGlobalDigitalSingleChart?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#IFPIGlobalDigitalSingleChart<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VNjkCFqTTh\">pic.twitter.com\/VNjkCFqTTh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; IFPI (@IFPI_org) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IFPI_org\/status\/1498312063042600965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The track topped charts worldwide and, aided by the release of a remixed version featuring <strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong>, reached No. 1 in the US in May 2021. Overall, &#8220;Save Your Tears&#8221; was a mainstay on the charts.<\/p>\n<p> markets throughout 2021 and was certified Platinum in 14 markets spanning three continents.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>\u201c<em><strong>It was another brilliant year for The Weeknd and &#8216;Save Your Tears&#8217; was, without a doubt, one of the most beloved songs in the world. We would like to send big congratulations to The Weeknd and his entire team for winning our Global Digital Single of The Year award for the second year in a row \u2013 an incredible achievement<\/strong><\/em>\u201d, said Frances Moore, CEO of the IFPI.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>The Weeknd&#8217;s super hit &#8220;Blinding Lights&#8221;, number 1 on the IFPI Global Digital Single Chart 2020, remained in the Top 10 for the second year at number 7.<br \/>C<br \/>\n<br \/> Elsewhere on the chart, <strong>The Kid LAROI<\/strong> made his first appearance at No. 2 with his collaboration with <strong>Justin Bieber<\/strong>, \u201c<strong>STAY<\/strong>\u201d. He was joined by Dua Lipa with \u201c<strong>Levitating<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Weeknd \u2013 Save Your Tears | 2.15 billion<\/li>\n<li>The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber \u2013 STAY | 2.07 billion<\/li>\n<li>Dua Lipa \u2013 Levitating | 1.88 billion<\/li>\n<li>BTS \u2013 Butter | 1.76 billion<\/li>\n<li>Olivia Rodrigo \u2013 drivers license | 1.73 billion<\/li>\n<li>Justin Bieber (ft. Daniel Caesar, Giveon) \u2013 Peaches | 1.\n<p>72 billion<\/li>\n<li>The Weeknd \u2013 Blinding Lights | 1.61 billion<\/li>\n<li>Olivia Rodrigo \u2013 good 4 u | 1.61 billion<\/li>\n<li>Lil Nas X \u2013 MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) | 1.60 billion<\/li>\n<li>Ed Sheeran \u2013 Bad Habits | 1.57 billion<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIAA\/status\/1498676699877232640\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.@IFPI@IFPI_org today launched the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IFPIGlobalDigitalSingleChart?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#IFPIGlobalDigitalSingleChart<\/a>! \ud83d\udc4f to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theweeknd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@theweeknd<\/a> at #1 and the amazing Top 10 \ud83d\udc47 and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/labelsatwork?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#labelsatwork<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dXP34eGVHQ\">pic.twitter.com\/dXP34eGVHQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) (@RIAA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIAA\/status\/1498676699877232640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IFPI, the organization representing the recorded music industry worldwide, announced yesterday 28th that The Weeknd&#8217;s &#8220;Save Your Tears&#8221; is the winner of the &#8220;2021 IFPI Global Digital Single Award&#8221; . The Weeknd is the first artist to win the award two years in a row, in 2020 he won with the global hit \u201cBlinding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2817,"featured_media":22861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1631,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-awards","8":"category-pop"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}