Apple Music Award announced The Weeknd as Artist of the Year 
The results of the third annual Apple Music Awards have been announced. This was reported on the Apple website.
The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) became the main musician of the year, according to the IT corporation. It is noted that his album After Hours broke the record for the number of preliminary downloads on Apple Music, and the track Blinding Lights included in it was included in the top 20 most popular songs of all time according to the Shazam service.
“I am so grateful for this great honor and I want to thank Apple for supporting not only my work, but also for the excellent music of new artists, for whom it is important to be found and promoted, ”the artist commented on his victory.
The main breakthrough of the year recognized Olivia Rodrigo. She also became the leader in the nominations “Best Album” and “Best Song”. This is the SOUR release and the drivers license track.
H.E.R. was awarded in the category “Best author”. Scryptonite was recognized as the main Russian performer.
Earlier Spotify summed up the year and named the most popular musicians in the world. The top five includes Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, BTS, Drake and Justin Bieber.