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The Weeknd becomes the first artist with consecutive wins with Save Your Tears, the best-selling single of 2021 across all digital formats.

March 1, 2022 The Weeknd becomes the first artist with consecutive wins with Save Your Tears, the best-selling single of 2021 across all digital formats. The Weeknd has won the Global Digital Single Award for the second time in a row, making him the first artist to ever do so. He topped the 2021 list with Save Your Tears after Blinding Lights won in 2020. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry presented The Weeknd with the award . Save Your Tears was the best-selling single of 2021 across all digital formats including paid subscription streaming, ad-supported platforms, and single-track downloads and streams. Taken from The Weeknds fourth studio album After Hours, Save Your Tears topped the charts in many countries across the globe. The song received a push when the remix, featuring Ariana Grande reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 2021. Watch the video for Save Your Tears below. Frances Moore, Chief Executive of IFPI, said: It has been another brilliant year for The Weeknd and Save Your Tears has unquestionably been one of the worlds most loved songs. Wed like to send huge congratulations to The Weeknd and all of his team on winning our Global Digital Single of The Year Award for the second year in a row an incredible achievement. Last week, The Weeknd brought a live performance of his latest album The Dawn FM Experience to Amazon Video. Abel performed songs from the project as the older version of himself featured in the Dawn FM album art. Read more