Duncan Loudon
No artist has ever scored a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 in the weeks immediately following their Super Bowl performance. The Weeknd has two songs he could do it with.
All eyes on will be on Abel Tesfaye this weekend, as he performs at halftime of Super Bowl LV in Tampa on Sunday night (Feb. 7th). The Weeknd has not shied away from the moment of appearing on television s biggest stage, as his manager said in
Billboard s recent cover story that Tesfaye put up $7 million of his own money to make this halftime show be what he envisioned.”
The stakes may be even higher for The Weeknd than the dozens of superstars who ve appeared on this stage before him, because he has the chance do something none of them ever have before: score a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the weeks after his appearance.