smash hit

Tesfaye's expansive 22-track venture has already become the biggest debut of the year, just weeks after its release, acting as a follow-up to the artist's other smash hit albums, "After Hours" and "Dawn FM."

The series, which turns 25 on Tuesday, was a smash hit on its original 2000 release, and has since become a genuine cultural phenomenon.

It would be hard for him to perform his smash hit “Not Like Us” without doing so — or at least without reminding viewers of the song’s most infamous hook.

Thanks to TikTok, her single "Escapism" — detailing her experiences with drugs and alcohol dependency — became a smash hit, topping the British charts and becoming the singer's first-ever Billboard Hot 100 entry.

The Colombian singer released the merengue smash hit at the height of the summer, and it peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Hot 100.