No it did not. It wasn’t released as a single until July 30, 2012.
Your whole argument is like saying Bon Iver is a household name now because the whole world heard him on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Crew Love hit the internet before Take Care released

It might’ve leaked or something but it was not officially released before the entire album came out.

I remember playing crew Love over n over waiting for Take Care to release, that song is what got everyone listening to The Weeknd and what started the OVOXO thing

Like I said it might’ve leaked, but it was not officially released until the album came out.

And bruh OVOXO was literally started on The Zone what are you talking about

Trilogy is R&B Drake sound Weeknd

I feel Kiss Land & Starboy tie as his best albums

what a moot point to endlessly argue like it wasn't a culmination of things that "broke" The Weeknd.

You’re right, but he’s arguing that Drake is 100% responsible for his (keyword) mainstream success, which is not true.

Drake’s shoutouts and features helped him gain attention in the underground scene on the blogs and on the internet, but his feature on Love Me Harder is literally what broke him through into mainstream success. The chart success and sales numbers pre and post Love Me Harder are literally night and day.

Mainstream wise Drake said that OVO and that XO is all u gotta believe in

Everybody heard that part

Then after the Take care put on girls and everybody started listening to The Weeknd and repping ovoxo

Trust issues and Zone came after

Bro The Zone came out in August 2011 and Crew Love came out in November 2011, literally what are you talking about

Trust Issues also came out before Crew Love

The 1st people heard The Weeknd was Crew Love
Drake at his most loved era Take Care

Wrong.

Nobody heard that, regular people never heard of The Weeknd until Crew Love

Trust issues and Zone didn’t blow up until after then it was that whole era of Weeknd bodying hooks n features

it's the same as the people who claim The Weeknd wrote Take Care. it's just not worth entertaining IMO but aye if you're having fun lol

“Regular people”

Anybody that ever said that is an idiot

I'm not here to have that discussion. I was drawing a comparison to the pointlessness of the current topic.

Idk how old you are but u not getting it, THE Weeknd did not exist until Crew Love came out and when that happened it was THE RIDE and CREW LOVE, girls wearing fake ovoxo merch Take Care celebration the motto for months

Then afterwards people heard Zone and Trust issues

I apologize if the thread turns into that after bringing it up lol.

Regular people are the masses

Who remembers when girls would wear fake ovoxo merch

Nigga the masses weren’t listening to The Weeknd until after Love Me Harder

His only singles to chart before Love Me Harder peaked at #53 and #59

The very first single he dropped three months after Love Me Harder peaked at #3

What is so hard to understand

what came 1st Wicked Games or Love me harder

Weeknd’s Charting Singles Pre-Love Me Harder:

Wicked Games - #53
Often - #59

Weeknd’s Charting Singles Post-Love Me Harder:

Earned It - #3
The Hills - #1
Can’t Feel My Face - #1
In The Night - #12

It’s literally night and day

Wicked Games was released BEFORE Crew Love