For most of his professional career, British singer Olly Alexander has been known in the specific context of his band.

Forty-four years after the Netherlands last won Eurovision, the country has done it again. Some 200 million people around the world watched as Duncan Laurence was crowned as Europe’s best pop act.

It became the second Eurovision entry (after Duncan Laurence’s Arcade) to reach a billion streams on Spotify, and was the fastest to do so. Though Armenia has yet to win the Eurovision Song Contest, ...