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The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ is Spotify’s Most Streamed Song Ever

“Happy new years to ‘Blinding Lights’,” The Weeknd wrote on Twitter. “The most streamed song of all time tonight.” ‘Blinding Lights’ was released in November 2019 as the second single from The ...
Uproxx

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Just Made Spotify History By Being The First Song To Cross An Unreal Streaming Milestone

The Weeknd is an undisputed king of the streaming music era, as evidenced by the fact that “Blinding Lights” is the most-played song in Spotify history. Since its release in late 2019, the song has ...
Yahoo

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Is No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century Chart

“Blinding Lights” claims the shiny prize largely for its unprecedented longevity in the top 10: 59 weeks, the most of any song not only in the quarter century but in the entire history of the Hot ...
The Source Magazine

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” Becomes First Single to Stream Over 4 Billion Times on Spotify

The Weeknd’s chart-topping anthem “Blinding Lights” continues to rewrite history as it surpasses its record and secures the title of the most-streamed song in Spotify’s history. With over four billion ...
Black Enterprise

The Weeknd ‘Humbled’ That ‘Blinding Lights’ Is The First Song To Hit 4 Billion Streams On Spotify

The Weeknd is completely “humbled” that his song “Blinding Lights” made Spotify history by becoming the first song on the platform to reach 4 billion streams. The Weeknd is completely “humbled” that ...
Revolt on MSN

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” crosses a monumental 5 billion streams on Spotify

Blinding Lights” becomes the first song to hit five billion streams on Spotify. Learn how the record-breaking single ...
Uproxx

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Is Now The Longest-Charting Song Of All Time

When last week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart was released, it was noted that The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” had tied Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive” for the most time spent on the chart, and it was ...
Vibe

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” Named The New No. 1 Song of All Time

To celebrate, Billboard has partnered with trading card veteran Karvin Cheung on a special collection of trading card packs with five different designs. “It’s always been a dream of mine to create ...
The Fader

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is Billboard Hot 100’s No. 1 all-time song

The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" is now the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song of all time. The 2019 track passed Chubby Checker's "The Twist" on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time list after 90 weeks on ...
Rolling Stone

The Weeknd Dethrones Chubby Checker For Billboard’s No. 1 Greatest Hot 100 Song of All Time

After Chubby Checker’s 1960 hit “The Twist” was named Billboard’s All-Time Number One Song, his website was updated with the accolade: “Billboard’s First #1 Song of All Time until 2065.” Unfortunately ...
The Source Magazine

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” And “Starboy” Certified Diamond By RIAA

The Weekend released the music video for “Out Of Time,” the latest single from his critically acclaimed album DAWN FM. The video was directed by Cliqua and featured appearances from Jim Carrey, who is ...
New York Daily News

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ poised to set record for most weeks on Billboard Hot 100

The Weeknd is poised to make more music history. The Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter’s “Blinding Lights” has spent 87 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, tying the run of Imagine Dragons’ 2012 ...