Yahoo

The Weeknd Is ‘Humbled’ as ‘Blinding Lights’ Becomes First Song to Hit 4 Billion Streams on Spotify

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Weeknd is now the first artist to rack up 4 billion streams for a single song on Spotify, with “Blinding Lights” hitting the ...
Yahoo

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ breaks Spotify record with whopping 5 billion streams

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the record that keeps on giving. The 2019 track has officially become the first song in ...
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 ...
Uproxx

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Is Now The ‘No. 1 Song Of All Time’ According To ‘Billboard’

It has felt like at least once every couple months or so, there was news about some chart record that The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” broke or set. The latest of those came in August, when the single ...
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 ...
American Songwriter

Behind the Song Lyrics: “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd

The meaning behind the song: At first listen, the single is a summer banger about needing to see your sweetie that got away. Well, that’s kinda right? The Weeknd is known for having a dark side to his ...
AllHipHop

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” Named Top Hot 100 Song Of All Time

‘Billboard’ calls the ‘After Hours’ track the greatest hit ever. Canadian singer-songwriter Abel Makkonen Tesfaye secured his position as one of the most celebrated music acts in history. The XO label ...
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The Weeknd's 'Blinding Light' sets new Spotify streaming record

In a monumental achievement, The Weeknd's smash-hit single 'Blinding Lights' has etched its name in the annals of music history by becoming the first song to surpass an unprecedented 4 billion streams ...
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 ...
Polygon

Ladies and gentlemen, The Weeknd has come to Beat Saber

Beat Saber players are getting another dose of chart-topping hits, this time from The Weeknd. A new music pack for the VR rhythm game, out now, includes popular The Weeknd jams like “Starboy,” “Can’t ...
Complex

The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" Becomes First Song To Hit 4 Billion Spotify Streams

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” was already the mosty played song in Spotify history, and now it's become the first song to cross the 4 billion play threshold in the platform’s history. The track ...
Complex

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” Is Now the Longest-Charting Billboard Hot 100 Song of All Time

Imagine Dragons have been defeated. Billboardreported on Monday that The Weeknd’s widely adored 2019 single “Blinding Lights” has now bagged its 88th week on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, thus ...