Yahoo

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 ...
Yahoo

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Blinding Lights” claims the shiny prize largely for its unprecedented longevity in the top 10: 59 weeks, the most of any song not ...
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 ...
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 ...
New York Post

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

Taking to his Instagram Stories on Sunday, the four-time Grammy winner reposted Spotify’s announcement before gearing up for his second concert in Houston, Texas. The stop was part of his “After Hours ...
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 ...
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 ...
Variety

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Becomes First Song to Spend a Full Year in the Billboard Top 10

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” has been smashing records practically since it was first released late in November of 2019 — and on Monday it broke what might be the most momentous one of all: It ...
Hypebeast

The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" is the New 'Billboard' Greatest Song of All Time

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” has been named the new number one song on Billboard‘s Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs Chart, dethroning Chubby Checker’s 1960 “The Twist.” The synth-pop track, which ...
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 ...
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 ...