Vulture

How ‘Blinding Lights’ Used Retro Sounds and Modern Bass to Break Records

Wouldja look at that, Vulture got a new podcast. We’re delighted to welcome the superlative music show Switched on Pop and its hosts Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan to our digital shores. Today they ...
Yahoo

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

The Weeknd is now the first artist to rack up 4 billion streams for a single song on Spotify, with “Blinding Lights” hitting the milestone this week. “I’ll never stop being humbled by anything I ...
Uproxx

The Weeknd Was Undoubtedly Surprised By The Success Of ‘Blinding Lights’ Because He Thought ‘It Was Gonna Be A Flop’

Abel Tesfaye said that he plans to kill off his musical persona, The Weeknd, to venture into other creative realms. Of course, it doesn’t hurt to graciously bow out on top after becoming the first ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
KWTX

Billboard names The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ as the top song of the century

(Gray News) – It’s official: “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd is the song of the century. On Friday, Billboard crowned the smash hit as the No. 1 song of the 21st century. Billboard comprised a list of ...
People

'Blinding Lights' Keeps The Weeknd (and Everyone Else!) Moving in Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show Ad

The mega-hit song plays throughout the sweet commercial as music listeners from all walks of life happily sing along PEOPLE, Music Writer and Reporter The Weeknd is the star of Pepsi's 2021 Super Bowl ...
Yahoo

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Becomes First Song to Hit 5 Billion Streams on Spotify

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” continues to make history. On Sunday (Aug. 31), Spotify announced on Instagram that the 2020 ...
Forbes

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Is Officially The Longest-Charting Hot 100 Hit Of All Time

From the moment The Weeknd released his single “Blinding Lights,” it was clear he had created something really special, but few could have predicted just how massive the tune would become. Now, after ...
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The Weeknd's Blinding Lights becomes first song to hit five billion streams on Spotify

The Weeknd's Blinding Lights has become the first song to reach five billion streams on Spotify. In a post shared on Sunday, executives from the music streaming service announced via Instagram that ...