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    Home»Music News»“Blinding Lights” Becomes Spotify’s Most Streamed Song

    “Blinding Lights” Becomes Spotify’s Most Streamed Song

    Henno KrugerBy Henno Kruger2 Mins Read Music News 19 ViewsJanuary 9, 2023
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    Great News! From The Weeknd’s hit 2020 album After Hours, his single “Blinding Lights” has officially become the most streamed song on Spotify!

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    The Canadian singer took to Twitter to celebrate the occasion with his fans with a tweet on January 1, 2023, “FOR NEW YEARS ???” In a follow-up tweet, The Weeknd wrote, “happy new years to blinding lights. the most streamed song of all time tonight.”

    The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

    “Blinding Lights” was first released on November 29, 2019, and became an instant hit

    It was the second single from his fourth studio album, After Hours. After debuting at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, it spent the next four weeks at the No. 1 spot. Later, it became the first song to be in the Top 10 songs on the chart for a full year.

    According to Spotify’s Daily Global chart, the song has surpassed Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” by 918,000 filtered streams. Besides his song, The Weeknd himself also ended 2022 as Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the year. In January 2022, he dropped his most recent album Dawn FM which debuted on the Billboard 200 at No. 2.

    Key facts about “Blinding Lights”

    • “Blinding Lights” has over 3.335 billion streams on Spotify.
    • It beat a record previously held by Ed Sheeran’s 2017 hit “Shape Of You.”
    • When Sheeran earned the most-streamed title in April, his song had roughly 3 billion streams; it now has 3.333 billion, a close second to The Weeknd.
    • The Weeknd has not yet commented on his achievement.
    • 90. That’s how many weeks “Blinding Lights” spent on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s one of the longest chart runs in history, second to Glass Animals’ song “Heat Wave.”

    Check out the video for “Blinding Lights” below:

    Some of the other most-streamed songs on Spotify include Tones and I’s “Dance Monkey (2.7 billion streams), Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved (2.5 billion) and Post Malone and 21 Savage’s “Rock Star” (2.5 billion).

    In case you were curious, Spotify is one of the most-popular music streaming services, and has 465 million users, 195 million of which are paid subscribers.

    Watch this space for updates in the Music News category on SA Music Zone.

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