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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 ...
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The Weeknd Goes Full Synthwave On The Yearning New Single ‘Blinding Lights’

For the first ten months of the year, The Weeknd kept relatively quiet, but over the past few days, he has been reintroducing himself to the world. A couple days ago, he shared “Heartless,” his first ...
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Tom Sandoval sang “Blinding Lights” on “America’s Got Talent” and viewers weren’t very impressed

Reality TV star Tom Sandoval took to the stage with his band The Most Extras on America’s Got Talent and let’s just say that ...
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The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Becomes First Song to Hit 5 Billion Streams on Spotify

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” continues to make history. On Sunday (Aug. 31), Spotify announced on Instagram that the 2020 megahit has officially become the first song in the streaming platform’s ...
The Cheat Sheet

The Weeknd Named the Song That Inspired ‘Blinding Lights’

The Weeknd revealed why ‘After Hours’ had so many references to 1 era of music During a 2020 interview with Variety, The Weeknd discussed his album After Hours. He was asked why the album featured ...
Billboard

Why The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Was the Right Song at the Right Time to Make Radio History

"Blinding Lights" has proven to be the right song at the right time for total 2020 radio omnipresence. By Andrew Unterberger It might not be as recognizable a Billboard chart record as Mariah Carey ...
BBC

Weeknd's Blinding Lights becomes Billboard's No. 1 song of all time

Blinding Lights by Canadian pop star The Weeknd has become the number one song of all time on Billboard's music charts. According to Billboard, Blinding Lights has now spent 90 weeks in the top 100 ...
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Thousands of drivers sign petition calling for ban on 'blinding' vehicle headlights

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- If you feel blinded by the lights when driving, you're not alone. Thousands are complaining that vehicle headlights are getting brighter and causing more glare and at least one ...
Forbes

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Is The Fastest Song To Reach 2 Billion Spotify Streams

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” has proven to not only be the singer’s biggest worldwide hit ever, but one of the most popular songs in Billboard Hot 100 and Spotify history. The track hits another ...
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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 ...
Billboard

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

The song recently topped Billboard's Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century chart. By Mitchell Peters The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” continues to make history. On Sunday (Aug. 31), Spotify ...