The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ has overtaken Ed Sheeran to turn out to be Spotify’s most-streamed tune of all time.
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According to the @chartdata account on Twitter, Abel Tesfaye’s hit single from 2019 now sits at a large 3.332billion streams on the service, pulling barely forward of Sheeran’s ‘Shape Of You’. The two songs stay the one pair of tracks to go three billion streams on the platform.
Towards the top of 2021, ‘Blinding Lights’ was additionally officially been topped the largest US Billboard Hot 100 single of all time. The tune, which appeared on Tesfaye’s ‘After Hours’ album and was launched on the finish of 2019, has spent over 100 weeks within the charts.
In that point, it set a brand new document for many weeks within the Top Five of the chart (43), Top 10 (57 weeks) and Top 40 (86 weeks). It replaces Chubby Checker’s 1960 hit ‘The Twist’ as the largest US Billboard Hot 100 single of all time.
Toasting the information on Twitter on New Year’s Eve, The Weeknd shared screencaps from the tune’s video, writing: “happy new years to blinding lights. the most streamed song of all time tonight.”
joyful new years to blinding lights. essentially the most streamed tune of all time tonight @Spotify pic.twitter.com/kNL0X6zK2o
— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) December 31, 2022
.@theweeknd‘s “Blinding Lights” is now the #1 most streamed tune in Spotify historical past, surpassing @edsheeran‘s “Shape of You” (3.332 billion).
— chart knowledge (@chartdata) December 31, 2022
Last month noticed The Weeknd share his new observe from the brand new Avatar: The Way Of Water film. The observe ‘Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)’ was written by The Weeknd and produced by Swedish House Mafia and composer Simon Franglen.
Looking into the long run, The Weeknd lately introduced a collection of European dates for his ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ tour, which embrace two reveals at London Stadium on July 7 and eight and a newly added Wembley Stadium present.
The Weeknd will play:
JUNE 2023
10 – Manchester, Etihad Stadium
14 – Horsens, Nordstern Arena
17 – Stockholm, Tele2 Arena
20 – Oslo, Telenor Arena
24 – Amsterdam, Johan Cruijiff Arena
28 – Dublin, Marlay Park
JULY 2023
2 – Hamburg, Volksparkstadion
4 – Dusseldorf, Merkur Spiel Arena
7 – London, London Stadium
8 – London, London Stadium
11 – Brussels, King Baudouin Stadium
14 – Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank Park
18 – Madrid, Cívitas Metropolitano
20 – Barcelona, Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
22 – Nice, Allianz Riviera
23 – Nice, Allianz Riviera
26 – Milan, Ippodromo La Maura
29 – Paris, Stade de France
30 – Paris, Stade de France
AUGUST 2023
1 – Bordeaux, Matmut Atlantique
4 – Munich, Olympiastadion
6 – Prague, Letnany Airport
9 – Warsaw, PGE Narodowy
12 – Tallinn, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
18 – London, Wembley Stadium