{"id":43278,"date":"2023-01-02T09:11:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T09:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/02\/the-weeknds-blinding-lights-becomes-spotifys-most-streamed-song-of-all-time\/"},"modified":"2023-01-02T09:11:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T09:11:09","slug":"the-weeknds-blinding-lights-turns-into-spotifys-most-streamed-tune-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/02\/the-weeknds-blinding-lights-turns-into-spotifys-most-streamed-tune-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weeknd\u2019s &#8216;Blinding Lights&#8217; turns into Spotify\u2019s most-streamed tune of all time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-weeknd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Weeknd<\/a>\u2019s \u2018Blinding Lights\u2019 has overtaken <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ed-sheeran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Sheeran<\/a> to turn out to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/spotify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>\u2019s most-streamed tune of all time.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/the-weeknd-dawn-fm-review-3132463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Weeknd \u2013\u00a0\u2018Dawn FM\u2019 evaluate: soulful star meets a brand new day with hope and hindsight<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chartdata\/status\/1609334448415444993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@chartdata<\/a> account on Twitter, Abel Tesfaye\u2019s hit single from 2019 now sits at a large 3.332billion streams on the service, pulling barely forward of Sheeran\u2019s \u2018Shape Of You\u2019. The two songs stay the one pair of tracks to go three billion streams on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Towards the top of 2021, \u2018Blinding Lights\u2019 was additionally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-becomes-biggest-us-hot-100-of-all-time-3103479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">officially been topped the largest US Billboard Hot 100 single of all time<\/a>. The tune, which appeared on Tesfaye\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/the-weeknd-after-hours-review-his-most-all-encompassing-record-to-date-is-also-an-existential-quandary-2632591\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018After Hours\u2019<\/a> album and was launched on the finish of 2019, has spent over 100 weeks within the charts.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s 1960 hit \u2018The Twist\u2019 as the largest US Billboard Hot 100 single of all time.<\/p>\n<p>Toasting the information on Twitter on New Year\u2019s Eve, The Weeknd shared screencaps from the tune\u2019s video, writing: \u201chappy new years to blinding lights. the most streamed song of all time tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">joyful new years to blinding lights. essentially the most streamed tune of all time tonight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spotify?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Spotify<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kNL0X6zK2o\">pic.twitter.com\/kNL0X6zK2o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Weeknd (@theweeknd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theweeknd\/status\/1609329118889537537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theweeknd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@theweeknd<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Blinding Lights&#8221; is now the #1 most streamed tune in Spotify historical past, surpassing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edsheeran?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@edsheeran<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Shape of You&#8221; (3.332 billion).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 chart knowledge (@chartdata) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chartdata\/status\/1609334448415444993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last month noticed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-weeknd-shares-new-avatar-the-way-of-water-song-nothing-is-lost-you-give-me-strength-3367614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Weeknd share his new observe from the brand new <em>Avatar: The Way Of Water<\/em>\u00a0film<\/a>. The observe \u2018Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)\u2019 was written by The Weeknd and produced by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/swedish-house-mafia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swedish House Mafia<\/a>\u00a0and composer Simon Franglen.<\/p>\n<p>Looking into the long run, The Weeknd lately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-weeknd-announces-2023-uk-european-and-latin-america-tour-3356866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced a collection of European dates<\/a> for his \u2018After Hours Til Dawn\u2019 tour, which embrace two reveals at London Stadium on July 7 and eight and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-weeknd-adds-wembley-stadium-date-to-after-hours-til-dawn-tour-3366891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a newly added Wembley Stadium present<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Weeknd will play:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>JUNE 2023<\/strong><br \/><strong>10 \u2013 Manchester, Etihad Stadium<\/strong><br \/><strong>14 \u2013 Horsens, Nordstern Arena<\/strong><br \/><strong>17 \u2013 Stockholm, Tele2 Arena<\/strong><br \/><strong>20 \u2013 Oslo, Telenor Arena<\/strong><br \/><strong>24 \u2013 Amsterdam, Johan Cruijiff Arena<\/strong><br \/><strong>28 \u2013 Dublin, Marlay Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JULY 2023<\/strong><br \/><strong>2 \u2013 Hamburg, Volksparkstadion<\/strong><br \/><strong>4 \u2013 Dusseldorf, Merkur Spiel Arena<\/strong><br \/><strong>7 \u2013 London, London Stadium<br \/>8 \u2013 London, London Stadium\u00a0<\/strong><br \/><strong>11 \u2013 Brussels, King Baudouin Stadium<\/strong><br \/><strong>14 \u2013 Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank Park<\/strong><br \/><strong>18 \u2013 Madrid, C\u00edvitas Metropolitano<\/strong><br \/><strong>20 \u2013 Barcelona, Estadi Ol\u00edmpic Llu\u00eds Companys<\/strong><br \/><strong>22 \u2013 Nice, Allianz Riviera<br \/>23 \u2013 Nice, Allianz Riviera<\/strong><br \/><strong>26 \u2013 Milan, Ippodromo La Maura<\/strong><br \/><strong>29 \u2013 Paris, Stade de France<br \/>30 \u2013 Paris, Stade de France\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AUGUST 2023<\/strong><br \/><strong>1 \u2013 Bordeaux, Matmut Atlantique<\/strong><br \/><strong>4 \u2013 Munich, Olympiastadion<\/strong><br \/><strong>6 \u2013 Prague, Letnany Airport<\/strong><br \/><strong>9 \u2013 Warsaw, PGE Narodowy<\/strong><br \/><strong>12 \u2013 Tallinn, Tallinn Song Festival Grounds<br \/>18 \u2013 London, Wembley Stadium<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '2300206660218433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The Weeknd\u2019s \u2018Blinding Lights\u2019 has overtaken Ed Sheeran to turn out to be Spotify\u2019s most-streamed tune of all time. 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