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The Weeknd has just made streaming history. His 2020 hit “Blinding Lights” is now the first song in Spotify’s history to reach five billion streams, setting a new benchmark for global music success.
Spotify announced the milestone on Sunday (August 31), and the Canadian star, real name Abel Tesfaye, quickly celebrated the news with his 78 million Instagram followers.
The record-breaking feat adds to the song’s long list of accolades.
Released in November 2019 as the second single from his album After Hours, “Blinding Lights” spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the first track to stay in the chart’s top 10 for a full year. It was also named Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Hot 100 song in 2021.
This new milestone follows another recent honor, the track was ranked No. 1 on Billboard’s “Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century” list, which charts songs from 2000 to 2024.
The Weeknd previously said that when the song hit four billion streams in January 2024, “I’ll never stop being humbled by anything I create, making its way to millions of people, let alone billions. I’m so thankful this song makes people feel something that keeps them coming back.”
“Blinding Lights” is now one of 28 songs by The Weeknd in Spotify’s Billions Club, the most for any artist, further cementing his status as one of the most-streamed musicians of the decade.
