{"id":1990246,"date":"2025-08-31T21:52:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T21:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1990246"},"modified":"2025-08-31T21:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T21:52:59","slug":"the-weeknds-blinding-lights-becomes-first-song-to-hit-5-billion-streams-on-spotify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-weeknds-blinding-lights-becomes-first-song-to-hit-5-billion-streams-on-spotify\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weeknd\u2019s \u2018Blinding Lights\u2019 Becomes First Song to Hit 5 Billion Streams on Spotify"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"relative mb-6 aisummary_shadowPulse__HDPrM\">\n<div class=\"box-content rounded-[14px] bg-gradient-to-b from-[#c938e3] to-[#4941fb] p-0.5\" style=\"max-height:5rem\">\n<div class=\"rounded-xl bg-[#fcfbfb] dark:bg-inkwell px-5\">\n<div class=\"relative flex justify-between py-5 text-base font-semibold\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button aria-label=\"Visually show the key takeways description\" class=\"group z-2\" data-ylk=\"elm:card;itc:1;sec:ai-summary;slk:key-takeaways;\"><span class=\"group relative text-left transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out\"><svg class=\"absolute size-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><lineargradient id=\"svg-ai-icon-gradient\" x1=\"12.5\" x2=\"12.5\" y1=\"2.5\" y2=\"21.5\" gradientunits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"><stop stop-color=\"#3941FD\"\/><stop offset=\"1\" stop-color=\"#D136E0\"\/><\/lineargradient><\/svg><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"mr-1\" fill=\"url(#svg-ai-icon-gradient)\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5 6.5a6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4-4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1-4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4 4 6.77 6.77 0 0 1 4-4M3.5 14A12.69 12.69 0 0 0 11 6.5a12.69 12.69 0 0 0 7.5 7.5 12.69 12.69 0 0 0-7.5 7.5A12.7 12.7 0 0 0 3.5 14m7.5 3.638A14.5 14.5 0 0 0 7.362 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 10.362 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 14.638 14 14.5 14.5 0 0 0 11 17.638\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"sr-only !absolute !w-[310px] max-w-[80vw] translate-y-full rounded-lg bg-white text-sm font-normal opacity-0 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity ease-in-out group-hover:not-sr-only group-hover:block group-hover:p-4 group-hover:opacity-100 group-hover:delay-300 group-focus-visible:not-sr-only group-focus-visible:block group-focus-visible:p-4 group-focus-visible:opacity-100 dark:border dark:border-charcoal dark:bg-inkwell dark:shadow-dark-elevation-3\" id=\"_R_1b5ijb8lb2mav5ubsddb_\" style=\"bottom:-2px\">Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. 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Shortly after, The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) took to his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/theweeknd\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram Story;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram Story<\/a> to share the news with his 78 million followers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The new Spotify record follows another recent honor for the track. Just days earlier, \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/weeknd-blinding-lights-no-1-140000585.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:landed No. 1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">landed No. 1<\/a> on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Top Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century chart, which measures performance on the weekly Hot R&amp;B\/Hip-Hop Songs chart from the start of 2000 through the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Originally released in November 2019 as the second single from The Weeknd\u2019s fourth studio album, <em>After Hours<\/em>, \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d dominated the Billboard Hot 100 chart for four weeks and became the first song to remain in the top 10 for an entire year. In November 2021, it made history once again by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/features\/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-billboard-cover-story-2021-interview-1235001282\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:surpassing Chubby Checker\u2019s \u201cThe Twist\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">surpassing Chubby Checker\u2019s \u201cThe Twist\u201d<\/a> to top <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/charts\/greatest-hot-100-singles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Greatest of All Time Hot 100;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Greatest of All Time Hot 100<\/a> chart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In January 2024, \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d became the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/weeknd-blinding-lights-becomes-first-164252892.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:first to reach four billion streams;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">first to reach four billion streams<\/a> on Spotify.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019ll never stop being humbled by anything I create making its way to millions of people let alone billions!\u201d The Weeknd said in an exclusive statement at the time. \u201cI\u2019m so thankful this song makes people feel a way that they keep going back to listen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBlinding Lights\u201d is one of 28 songs by The Weeknd in Spotify\u2019s Billions Club, more than any other artist. He also performed during Spotify\u2019s first-ever Billions Club: Live concert in December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Check out Spotify\u2019s \u201cBlinding Lights\u201d announcement on Instagram below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Billboard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.billboard.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billboard's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billboard&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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