The Weeknd earns the biggest song in Spotify History.
The Weeknd continues making new records with his hit “Blinding Lights” as it becomes the most streamed song in Spotify history. The single broke the record of Ed Sheeran’s mega-hit “Shape of You” which was released in 2017. Blinding Lights surpassed the record as it now streamed 3.332 billion times on the platform.
.@theweeknd‘s “Blinding Lights” is now the #1 most streamed song in Spotify history, surpassing @edsheeran‘s “Shape of You” (3.332 billion).
— chart data (@chartdata) December 31, 2022
Only The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” and Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” have received 3 billion streams, while 25 songs in total have received 2 billion streams. The most tracks in the top 100 are by Justin Bieber, who has six appearances, while the most tracks in the top 10 are by Post Malone, who has 2.
Earlier this year, the track also became the fastest ever to surpass 3 billion on Spotify. The song also earned the Canadian artist one of his four RIAA Diamond certifications. Last year, the song also made history as it became the new #1 song on Billboard’s Greatest Songs of All Time on the Hot 100 Chart.
The song was released in 2019 as the second single from Weeknd’s fourth studio album “After Hours (2020)”. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks and went on to set new records as the song with the most weeks spent in the top 5 and top 10, as well as the first song to hold a spot in the top 10 on the chart for an entire year. It is also the longest charting song by a solo artist on the Hot 100 of all time, spending 90 weeks on the chart.
happy new years to blinding lights. the most streamed song of all time tonight @Spotify pic.twitter.com/kNL0X6zK2o
— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) December 31, 2022
