The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Is 1st Music To Hit 4B Spotify Streams

The Weeknd is competing with himself on the charts at this level as his megahit, “Blinding Lights,” has damaged one other Spotify streaming file.

In accordance with a press launch on Friday (January 12), the 2020 Max Martin-produced After Hours single grew to become the primary tune to eclipse 4 billion streams on Spotify.

“I’ll by no means cease being humbled by something I create making its technique to tens of millions of individuals not to mention billions!,” The Weeknd wrote in a press release. “I’m so grateful this tune makes folks really feel a manner that they preserve going again to pay attention.”

This newest Spotify accolade wasn’t it for Abel. The Canadian celebrity broke his personal file for month-to-month listeners on the platform, which has now ballooned to over 113 million followers.

“He’s the actual new king of pop, the one one that would high MJ,” a fan wrote underneath Spotify’s Instagram put up celebrating The Weeknd’s newest accomplishment.

Watch the music video and discover Spotify’s official announcement beneath.

Behind “Blinding Lights,” different songs with an opportunity to achieve 4 billion streams embrace Ed Sheeran’s “Form of You,” Lewis Capaldi’s “Somebody You Cherished,” Submit Malone and Swae Lee’s “Sunflower” and Harry Types’ “As It Was.”

The Weeknd made extra strikes on the Spotify charts to shut out 2023 when “Starboy” surpassed Drake’s “One Dance” on the all-time chart.

Per Pop Crave, “Starboy” slid into sixth place on the checklist of the most-streamed songs on Spotify ever, with over 2.9 billion streams to push Drake’s bop one spot decrease.

Drake and The Weeknd had been additionally back-to-back when Spotify revealed its high streaming artists for 2023 final month with Abel taking the No. 3 spot — regardless of not having dropped an album in 2023.

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Nonetheless, Abel sparked album pleasure earlier this month when he posted the duvet artwork for his final two albums, 2020’s After Hours and 2022’s Daybreak FM, adopted by a query mark teasing a 3rd and last installment within the trilogy. He additionally shared a “3” emoji within the put up.

The Weeknd additionally retweeted a put up from a fan account that learn: “ache, remorse, rebirth” with three totally different silhouettes of the singer, the newest displaying him as a baby in opposition to a purple backdrop.

The singer beforehand hinted at After Hours and Daybreak FM being a part of a trilogy in 2022.

“I’m wondering… do you know you’re experiencing a brand new trilogy,” he wrote on X on the time shortly after the discharge of the latter.