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Released on November 29, 2019, as the second single from After Hours, The Weeknd's synth-pop track "Blinding Lights" sits at number 1 on Spotify with 5.679 billion streams as of November 12, 2026. It overtook Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" on January 1, 2023, and has held the top spot for more than 1,410 days. The track became the first song in Spotify history to surpass 4 billion streams on January 12, 2024, and the first to cross 5 billion streams on August 31, 2025. On the US Billboard Hot 100, it spent 90 weeks on the chart, including 57 weeks in the top 10 and 43 weeks in the top 5, earning Billboard's designation as the number 1 Hot 100 song of all time in 2021. The Recording Industry Association of America certified it Diamond in the US, alongside 8-times Platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry. Leads all songs in Spotify history with 5.679 billion streams as of November 12, 2026.
Released on November 29, 2019, as the second single from After Hours, The Weeknd's synth-pop track "Blinding Lights" sits at number 1 on Spotify with 5.679 billion streams as of November 12, 2026. It overtook Ed Sheeran's "Shape Of You" on January 1, 2023, and has held the top spot for more than 1,410 days. The track became the first song in Spotify history to surpass 4 billion streams on January 12, 2024, and the first to cross 5 billion streams on August 31, 2025. On the US Billboard Hot 100, it spent 90 weeks on the chart, including 57 weeks in the top 10 and 43 weeks in the top 5, earning Billboard's designation as the number 1 Hot 100 song of all time in 2021. The Recording Industry Association of America certified it Diamond in the US, alongside 8-times Platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry.
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