The meaning behind the song: At first listen, the single is a summer banger about needing to see your sweetie that got away. Well, that’s kinda right? The Weeknd is known for having a dark side to his ...

“Happy new years to ‘Blinding Lights’,” The Weeknd wrote on Twitter. “The most streamed song of all time tonight.” ‘Blinding Lights’ was released in November 2019 as the second single from The ...

It has felt like at least once every couple months or so, there was news about some chart record that The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” broke or set. The latest of those came in August, when the single ...

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” continues to make history. On Sunday (Aug. 31), Spotify announced on Instagram that the 2020 megahit has officially become the first song in the streaming platform’s ...

The Weeknd revealed why ‘After Hours’ had so many references to 1 era of music During a 2020 interview with Variety, The Weeknd discussed his album After Hours. He was asked why the album featured ...

Next week marks one year since The Weeknd released his acclaimed album After Hours. Since then, the singer has had many accomplishments. He was invited to perform at the Super Bowl half time show, and ...

‘Billboard’ calls the ‘After Hours’ track the greatest hit ever. Canadian singer-songwriter Abel Makkonen Tesfaye secured his position as one of the most celebrated music acts in history. The XO label ...

To celebrate, Billboard has partnered with trading card veteran Karvin Cheung on a special collection of trading card packs with five different designs. “It’s always been a dream of mine to create ...

The Weeknd's Blinding Lights has become the first song to reach five billion streams on Spotify. In a post shared on Sunday, executives from the music streaming service announced via Instagram that ...

"Blinding Lights is about to take over Shape of You as the most-streamed song of all time. And I don't think that that debuted at #1, I think it debuted at like 11 or 12. And then it grew, and now ...

The Weeknd’s hit 2019 song “Blinding Lights” is the most-streamed song on Spotify, the streaming service announced Wednesday, after it spent nearly two years on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a show of ...

The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" continues to make history. On Sunday (Aug. 31), Spotify announced on Instagram that the 2020 megahit has officially become the first song in the streaming platform's ...