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The Weeknd has enlisted filmmaker Gaspar Noé to direct the new music video for his Hurry Up Tomorrow collaboration with Giorgio Moroder, “Big Sleep.” The video prominently features Noé’s signature ...

Taking to his Instagram Stories on Sunday, the four-time Grammy winner reposted Spotify’s announcement before gearing up for his second concert in Houston, Texas. The stop was part of his “After Hours ...

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the record that keeps on giving. The 2019 track has officially become the first song in Spotify’s history to hit a whopping five billion streams. Just days earlier, ...

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 ...

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the first song in Spotify history to hit 5 billion streams Spotify confirmed the milestone on August 31, about six years after its release The song also holds a ...

The Canadian R&B sensation has shattered digital music boundaries as Blinding Lights becomes Spotify’s first track to eclipse 5 billion streams, establishing an unprecedented benchmark in the ...

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 ...

“Blinding Lights” claims the shiny prize largely for its unprecedented longevity in the top 10: 59 weeks, the most of any song not only in the quarter century but in the entire history of the Hot ...

The hit leads Billboard's 100-position Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century retrospective. Below, find a breakdown of the 2000-24 top 10. By Trevor Anderson The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...