“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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Weeknd’s Beauty Behind the Madness marks 10 years as his ...

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 Weeknd has reached a milestone that no artist before him has achieved. He is now the first artist in Spotify history to have 30 different songs each surpass one billion streams. The achievement ...

The Weeknd is not slowing down. In fact, he is accelerating. The global superstar has officially extended his record as the artist with the most songs reaching one billion streams in Spotify history.