The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ breaks Think about Dragons’ report for longest run on Billboard Sizzling 100

When The Weeknd launched “Blinding Lights” in 2019, the observe had turn out to be an instantaneous hit. Regardless of not being acknowledged on the Grammy Awards, “Blinding Lights” had undoubtedly been the tune of the 12 months. Garnering almost 2.5 billion streams on Spotify since first being launched and turning into the primary tune to spend a whole 12 months within the prime 10 of the US Sizzling 100 singles chart, “Blinding Lights” has now dethroned Think about Dragon’s “Radioactive” for many weeks spent on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart.

Showing on The Weeknd’s March 2020 album, After Hours, “Blinding Lights” had stood as one of many full-length’s first singles. Showing in November 2019, “Blinding Lights” incorporates an ultra-catchy hook that has been near-inescapable since its preliminary launch. Abel Tesfaye, the mastermind behind The Weeknd, has seen After Hours turn out to be his most profitable work but—almost each single from the album turned successful, and he even acted as final 12 months’s Tremendous Bowl Halftime performer.

Attributable to being launched throughout a pandemic, a full tour for After Hours has but to kick off. Nonetheless, Tesfaye is already wanting towards his subsequent undertaking, concluding his After Hours period by releasing a brand new single, “Take My Breath.” First revealing the brand new single with a cryptic message “the daybreak is coming,” the bar is about excessive for The Weeknd’s subsequent enterprise.

H/T: NME

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