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 song also holds the record for most time spent in the Top 5 at 43 weeks Digital News Writer, PEOPLE The Weeknd has smashed another record with his song "Blinding Lights." On Monday, the song ...

The biggest song of the year isn’t an uplifting Covid-19 charity single or a protest anthem—it’s a throwback to the 1980s. “Blinding Lights,” the No. 1 hit by R&B-pop star The Weeknd, is 2020’s ...