He previously announced a project referred to as Chapter VI in June 2019. Background and promotion Īfter a five-month social media hiatus, the singer-songwriter returned to Instagram on November 20, 2019, and posted six days later on November 26, 2019. "Blinding Lights" has three official remixes: one by electronic band Chromatics, one by electronic dance music group Major Lazer, and one featuring singer-songwriter Rosalía. On Spotify, it was the most-streamed song of 2020 with nearly 1.6 billion streams, and became the most streamed song of all time on the platform by January 1, 2023. It was also the seventh best-selling global single of 2021 with 1.61 billion subscription stream equivalents. "Blinding Lights" was the best-selling global single of 2020, earning 2.72 billion subscription stream equivalents globally, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), making it the Weeknd's most successful single worldwide to date. On December 31, 2022, the song overtook Ed Sheeran's " Shape of You" to become the most streamed song on Spotify. On April 5, 2022, it was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for selling more than ten million copies in the United States.
On November 23, 2021, it was ranked as the greatest Hot 100 song in Billboard history.
It topped the record charts in the United Kingdom and 36 other countries. The song also peaked at number one on the Canadian Hot 100, giving the Weeknd his fifth number-one hit on the chart. The song finished 2020 as the year's top Billboard Hot 100 song. It is the longest charting song by a solo artist on the Hot 100 of all time, spending 90 weeks on the chart. In the United States, "Blinding Lights" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, and went on to set new records as the song with most weeks spent in the top 5 and top 10, as well as the first song to hold a spot in the top 10 on the chart for an entire year. The song was written and produced by the Weeknd alongside Swedish musicians Max Martin and Oscar Holter, with fellow Canadian musicians Belly and DaHeala receiving additional writing credits. It was released on November 29, 2019, through XO and Republic Records, as the second single from his fourth studio album, After Hours (2020). " Blinding Lights" is a song by Canadian singer the Weeknd.
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