The Weeknd's Blinding Lights becomes 1st Spotify track to cross 4 billion streams
The Weeknd is setting records on Spotify once again with Blinding Lights. The Toronto superstar's 2019 hit single became the first song to cross the milestone of four billion plays when the streaming service updated its figures on Friday.
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![Canadian singer Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, a.k.a. the Weeknd, poses during a photo call for the film The Idol at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 23, 2023. The Weekend, a Black man wearing a black sweater and a black leather jacket and short cropped hair, stands smiling and facing the camera.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7079553.1704907512!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/the-weeknd.jpg)
The Weeknd is setting records on Spotify once again with Blinding Lights. The Toronto superstar's 2019 hit single became the first song to cross the milestone of four billion plays when the streaming service updated its figures on Friday.