MADRID, 5 years old. (PRESS EUROPE) –
‘Blinding lights’, by The Weeknd, is already the most played song in Spotify history, reaching 3.3 million views (3,337,833,361, specifically, as of this Thursday, January 5) and surpassing Ed Sheeran’s previous record with ‘Shape of you’ .
“Happy New Year to ‘Blinding Lights’, the most streamed song of all time,” The Weeknd himself wrote on social media. This milestone was also confirmed by the platform itself in another ‘tweet, adding that “a new record accompanies the new year”.
Ed Sheeran held the record up until now with 3,334,842,340 views on the platform -again as of January 5, 2023-. ‘Blinding Lights’ has broken several records, such as in 2020, when it was the most played song globally, with over 1.5 billion listeners.
