The Weeknd‘s 2020 mega hit ‘Blinding Lights’ has officially been crowned the biggest US Billboard Hot 100 single of all time.The song, which appeared on Abel Tesfaye’s ‘After Hours’ album and was released at the end of 2019, has now spent 90 weeks in the charts.In that time, it set a new record for most weeks in the Top Five of the chart (43), Top 10 (57 weeks) and Top 40 (86 weeks).
It replaces Chubby Checker’s 1960 hit ‘The Twist’ as the biggest US Billboard Hot 100 single of all time.The news comes after Taylor Swift broke another Billboard record this week, with her 10 minute version of ‘All Too Well’ breaking Don McLean’s record with ‘American Pie’ to become the longest Billboard Number One of all time.Elsewhere, The Weeknd’s drama.
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