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Simply a year after exceeding Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” as the most-streamed tune on Spotify, The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” has actually acquired over 4 billion plays.

Spotify tweeted on January 4 sealing the record for the artist Abel Tesfaye, while Variety validates the 4 billion stream mark with associates for the artist. He likewise beats Ed Sheeran out on regular monthly listeners, with 113 million regular monthly listeners versus. 82.8 million. Taylor Swift was the most-streamed artist of 2023, gathering 26.1 billion streams throughout her brochure, while The Weeknd struck the number 3 area.

Spotify pays anywhere in between $0.003– $0.005 cents per stream, which indicates this tune has actually made anywhere from $12-$20 million– depending upon a number of aspects. Abel Tesfaye shares songwriting credits with Ahmad Balshe, Jason Quenneville, Max Martin, and Oscar Holter on the tune. The split in between those developers is unidentified, however both Martin and Holter likewise co-produce the tune– most likely causing a greater portion share of royalties.

We understand that “Blinding Lights” is the most-streamed tune on Spotify, however how do The Weeknd’s other tunes accumulate on the service? Here’s a peek at information since January 12.

1. “Blinding Lights” 4,001,022,234 streams
2. “Starboy” 2,951,315,909 streams
3. “The Hills” 2,132,263,033 streams
4. “Die For You” 1,994,707,875 streams
5. “Save Your Tears” 1,803,059,308 streams
6. “I Feel It Coming” 1,642,395,909 streams
7. “Can’t Feel My Face” 1,637,405,466 streams
8. “Call Out My Name” 1,623,527,002 streams
9. “Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)” 1,558,206,736 streams
10. “Save Your Tears (Remix) ft. Ariana Grande” 1,399,497,849 streams

The leading 10 list of most-streamed tunes for The Weeknd all have more than one billion streams, consisting of the # 11 area for “Creeper.” Curious about the remainder of the Weeknd’s Spotify streaming statistics for today? You need to dip listed below his leading twenty most-streamed tunes to see those under 500 million+ streams– showcasing simply what a powerhouse his brochure is on streaming services.