The Weeknd and Rosalía celebrate 1 year anniversary of ‘Blinding Lights‘ with a new special remix for the global hit
Rosalía joined The Weeknd for the “Blinding Lights” remix while also recording the upcoming follow-up to her groundbreaking El Mal Querer album. The duo also released a behind the scenes lyric video for the track directed by Dylan Coughran (Travis Scott, NAV).
The global collaboration “Blinding Lights,” which reached RIAA Platinum certification in less than 4 months, has broken the record for the most weeks in both the Billboard Hot 100 Top 5 (33 Weeks) and Top 10 (41 weeks), and has spent an astonishing 52 weeks on the Hot 100 chart, earning the crown from Billboard for “Top Hot 100 Song of 2020.” This year, the single was also the top streamed song globally at Spotify, and remains #1 at Top 40 radio – spending it’s 7th week in the position – making it the longest-running Top 10 in Mediabase Chart history – 39 weeks & counting.
Monte Lipman, Chairman, and CEO of Republic Records shares, “Under the most challenging circumstances imaginable, the timing of The Weeknd’sAfter Hours release and the impact it’s made around the world is of historic proportions. Subsequently, ‘Blinding Lights’ has earned the respect of the global music community and will forever be recognized as one of the most important songs of a generation,”
After making the decision to continue on with the release of his fourth studio album After Hours during such an uncertain time in the world, the album went on to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, where it remained for four weeks. Upon release, the album broke the debut streaming record for an R&B album and has since gone to become the most-streamed R&B album of 2020.
The single “Blinding Lights” dominated radio in 2020 and racked up countless other accolades and records. In addition to becoming the longest-running Top 10 in the Mediabase chart history, the single tied for the longest run at #1 on the Top 40 chart in 2020 and the longest-running 20 weeks at #1 at Hot AC – the longest for a solo male artist in Mediabase chart history. Additionally, on the iHeart network and app alone, the record hit an incredible 2.1 billion total audience spins, making it America’s most listened-to song.
It was also the first album to remain #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart for 4 consecutive weeks since 2018. The Weeknd also became the first artist to simultaneously lead the Billboard 200, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Artist 100, Hot 100 Songwriters, and Hot 100 Producers with the release of After Hours.
