The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” Lands Atop Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Of The Century List

After Drake was named Billboard‘s high hip-hop artist of the twenty first century earlier this week, his fellow Torontonian has joined him on the high. The Weeknd‘s “Blinding Lights” was named the highest R&B/hip-hop tune of the primary 24 years of the century, a by no means shocking accomplishment for one among music’s greatest hitmakers.

“Blinding Lights” earned the highest spot as a result of it achieved one thing that no different tune on the chart has ever achieved. It was within the high 10 for a staggering 59 weeks, essentially the most of any tune not solely from 2000-2024, however in the complete historical past of the Sizzling R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, relationship again almost 70 years, to 1958.

Moreover, “Blinding Lights” spent 11 of these 59 weeks on the very high of that chart. That makes it essentially the most of The Weeknd’s 9 profession #1 entries.

In 2021, “Blinding Lights” dethroned Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” because the greatest tune within the historical past of the Sizzling 100. By extension, that makes it the preferred tune in fashionable historical past (by the numbers, no less than). That distinction meant that, unsurprisingly, the highest tune of the twenty first century outright can be The Weeknd’s 2020 mega-hit.

The Weeknd has been having fun with a profitable tour for the final a number of years, and it appears to be really close to its conclusion this time. On Thursday night, he’ll carry out the second of consecutive nights on the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. He’ll lastly be concluding the tour on September 3 on the Alamodome, after a surprising 110 reveals.