Pop Culture Rewind: The Weeknd’s Biggest No.1 Song on the Hot 100 | Billboard News

We’re taking a look at the chart history of pop superstar The Weeknd and the moment his song “Blinding Lights” topped Billboard‘s list of Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs, spending a record 90 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.

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From blinding us with his lights to saving us from our tears, The Weeknd has amassed quite the list of Billboard hits, including the biggest Hot 100 songs of all time. We break it down in today’s Pop Culture Rewind.

Although The Weeknd had already been churning out music, he didn’t first reach the Billboard Hot 100 until 2012, and it was with an assist from Drake on “Crew Love,” a track from the fellow Canadian’s album Take Care. Later that year, The Weeknd — real name Abel — grabbed his first solo track on the list with “Wicked Games.”

His first top 10 was with who would become a frequent collaborator — Ariana Grande on her “Love Me Harder” in 2014. The world had grown to know who he was, and by August 2015, he nabbed his first Hot 100 No.1 hit with “Can’t Feel My Face.”

By 2021, he’d gone on to take the world’s biggest stage at the Super Bowl and grab a total of nine No.1 hits including the biggest Hot 100 hit of all time, “Blinding Lights.” That year, the massive song dethroned Chubby Checker’s 1960 smash “The Twist” as Billboard‘s greatest song of all time based on total weeks on the chart, as well as exact chart positions. The tracks spent 90 weeks on the Hot 100 with four of them at No.1.

After diving into TV and more, we know we still have so much more to come from The Weeknd. We’ll have another huge moment for you next week in our Pop Culture Rewind.