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The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights' scores longest running chart hit in U.S. history
The Weeknd’s smash hit song Blinding Lights has broken the record for the most weeks spent on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The song has spent eighty-eight weeks on the chart, breaking the previous record set by Imagine Dragons, which spent eighty-seven weeks on the chart.
Blinding Lights also holds several other records including the most time spent in the top 5 of the Hot 100 and the most time spent in the top 10 of the Hot 100.
The Weeknd thanked his fans on Instagram saying: “Big day for Blinding Lights, for the last decade every song has been a journey, and to be able to continue this journey has been nothing short of a blessing”.
