The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ Now the No. 1 Single with Most Weeks Spent on the Billboard Hot 100
The Weeknd‘s “Blinding Lights” logs a record-breaking 88th week on the Billboard Hot 100 (on the chart dated Aug. 21). It passes Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive,” which spent 87 weeks on the survey in 2012-14.
“Blinding Lights,” released on XO/Republic Records, debuted at No. 11 on the Hot 100 dated Dec. 14, 2019. The song, which ranks at No. 18 in its 88th week, hit No. 1 for its first of four weeks on top on the chart dated April 4, 2020. Over its run, it has rewritten the records for the most time spent in the Hot 100’s top five (43 weeks), top 10 (57 weeks), top 20 (79 weeks) and top 40 (84 weeks).
Here’s an updated look at the titles to tally the most time on the Hot 100, dating to the chart’s Aug. 4, 1958, inception through the latest list, dated Aug. 21, 2021.
Most Weeks Spent on the Billboard Hot 100:
1. 88 weeks, “Blinding Lights,” The Weeknd, No. 1 peak (four weeks), April 4, 2020 peak date
2. 87 weeks, “Radioactive,” Imagine Dragons, No. 3, July 6, 2013
3. 79 weeks, “Sail,” AWOLNATION, No. 17, Oct. 12, 2013
4. 76 weeks, “I’m Yours,” Jason Mraz, No. 6, Sept. 20, 2008
5. 69 weeks, “How Do I Live,” LeAnn Rimes, No. 2, Dec. 13, 1997
6. 68 weeks, “Counting Stars,” OneRepublic, No. 2, Jan. 18, 2014
7. 68 weeks, “Party Rock Anthem,” LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock, No. 1 (six weeks), July 16, 2011
8. 65 weeks, “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele, No. 1 (seven weeks), May 21, 2011
9. 65 weeks, “You Were Meant for Me”/”Foolish Games,” Jewel, No. 2, April 19, 1997
10. 64 weeks, “Before He Cheats,” Carrie Underwood, No. 8, June 2, 2007
“Blinding Lights,” which The Weeknd performed as the finale of his Super Bowl LV halftime show medley Feb. 7, is one of three Hot 100 No. 1s from his 2020 album After Hours.
“After Hours was always meant to be a very personal project. It’s a story I had to tell,” The Weeknd told Billboard after “Blinding Lights” became the first (and, so far, only) song to spend a year in the Hot 100’s top 10. “The fact I’ve been able to tell it with the world listening is incredible.”
Meanwhile, The Weeknd adds his latest Hot 100 hit, as his new single “Take My Breath” launches at No. 6 on the Aug. 21 chart, arriving as his 13th top 10.
Watch the official music video for “Blinding Lights” below: