As extensively reported on That Grape Juice, The Weeknd‘s gargantuan hit – 2019’s ‘Blinding Lights’ – was already etched in Hot 100 history books as it holds the records for the most weeks spent in the chart’s top 5, top 10, top 20, and top 40 respectively.

Now, just two months after the ‘After Hours’ cut became the longest-charting song ever by a solo artist, it now reigns as the achievement’s sole recordholder among all acts.

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The Weeknd‘s gargantuan hit, ‘Blinding Lights,’ shows no signs of dimming its shine on the Hot 100 any time soon.

As we previously reported, the Max Martin-produced tune – the second single from Weeknd’s 2020 #1 album ‘After Hours’ – is penciled in history books for being the longest-running top 5 and longest-running top 10 hit in Billboard history.

Now, thanks to endurance in the tally’s top 20 region, it’s listed for yet another seemingly untouchable feat.  Details inside:

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Ahead of his epic Super Bowl LV performance (click here to watch), The Weeknd was already scribbled in Hot 100 history books for the ongoing success of his 2019 ‘After Hours’ hit, ‘Blinding Lights,’ which is listed as the longest-running top 5 and longest-running top 10 hit ever.

Nearly three weeks after scoring a critical touchdown at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, the singer (born Abel Tesfaye) is enjoying continued gains on the streaming and digital download front of the songs he perormed that night.

In addition to watching his tune, ‘Save Your Tears,’ rocket into the Hot 100 top 5 for the first time (marking his third ‘After Hours’ song to reach the chart region), Tesfaye’s learned ‘Lights’ – at #4 on the refreshed tally – is shining in the top 10 for its 50th week.

It not only extends his record for longest-running top 10 (and top 5) hit, but also comes as the first time any artist has enjoyed as lengthy of a run inside the tally’s topmost dectet with one song.

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The Weeknd‘s colossal hit, ‘Blinding Lights,’ has outshone the competition once again.

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Since March 15, 2020, The Weeknd‘s megahit, ‘Blinding Lights,’ has managed to shine in the top 5 of the Hot 100 – a total of 28 weeks.

Eventually hitting #1 and staying there for four weeks total (his fifth chart-topper), the Max Martin-produced cut helped drive its parent album, ‘After Hours,’ to some of the biggest sales of the year.

Already a vehicle to Hot 100 history books on the Radio chart (as we reported here), the enduring hit has dimmed the reign of Ed Sheeran‘s monster smash ‘Shape of You’ (2017) to become the longest-running top 5 hit in history.

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Adele may be the name on everyone’s lips now, but if there is to be any other person we can say had ‘the best year ever,’ it would be The Weeknd.

The Canadian crooner not only topped the Hot 100 back-to-back with hits ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ and ‘The Hills,’ but also hoisted their parent album, ‘Beauty Behind the Madness,’ to equal height on the Billboard 200.  Making history as the first solo male artist to simultaneously top the Artist 100, Hot 100, and Billboard 200, his continued domination of the charts this week saw him add yet another history-making feat to a wildly growing list of accomplishments.

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If you had a feeling The Weeknd‘s latest hit ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ was set to ascend to #1 on the Hot 100 this week, you were right!

Dethroning longtime chart champion ‘Cheerleader’ by OMI, ‘Feel’ – found aboard his forthcoming project ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’ (Aug. 28th) – comes as the first chart-topper of his career (after a slew of consecutive top 10s).

As he celebrates, we trust his ‘Trust Issues’ co-star Drake is doing the same.  For, in addition to notching the year’s first platinum plaque, his Meek Mill diss ‘Back To Back’ (which officially debuted on the singles chart this week at #21) sees the Canadian rapper nab his 91st Hot 100 hit!

The feat earned him a distinct honor. See it and this week’s full chart check below:

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Future, Metro Boomin, and The Weeknd may have made history two weeks ago with their hit tune ‘Young Metro,‘ but now the trio’s reunited to repeat the feat with ‘We Still Don’t Trust You‘ – the title track to the April 12-released album from Boomin and Future.

Already a shoo-in for the top spot on next week’s Billboard 200, the trio are working to ensure the victory by unveiling the cut’s official music video.

“And the Paris girls, they sing my song with love / In the stadium is where I feel at home / I forgot the feeling of arena shows / And she love the stage, it got her sexual,” Weeknd croons in the Hidji World and Omar Jones-directed clip.

Tapping model-actress Winnie Harlow to star, look inside to see the action in full.

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In late 2023, Cher – thanks to her breakout hit ‘DJ Play a Christmas Song‘ – became the first female artist in history to debut a new song on the Hot 100 in six distinct decades.

Just months prior, Madonna – with The Weeknd-led smash ‘Popular‘ – became only the second female act ever to place a previously uncharted song on the all-genre tally across five distinct decades.

This week, the two mega divas were joined in rank by a fellow Pop culture icon: Country Queen Dolly Parton.

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While Future and Metro Boomin made history with their dual domination of the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 thanks to their joint album, ‘We Don’t Trust You,‘ and its Kendrick Lamar-assisted single, ‘Like That,‘ global superstar The Weeknd – the co-star of the duo’s ‘Young Metro‘ – was breaking records of his own.

As reported here, thanks to ‘Young’ the Canadian hitmaker became the first artist this century to chart a top 10 hit over 11 consecutive years when the tune entered the all-genre chart at #6.

In a bid to help it reach even higher Hot 100 heights, the trio have unveiled a behind-the-scenes look at the song’s official music video.

Hop inside to see the Hidji World and Omar Jones-directed action.

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They don’t call her the Songbird Supreme for nothing.

When it comes to Hot 100 stats, Mariah Carey reigns supreme and you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who can match or surpass her seemingly insurmountable feats.

Beyond being the only solo artist in the 65-year history to have captured 19 #1 hits, she’s also the only artist to have topped the tally in four distinct decades. Elsewhere, she’s known as the first female act to debut at #1 (1995’s ‘Fantasy‘), the first act overall to have their first 5 solo singles reach #1, and she holds the title for most cumulative weeks at #1 (93 and counting).

And while those accomplishments are just the tip of the iceberg, one of the shiniest jewels in her Billboard crown was being one of two artists to lay claim to charting at least one top 10 hit every year for over a decade.

This week, she learned a third act seems poised to join that fold: The Weeknd.

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Much like their joint album ‘We Don’t Trust You’ is currently dominating the Billboard 200 with the biggest first-week sales of 2024, Future and Metro Boomin are watching its headline-grabbing single – the Kendrick Lamar-assisted ‘Like That‘ – mirror that success on the Hot 100.

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