The Weeknd and Daft Punk's “Starboy” has skyrocketed to dizzying new heights after entering the top 5 most streamed songs of all time on Spotify.
Released in 2016, the generational electropop anthem is currently earning the most daily streams of any song on Spotify's Top 50 of All Time ranking, according to data from Kworb. As of today, January 24, “Starboy” is accumulating a daily average of 2,479,868 views for a total of more than 2.9 billion.
This latter figure placed “Starboy” firmly in the top 5 behind Post Malone's “Sunflower,” Lewis Capaldi's “Someone You Loved,” and Ed Sheeran's “Shape of You,” respectively. The Weeknd's own “Blinding Lights” tops the chart after becoming the first song to surpass 4 billion streams on Spotify.
Meanwhile, Daft Punk's “Get Lucky” also recently made its way into streaming history after joining Spotify's coveted billion club. It is the Robots' first song to reach the milestone as a lead artist on an album after appearing on “Starboy” and “I Feel It Coming.”
In other Weeknd news, he recently teased an upcoming collaboration with iconic French electronic music duo Justice. 12 years after compiling his first three mixtapes in his breakthrough Trilogy album, the chart-topping superstar is now preparing to release another as the future of the Weeknd project hangs in the balance.
“It's getting to a place and time where I'm getting ready to close the Weeknd chapter,” he said. W Magazine last year. “I'll keep making music, maybe like Abel, maybe like The Weeknd. But I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Eventually. I'm definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn,” he said on the album. “What I'm working on now is probably my last hurray as The Weeknd. This is something I have to do. As The Weeknd, I've said everything I can say.”
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