Five Burning Questions: The Weeknd Scores a Double No. 1 With 'After Hours' & 'Blinding Lights'

The Weeknd is back on top of the charts with his hit song, “Blinding Lights”.

By Will Thorne

There’s no stopping The Weeknd right now as Blinding Lights scores an eighth week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

If ever a single was set up to debut at No. 1, it was Drake's "Toosie Slide": A new pop single from the most dominant hitmaker of the last half-decade, with a built-in dance craze, launched on the current day's most viral-friendly platform.And sure enough, "Toosie" didn't disappoint, bowing at No.

The original track is taken from Abel Tesfaye's recent album 'After Hours'

Major Lazer have shared a new remix of the Weeknd’s After Hours single “Blinding Lights.” It follows Chromatics’ remix of the track. Hear the new song below.

By Jem Aswad

The Weeknd is spicing up his current smash hit, “Blinding Lights”!

The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” (Republic Records) is firing up for an eighth week atop the U.K. singles chart.Based on sales and streaming activity from the weekend, the Canadian R&B star’s hit has a lead of 4,000-plus chart units, with SAINt JHN's “Roses” (the current No.

By Will Thorne

The Weeknd is in pole position for an eighth week at Number 1 with Blinding Lights.

A changed man. John Finlay didn’t expect such a massive reaction from Netflix’s Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness — but he’s taking it all in stride.

The Weeknd claims his biggest week so far with Blinding Lights as it earns a seventh week at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.

Drake's new single "Toosie Slide" appears primed to challenge for a No. 1 debut on next week's Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated April 18). The song, released at midnight ET Friday April 3, is aiming

It’s been viewed over 105 million times worldwide, but there are still some people out there who don’t know who or what the #BlindingLightsChallenge is.

While other artists have pushed their album release dates back to a (hopefully) less-turbulent time in the cultural landscape, pop star Dua Lipa instead pushed up Future Nostalgia to last week -- and was rewarded with her best week yet on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

By Will Thorne

The entirety of The Weeknd’s new album After Hours reaches Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart dated April 4, led by current single “Blinding Lights,” which shoots 5-1. “Blinding Lights” becomes The Weeknd’s second No. 1 on Streaming Songs, follo

Three new The Weeknd songs are here!

Ten days after its release, The Weeknd seems determined to make sure his new album “After Hours” is a gift that keeps giving: At the stroke of midnight ET, he added three previously unreleased songs to the album’s deluxe edition: “Nothing Compares,” “Missed You” and “Final Lullaby.” The three songs are all collaborations with his longtime sonic associate DaHeala; “Nothing Compares” also features contributions from producer Ricky Reed, who helmed much of Lizzo’s smash “Cuz I Love You.”