Spotify announced the milestone and the Canadian star quickly shared the news with his followers on Instagram.

Blinding Light was released in November 2019 as the second single from his album After Hours, “Blinding Lights” spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the first track to stay in the chart’s top 10 for a full year. It was also named Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Hot 100 song in 2021.

The song’s No. 1 ranking on Billboard’s Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century” list, which ranked music from 2000 to 2024, came after the new milestone.

The Weekend earlier wrote when the song reached four billion streams in January 2024, “I’ll never stop being humbled by anything I create, making its way to millions of people, let alone billions. I’m so grateful that this music evokes a feeling in listeners that keeps them coming back.”

He is now among the most-streamed musicians of the decade with 28 songs in Spotify’s Billions Club, including Blinding Lights, which is the most of any artist.