The Weeknd and Daft Punk's "Starboy" Enters Top 5 Most-Streamed Songs in Spotify History

The Weeknd and Daft Punk’s “Starboy” has soared to dizzying new heights after getting into the highest 5 of Spotify’s most-streamed songs of all-time.

Released again in 2016, the generational electropop anthem is at present gaining probably the most every day streams of any observe in Spotify’s high 50 all-time ranks, in response to knowledge from Kworb. As of at present, January twenty fourth, “Starboy” is amassing a every day common of two,479,868 streams for a complete of over 2.9 billion.

The latter determine firmly positioned “Starboy” in the highest 5 behind Post Malone’s “Sunflower,” Lewis Capaldi’s “Someone You Loved” and Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You,” respectively. The Weeknd’s personal “Blinding Lights” tops the record after turning into the primary tune to surpass 4 billion streams on Spotify.

Meanwhile, Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” additionally not too long ago danced its approach into streaming historical past after becoming a member of Spotify’s coveted billions membership. It’s the robots’ first tune to achieve the milestone as the first artist on a report after that includes on “Starboy” and “I Feel It Coming.”

In different Weeknd information, he not too long ago teased an upcoming collaboration with the enduring French digital music duo Justice. 12 years after compiling his first three mixtapes into his breakthrough Trilogy album, the chart-topping famous person is now gearing as much as launch one other as the way forward for the Weeknd challenge hangs in the steadiness.

“It’s getting to a place and a time where I’m getting ready to close the Weeknd chapter,” he instructed W Magazine final 12 months. “I’ll still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as 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 at the time. “The album I’m engaged on now might be my final hurrah as The Weeknd. This is one thing that I’ve to do. As The Weeknd, I’ve stated all the things I can say.”