What Billboard record did it set?

A full year in the Hot 100 top 10

What Spotify first did it achieve?

First song to four billion streams

Blinding Lights Quiz: The Weeknd's Record-Breaking Synth Hit

This Blinding Lights quiz speeds down neon streets with The Weeknd's biggest hit. Play 10 interactive questions on its 1980s synth sound, the After Hours album, the red suit and bandaged face, a full year in the US top 10, Billboard's greatest Hot 100 song, the Super Bowl halftime show and the first song to pass four billion Spotify streams.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Artist
Who released Blinding Lights?
Album
Which album includes the song?
Sound
Which decade's sound does it echo?
Look
What did The Weeknd wear in this era?
Record
What Billboard record did it set?
Greatest
What did Billboard name it in 2021?
Show
Where did he perform it in February 2021?
Streams
What Spotify first did it achieve?
Name
What is The Weeknd's real first name?
Home
Which country is The Weeknd from?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who released Blinding Lights?
Answer: The Weeknd
It came out in late 2019.
Q2: Which album includes the song?
Answer: After Hours
It came out in 2020.
Q3: Which decade's sound does it echo?
Answer: The 1980s
Synths drive the beat.
Q4: What did The Weeknd wear in this era?
Answer: A red suit
His face was later bandaged.
Q5: What Billboard record did it set?
Answer: A full year in the Hot 100 top 10
It was a first.
Q6: What did Billboard name it in 2021?
Answer: The greatest Hot 100 song of all time
It topped the all-time list.
Q7: Where did he perform it in February 2021?
Answer: The Super Bowl halftime show
He sang in a maze of mirrors.
Q8: What Spotify first did it achieve?
Answer: First song to four billion streams
It reached the mark in 2023.
Q9: What is The Weeknd's real first name?
Answer: Abel
His surname is Tesfaye.
Q10: Which country is The Weeknd from?
Answer: Canada
His parents are Ethiopian immigrants.

Neon Synths and a Red Suit

Blinding Lights, released by The Weeknd in late 2019, is a fast synth-pop song echoing the 1980s. It appeared on the 2020 album After Hours, whose era saw him wear a red suit and, in later videos, a bandaged face as a comment on fame.

The song spent a full year in the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100, a first, and in 2021 Billboard named it the greatest Hot 100 song of all time. In January 2023 it became the first song to pass four billion streams on Spotify.

The Weeknd, born Abel Tesfaye in Canada to Ethiopian immigrant parents, performed it at the Super Bowl halftime show in February 2021, singing in a maze of mirrors surrounded by bandaged dancers.

What This Quiz Teaches

Pop fans will enjoy these questions.

What the song sounds like
Which album it is from
Which records it broke
Where he performed it
Who The Weeknd is

Did You Know?

The video shows Las Vegas at night.
Save Your Tears followed it.
Remixes added more energy.
Fans dance to it in fitness classes.
It topped charts worldwide.