Blinding Lights
The Weeknd | Artist Essentials
First released: 2019 (year verified)
Original 2019 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The urgent keyboard figure drives forward while the high vocal line stretches across the beat.
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First released: 2019 (year verified)
The original recording's single metadata establishes 2019, before its later album or annual-list appearance. The later package year does not redate the selected single.
Recording: Original 2019 studio recording
Credit: The Weeknd
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Blinding Lights
After Hours - original 2020 program and earlier 2019 singles
The original album retains Heartless and Blinding Lights as November 2019 releases before the 2020 album. In Your Eyes, Save Your Tears and the title recording use their original solo productions; later guest remixes are separate. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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About The Weeknd
The Weeknd is the recording name of Canadian singer and songwriter Abel Tesfaye, who grew up in Toronto's Scarborough district. House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence introduced his dark R&B approach in 2011 before their material was gathered for Trilogy. Kiss Land began his studio-album sequence, followed by the wider pop reach of Beauty Behind the Madness and Starboy.
Artist background sources
The Weeknd - Universal Music France biography
Abel Tesfaye identity, Scarborough background, three 2011 mixtapes, subsequent compilation and named studio albums. The source's inconsistent Starboy month, outdated chart positions and inaccurate guest-role wording are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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