The Weeknd - "Blinding Lights"

With over a year - and counting! - in the Top 10 of the Hot 100, "Blinding Lights" will
likely rank as the biggest Hot 100 hit ever. My question is simple - Why? Its appeal
has been broad - Country is probably the only genre where it hasn't succeeded! But,
what is it about this song that has contributed to its endurance? Is this really the
"greatest" or "biggest" song of the last 60+ years?

It certainly has grown on me since it first came out. Not
a bad tune and certainly better than a lot of the other
radio hits in recent memory.

I noticed it's been used in several advertisements
recently which, no doubt, will always bring a new audience
to a song. Perhaps that has contributed to its significant
chart longevity.

It's my 2 and a half year old's favorite song for the past entire
year. He would say yes it is the best song in world :) Yeah I was
wondering the same thing. There are just too many great songs
over the past 60 years I don't know how this could be the best.

And if you look at wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_cha rt_ac
hievements_and_milestones#Top_10_songs_of_all_time_(1958%E2
%80%932018)) how are these in the list?

Most total weeks in the top ten:

The Weeknd     "Blinding Lights”
Post Malone     "Circles”
Ed Sheeran     "Shape of You"
Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B     "Girls Like You"
Post Malone and Swae Lee     "Sunflower"  &nbs p;  
LeAnn Rimes     "How Do I Live"     
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey     "Closer"
Travis Scott     "Sicko Mode"
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars     "Uptown Funk"
24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior     "Mood"

Although some are good songs are they the greatest?

In today's modern tracking system, Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love go's 42 weeks might have been double that. It was even bigger than Blinding Lights was (and still is)

MMathews wrote: I haven't liked much new music in the top 40 for quite some time. But this one is a big exception. I liked it on first listen. Great hook and the music could have come from an early 80s new wave song. MM

This immediately reminded me of a-ha's "Take On Me."

I was pleasantly surprised when The Weeknd released a
"Greatest Hits" album - something artists are doing
less in the streaming era for many reasons. It is
difficult to gauge how well this album is doing,
though, due to Billboard's flawed album chart
methodology. If I would stream "Blinding Lights" from
his hits album, it won't count toward that album if
"BL" is featured on another album which sold better
that week. Doesn't the technology exist that
Billboard can properly differentiate the source from
which you streamed a song?