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Music Icons Hit YouTube's Billion Views Milestone
5 Feb
Summary
- The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' surpassed one billion views on YouTube.
- KISS's classic hit 'I Was Made for Lovin' You' also reached one billion views.
- Both music videos were uploaded in 2020 and 2019 respectively.
Two music titans, The Weeknd and KISS, have recently celebrated a monumental achievement with their music videos crossing the one billion view mark on YouTube. The Canadian artist The Weeknd secured his seventh entry into the exclusive Billion Views Club with the video for "Blinding Lights," a track that previously topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks. The visual for this hit, released in 2020, showcases The Weeknd's distinctive persona during the 'After Hours' era.
For the legendary rock band KISS, the music video for their iconic 1979 song "I Was Made for Lovin' You" has now joined the Billion Views Club, marking their first video to do so. Although the song was released in 1979, its accompanying video was uploaded to YouTube less than six years prior to the current date. The video features the band performing the beloved hit in their signature style.
