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The Weeknd turned heartbreak, drugs and self-destruction into “After Hours” then “Blinding Lights” became one of the biggest songs ever

After Hours combines The Weeknd's enormous commercial success with the dark themes that have followed his music since his anonymous 2011 mixtapes. The album explores isolation, toxic behavior, ...
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How the Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' surpassed Chubby Checker's 'The Twist' as greatest song ever

Chubby Checker‘s biggest hit had an incredible run — until the pandemic delivered a plot twist to The Twist. In 1960, Checker’s cover of Hank Ballard‘s song The Twist took the world by storm when he ...