The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ now Spotify’s most streamed song in history

Jan 5 2023

The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ has surpassed ‘Shape of You’ by Ed Sheeran to become the most streamed song in Spotify history.

happy new years to blinding lights. the most streamed song of all time tonight @Spotify pic.twitter.com/kNL0X6zK2o

— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) December 31, 2022

According to @chartdata, ‘Blinding Lights’ has so far racked up 3.332 billion streams on the music platform, which is slightly higher than Sheeran’s hit. The two songs share a same space however as the only ones which surpass the 3 billion mark on Spotify to date.

The third spot, at 2.726 billion streams, is Tones & I’s Dance Monkey, followed by ‘Someone You Loved’ by Lewis Capaldi and ‘Rockstar’ by Post Malone to round off the top 5.

This comes as The Weeknd plans on releasing the video to ‘Is There Someone Else’ on the 1 year anniversary of ‘Dawn FM’ on the 7th of January.

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“X’ALA*****!” Eddie Fresco teases latest banger with Maltese-spoken chorus

Jan 4 2023

Fresh from his Central Cee gig at the Czech Republic, Maltese rapper Eddie Fresco is back with another banger!

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Cheeky as ever, Fresco’s new track “X’Ala*****” features a wild, Maltese-spoken chorus, a Madonna sample and bars for days.

The track will come out at midnight and if Fresco’s clip teasing it is enough to by, we can’t wait for its release.

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Manchester United Women’s Training Camp in Malta kicked off this morning

Jan 4 2023

Manchester United Women Training Camp in Malta kicked off this morning with a training session at Ta’ Qali.

It was followed by a meet and greet with the girls’ teams of Birkirkara FC and Hibernians FC, and members of the Manchester United Supporters’ Club Malta, which is the oldest Manchester United Supporters’ Club in the World.

More training sessions are planned for tomorrow, as well as a pre-MatchDay Press Conference which will be addressed by Marc Skinner, Coach of Manchester United Women and Jose Borg, Coach of Birkirkara FC Women, ahead of the friendly match on Friday.

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‘Viable foetus must be born’ says Health Minister Chris Fearne

Jan 4 2023

Addressing questions by journalists during a press conference, Health Minister Chris Fearne said that two amendments will be proposed to the controversial abortion bill to ‘highlight’ that a viable foetus must be born.

The amendment which was voted in favour for in parliament last month will allow for pregnancies to be terminated when a woman’s life or health is at serious risk.

Having passed the first reading, the proposed legislation is now at the committee stage and can thus be subject to new changes.

The government, Fearne said, wants to clarify questions which people are concerned about. The deputy prime minister said that if a child can be born and live independently, that could ‘should be protected, be birthed and live’.

The other issue raised concerned abuse of the amendment. In regards to this, Fearne said that they trust doctors and those abuse will be held accountable.

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