The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" was last year's biggest single in the U.K.
The Canadian singer-songwriter's mega hit racked up 2.2 million chart sales to top the 40 biggest songs of 2020 chart, published by the Official Charts Company.
The track was downloaded 195,000 times and streamed 250 million times.
"Blinding Lights" is a song from the rapper's fourth studio album, After Hours, which topped the Official Albums Chart in March 2020.
Released in November 2019, it spent eight weeks at No. 1 between February and April 2020.
"Blinding Lights" is followed by Tones & I's "Dance Monkey."
Dua Lipa's "Don't Start Now" and "Physical" are also ranked in the 40 biggest songs of 2020 chart.
Meanwhile, "Head & Heart" by Joel Corry ft. MNEK is the biggest U.K. song released in 2020.
The track, which ranks fifth in the overall end-of-year chart, scored six weeks at No. 1 between July and September. It racked up 1.22 million chart sales in 2020, including 149 million streams.
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