"So who would've believed after all these years 'Never Gonna Give You Up' has had a billion streams on Spotify. That's a ...

No. 1 hit, "Never Gonna Give You Up", surpasses a billion streams on Spotify after being released nearly 40 years ago.

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Getty Images; Rick Astley NEW YORK — How does Rick Astley handle one of his songs being part of the biggest internet meme of all time? He rolls with it, obviously. “Listen, let’s face it ...

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As of publication, only 956 songs have hit one billion streams on Spotify. They can be listened to on the platform’s “Billion ...

“If somebody sends me a video link, I just don't look at it,” laughs Rick Astley, with the knowing weariness of a man who’s well used to life as a human meme. Until 2008, Astley was perhaps ...

Rick Astley has no regrets about retiring at age ... Around 2007, Astley became the subject of a viral internet meme known as rickrolling. Users click on a seemingly unrelated link only to be ...

It experienced a new popularity in the 2000s, when getting "Rick-Rolled," a bait-and-switch online move, was born from the song. The meme included tricking people online into expecting one thing ...