"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.

Musicians don't often become memes, but the following bands and artists deserved more respect than internet humor fame could ...

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 ...

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

Rick Astley in the 1987 video for "Never Gonna Give ... revival thanks to “Rickrolling” — a bait-and-switch meme that internet pranksters employed to dupe people into clicking on hyperlinks ...

“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 and rapper Yung Gravy have reached a ... IV”; instead, it led to a meme using Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” music video. The prank blew up online and became known as ...

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 ...