Rick Astley celebrates his 1987 song "Never Gonna Give You Up" reaching one billion streams on Spotify. The song gained refound popularity in the early 2000s thanks to the Rick-Rolling meme.

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

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 ...

Rick Astley has earned a spot in Spotify's "Billions Club" after his inescapable '80s hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" reached ...

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Rick Astley’s iconic hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” surpasses 1 billion streams on Spotify in 2025, proving that some songs never go out of style.