On this day in 1987, Rick Astley started a five-week run atop the official UK Singles Chart with his debut single, “Never Gonna Give You Up.” The song became an international hit, topping charts ...

No, Mr. Astley, this isn't a fake-out. You're streaming royalty now. "I never could have imagined back in 1987 that 'Never Gonna Give You Up' would still be going strong decades later," Astley, 59, ...

British pop singer Rick Astley had cause for celebration on Monday after his hit song “Never Gonna Give You Up” reached a significant milestone “So who would have believed that after all these years ...

He can probably thank the Rickrolling phenomenon for this one. By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Rick Astley‘s 1987 hit song “Never Gonna Give You Up” has passed 1 billion streams on ...

The 1987 song received newfound popularity in the 2000s thanks to the Rick-Rolling meme David Redfern/Redferns; Andy Von Pip/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Rick Astley's 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give ...

In a new memoir, ‘Never: The Autobiography,’ the English rocker opens up about “Never Gonna Give You Up,” the viral meme that followed and how instant fame affected his personal life Rick Astley may ...

Rick Astley was just 21 years old when he recorded his 1987 hit, "Never Gonna Give You Up." It spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and charted for 24 more weeks. At age 27, he retired ...

Rick Astley may be cemented in music history for the viral “Rickrolling” prank, but he’s never actually pulled it himself. Two decades after the English singer’s iconic track “Never Gonna Give You Up” ...

The post Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” Rickrolls Past 1 Billion Spotify Streams appeared first on Consequence. Rick Astley’s No. 1 hit “Never Gonna Give You Up” has rickrolled its way past 1 ...