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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 from recording music, with no clue that his song would see a resurgence among millennials and Gen Zers decades later. Astley's song joined Spotify's "Billions Club" on Monday, surpassing 1 billion streams on the platform.

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"I never could have imagined back in 1987 that 'Never Gonna Give You Up' would still be going strong decades later," Astley, 59, said in a statement, according to USA Today . "Thanks to streaming platforms, a whole new generatio

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