The Weeknd's Career-Making Album Returns To Multiple Billboard Charts
Beauty Behind the Madness is once again a hit in America. The full-length that turned The Weeknd from an underground R&B talent into a proper pop superstar is mounting quite the comeback this week. It breaks onto three Billboard charts at once, returning to several tallies after some time away.
The set appears inside the top 40 on just one of those rankings, as it reenters the Top R&B Albums chart at No. 13. It also returns to the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums list at No. 42 and sneaks back onto the Billboard 200 at No. 126.
The Weeknd released Beauty Behind the Madness in summer of 2015, so it's nearing its tenth anniversary. The set produced the Hot 100 No. 1s 'The Hills' and 'Can't Feel My Face,' which still rank among the singer-songwriter's most successful tunes. Fellow singles 'Often,' 'In the Night' and 'Acquainted' also performed very well.
This week, Beauty Behind the Madness is in good company. It's one of four albums by The Weeknd that show up on the Billboard 200, the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and the Top R&B Albums tally all at once. Alongside Beauty Behind the Madness, three other titles manage that same showing. Hurry Up Tomorrow, Starboy, and After Hours all sit on those same three rankings this week.
Among the albums charting right now, Hurry Up Tomorrow is far and away The Weeknd's top performer. That's to be expected, since it was only released less than two months ago, and it's still riding the momentum of that launch.
This frame, the new title appears on six different Billboard rankings. While it's beginning to decline on most of them, the exciting project remains a top 40 performer on all half-dozen tallies, holding on inside the top 10 on one-third of all those rosters.
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