The Weeknd's Biggest Single Helps Him Reach A Special Milestone

Forbes

4 hours ago

Most musicians count themselves lucky to see even one album spend 100 weeks or more on the Billboard 200. That kind of lengthy stay is reserved for only the biggest collections and those supported by huge hit singles on streaming platforms for years after their release. A winner that manages a stay on the roster that rises into triple digits is still relatively uncommon, as most titles that make it to Billboard's ranking of the most consumed albums in the United States fall away after just a few frames.
The Weeknd is one musician who has seen multiple titles hold on for months or years at a time, and he adds to his growing list of long-standing favorites again.
After Hours Marks Another Major Career Milestone
After Hours, the fourth full-length by The Weeknd, is one of his projects that's racked up a triple-digit-week stay on the Billboard 200, and it reaches another milestone this frame. The hugely popular set has now lived on the competitive roster for 200 weeks. It climbs seven spaces to No. 111 on the tally as it makes it to that special number.
Luminate reports that throughout the United States in the most recent tracking week, After Hours moved 11,500 equivalent copies. Almost all of those came from streams of its many popular tunes.
Third The Weeknd Album to Hit 200 Weeks
After Hours is the fourth album by The Weeknd to make it to 200 weeks on the Billboard 200. His longest-charting success, Starboy, recently passed 400 frames, while Beauty Behind the Madness, the project that launched him to superstardom, is up to 356 turns on the tally. The Highlights, the compilation of singles he released around the time he performed around his Super Bowl halftime show, passed 200 weeks a relatively short time ago, and it's now at 211 stays.
The Weeknd's Trilogy, a compilation gathering together his mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence, is close to the special figure, as it has racked up 197 frames on the chart.
After Hours Remains a Multi-Chart Smash
After Hours lives on a trio of Billboard charts this week. As it climbs on the Billboard 200, it slips to No. 30 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ranking and holds in eleventh place on the Top R&B Albums tally. The global blockbuster also reaches 200 frames on the R&B-only ranking, and in about a month, it will hit the same milestone on the ranking of the most consumed R&B, rap, or hip-hop projects in the U.S.
Four The Weeknd Albums Chart Simultaneously
The Weeknd fills four spaces on the Billboard 200 this week. After Hours sits above Beauty Behind the Madness at No. 132, but behind both Hurry Up Tomorrow and Starboy, which climb slightly this time around to Nos. 44 and 102, respectively.
'Blinding Lights' Fuels After Hours
After Hours was released in March 2020, led by singles like 'Blinding Lights,' 'Save Your Tears,' and 'Heartless,' all of which became major hits worldwide. 'Blinding Lights' even broke Billboard records, spending 90 weeks on the Hot 100 and becoming the longest-charting song in that tally's history up to that point. That single's continued streaming popularity has helped After Hours remain a fixture on the Billboard 200 for years.