Three albums by The Weeknd — Beauty Behind the Madness, The Highlights, and After Hours — all return to the same chart, while The Highlights reaches a huge milestone. ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY – SEPTEMBER 13: The Weeknd performs onstage during the Michael Rubin REFORM Alliance Casino Night Event on September 13, 2025 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for REFORM Alliance)
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The Weeknd recently made history as his seemingly never-ending After Hours Til Dawn Tour became one of only a handful in history to earn at least a billion dollars at the box office globally. The venture started in 2022 and has dates scheduled into the fall of 2026, by which point its total earnings will likely have climbed again.
The venture has now hyped three different albums, including his 2025 release Hurry Up Tomorrow. While promotion of that multi-genre set has largely quieted, it is one of multiple projects the Weeknd keeps on one specific chart in the United Kingdom this week.
The Canadian superstar sees three full-lengths return to the tally, joining his latest, showing that there is still huge interest in not just new music from the Grammy winner (and one of the top snubs of the year), but also in the tunes and studio efforts that made him a household name throughout the past decade.
Beauty Behind the Madness Leads a Huge Week for The Weeknd
Three different full-lengths by the Weeknd reappear on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums chart, which ranks the bestselling projects in those genres, as well as related ones, throughout the United Kingdom. The trio of efforts all sit near one another, with Beauty Behind the Madness, The Highlights, and After Hours breaking back in at Nos. 36, 37, and 39, respectively.
CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 23: Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye attends “The Idol” photocall at the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 23, 2023 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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How Many No. 1 Albums Has The Weeknd Charted?
All three of those albums are counted among the Weeknd’s eight leaders on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums chart. He has spent at least one turn running the show with all of the following bestsellers:
- Kiss Land
- Beauty Behind the Madness
- Starboy
- My Dear Melancholy
- After Hours
- The Highlights
- Dawn FM
- Hurry Up Tomorrow
Trilogy, his first set to make it to the roster, came close to dominating, but instead peaked in the runner-up space. A handful of other early career recordings like House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence stalled just beneath the top 10.
After Hours Remains His Longest-Running Return
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 27: In this image released on December 7, The Weeknd performs during his “After Hours Til Dawn” tour at SoFi Stadium on November 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Live Nation)
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Between the three returning classics, After Hours has spent the most time on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums chart, as it recently passed 260 weeks, or half a decade. Within his entire discography, only Starboy, with 292 turns on the genre-specific list, has hung around longer. Beauty Behind the Madness is up to 138 weeks on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums ranking, while The Highlights needs just one more period before it reaches 200 frames on the roster.
The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow Is Still Going Strong
The Weeknd fills four spaces on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums chart this frame, with only one favorite that appeared last time around holding on. Hurry Up Tomorrow, which is nearing its first birthday, dips from No. 15 to No. 19.
The Highlights Brings The Weeknd to a Special Milestone for the First Time
While The Highlights, a compilation featuring many of the Weeknd’s most famous tunes, is about to crack 200 weeks on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Albums chart, it makes it to an even more impressive milestone on the other two tallies in the U.K. where it can be found. The Highlights lives inside the top 10 on both the Official Albums and Official Albums Streaming charts, and it celebrates 250 weeks on those two competitive rankings.
The Highlights is The Weeknd’s first album to reach 250 weeks on the main tally, and easily his longest-running success.
“Save Your Tears,” “Blinding Lights” and “Timeless” Chart Together
As four albums by the Weeknd take up space on the U.K. charts, the same number of songs appear on a handful of tallies. “Save Your Tears,” “Blinding Lights,” and “Timeless” with Playboi Carti all make space on the Official Hip Hop and R&B Singles roster, while “Can’t Feel My Face” returns at No. 81 on the Official Physical Singles chart.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2025/11/27/the-weeknd-reaches-a-career-milestone-for-the-first-time-as-multiple-favorites-return/
