The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours’ Top the Billboard 200.
The Weeknd’s new album ‘After Hours‘ continues topping the streaming charts as it topped the Billboard 200 with sales over 444k in the first week. 275k out of 444k comes from pure sales. The album also becomes the album with most first-week numbers this year, dethroning BTS’s ‘Map of the Soul: 7‘ which debuted at number 1 with moving over 422k in the first week.
Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Eternal Atake‘ ranked third this year with 288k copies, Eminem’s ‘Music To Be Murdered By‘ at 4th with 279k copies in the first week.
The album’s standard edition has no extras, while the remixes edition includes guest performances by Chromatics and Lil Uzi Vert. After Hours delves into the themes of promiscuity, overindulgence, and self-loathing. Prior to the album’s release, The Weeknd stated that After Hours will be artistically distinct from its predecessor, Starboy (2016).
The Weeknd did not earn any nominations for the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, which will be held on November 24, 2020, and Tesfaye replied in social media posts by labeling the Grammys “corrupt.” Speculation developed as to whether the revelation of his then-upcoming Super Bowl performance, as well as the question over if he should be nominated as pop or R&B, led to his team’s snubs in all categories.
Check out the Top 11 below.
Biggest US debuts of 2020
#1 After Hours @theweeknd 444K
#2 MAP OF THE SOUL: 7 @BTS_twt 422K
#3 Eternal Atake @LILUZIVERT 288K
#4 Music to Be Murdered By 279K
#5 MANIC 239K
#6 Changes 231K
#7 My Turn 197K
#8 YHLQMDLG 179K
#9 Circles 164K
#10 JACKBOYS 154K
#11 Chilombo 152K— chart data (@chartdata) March 30, 2020
Billboard 200: #1(new) @theweeknd, After Hours 444,000 (275,000 in pure sales).
— chart data (@chartdata) March 29, 2020
.@theweeknd’s #AfterHours earns the biggest first week sales for an album by any artist on the Billboard 200 this year, passing the record held by BTS’ ‘MAP OF THE SOUL: 7’.
— chart data (@chartdata) March 29, 2020
The Weeknd’s new album also had the biggest album debut on Spotify this year.
Biggest album debut on Spotify in 2020 so far:
1. YHLQMDLG 61.3m
2. After Hours 60.4m
3. Music To Be Murdered By 50.5m
4. Eternal Atake 44.2m
5. Changes 40.4m
6. Map of The Soul:7 33.8m
7. @DUALIPA Future Nostalgia 29.2m *NEW*
8. Circles 29.03m
9. Rare 25.3M
10. Colores 24.2m— Spotify Daily Data (@spotify_data) March 28, 2020
