The Weeknd has a reason to celebrate even amidst a pandemic.
We now know what everyone has been listening to while in quarantine thanks to “the ‘rona.” A look at the latest chart data shows that The Weeknd’s new album After Hours is still in top spot — a position it has enjoyed since it dropped. It ‘s only been about a month since his fourth studio album was released and already three singles off the project have been labeled a hit.
As Abel Tesfaye’s first release since 2016’s “Starboy”, After Hours debuted atop the US Billboard 200 chart on March 20 — and never left. The Weeknd sold 440,000 album-equivalent units in the first week, according to Billboard, which signified the largest first week sales for an album during 2020. If you still had any doubt regarding the album’s prowess, After Hours broke the record for the most global pre-adds for an album in Apple Music history, with over 1.02 million users pre-adding the album to their libraries a day before its official release.
Shortly after the album’s release, The Weeknd dedicated “After Hours” to his longtime fan Lance, known online as XOPODCAST, who took his own life following three-year battle with mental illness and addiction.