The weekend's highly anticipated album "Beauty behind the madness" is out now

The album is already iTunes charted #1 in 15 countries including UK, US and Germany, Top 5 in 39 including Belgium and The Netherlands and Top 10 in another 46 countries!!

Grammy Award-nominated multi-platinum alternative R&B trailblazer THE WEEKND releases his anxiously awaited third full-length offering, “Beauty Behind The Madness” via XO/Republic Records today, August 28, 2015. The album, which saw a #1 debut with the iTunes pre-order, has been one of the most anticipated albums of 2015

2015 has already been a breakout year for THE WEEKND with three tracks currently in the Top 25 of the Billboard Hot 100. The album’s first official single “Can’t Feel My Face” currently sits at #2 while previously released tracks “The Hills” and “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)” sit at #5 and #33, respectively. “Can’t Feel My Face” continues to remain a fixture in the Top 5 of iTunes Overall Top Songs Chart and it has hit #1 on the iTunes R&B/Soul chart as well as #1 on Shazam USA and Spotify USA chart. “Can’t Feel My Face” is also seeing huge global success with the track debuting Top 5 in over 33 markets including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark and Poland. Written by THE WEEKND and co-produced by pop powerhouse Max Martin, it’s no surprise that the track is already being hailed as the best song of 2015 by outlets like USA Today and Radio.com. The official music video to the track already has hit 38 million views!!

THE WEEKND is also seeing success in “The Hills”, another track that is featured on the album and was released in May. The fiery music video, directed by Grant Singer, accrued over 10 million views in less than a week and has amassed nearly 152 million to date.

The year started out with a bang with “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)”, THE WEEKND’s contribution and first release from the chart-dominating Fifty Shades of Grey Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The single recently achieved triple platinum status as certified by the RIAA and has spent 35 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)” reached #1 on Spotify and was the “#1 Most Shazam’ed Song in the World,” being Shazam’ed over 5.5 million times and occupying the Top 5 on the music discovery app for five weeks straight. Internationally, the track has also reached Platinum status in Sweden (x2), Netherlands (x2), Norway, Denmark and Canada plus Gold status in the UK, Australia, Mexico, Switzerland, and New Zealand.

A festival showstopper, THE WEEKND headlined this year’s Lollapalooza music festival joining the likes of Paul McCartney, Metallica and Florence the Machine. He capped off a closing set at Coachella 2015 to rave reviews!

Press about 'beauty behind the madness'

• “high-end pop craftsmanship”—The New York Times
• “Beauty Behind the Madness is exactly what you want it to be: A healthy fusion of pop and R&B that's both ominous and alluring.”—NYLON
• “The Weeknd proves an unstoppable force”—Cleveland.com
• “ ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’ feels like the work of a superstar artist”—Newsday

Tracklisting

1. Real Life
2. Losers featuring Labrinth
3. Tell Your Friends
4. Often
5. The Hills
6. Acquainted
7. Can’t Feel My Face
8. Shameless
9. Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)
10. In The Night
11. As You Are
12. Dark Times featuring Ed Sheeran
13. Prisoner featuring Lana Del Rey
14. Angel