Betweeen "Can't Feel My Face," "Earned It," and "The Hills," The Weeknd was already dominating the charts before Beauty Behind the Madness even came out. But few could have predicted the utter dominance that has gone down since the album dropped -- every song on the album has spent time on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Top 50 as of the most current (Sept. 19) edition.
The Weeknd currently has 12 songs in the top 50, more than any non-rapper in a single week, ever. The only songs not currently charting are "Often" and "Earned It," both of which spent over 6 months on the charts before bowing out.
Check out the complete Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs list here to see Abel's dominance in context, but here's the roundup:
No. 1, "Can't Feel My Face"
No. 2, "The Hills"
No. 16, "Prisoner," featuring Lana Del Rey (debut)
No. 19, "Tell Your Friends" (debut)
No. 22, "Acquainted" (debut)
No. 23, "Real Life" (debut)
No. 27, "Shameless" (debut)
No. 31, "Losers," featuring Labrinth (debut)
No. 35, "Dark Times," featuring Ed Sheeran (debut)
No. 36, "In the Night" (debut)
No. 38, "Angel" (debut)
No. 42, "As You Are" (debut)
Stream Beauty Behind the Madness here.
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