Beauty Behind the Madness

Beauty Behind the Madness
The Weeknd's studio album
Publication (s)	2015
Label (s)	Republic Records XO
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Contemporary R&B hip-hop
Title (number)	14 17 (Japan Edition)
running time	65:06 min 81:43 min (Japan Edition)
chronology Kiss Land (2013) Beauty Behind the Madness Starboy (2016)

Beauty Behind the Madness is the second solo album by Canadian musician The Weeknd . It was released on August 28, 2015 via Republic Records and XO .

Track list

1. Real Life - 3:43
2. Losers (feat.Labrinth) - 4:41
3. Tell Your Friends - 5:34
4. Often - 4:11
5. The Hills - 4:04
6. Acquainted - 5:48
7. Can't Feel My Face - 3:36
8. Shameless - 4:13
9. Earned It (Fifty Shades of Gray) - 4:37
10. In the Night - 3:55
11. As You Are - 5:40
12. Dark Times (feat. Ed Sheeran) - 4:20
13. Prisoner (feat.Lana Del Rey) - 4:34
14. Angel - 6:17
15. Can't Feel My Face (Martin Garrix Remix) (bonus song from the Japan Edition) - 4:12
16. The Hills (feat.Eminem) (bonus song from Japan Edition) - 4:23
17. The Hills (feat. Nicki Minaj) (bonus song from Japan Edition) - 4:02

reception

success

Beauty Behind the Madness debuted at # 1 on the US Billboard 200 . It stayed on the United States charts for nine weeks in total. Also in the Canadian charts, the publication on positioned Rank 1 . Furthermore, Beauty Behind the Madness rose to number 1 on the British , Swedish , Norwegian and Australian charts. With number 4 in Switzerland and number 7 in Germany and Austria, the album was also successful in German-speaking countries.

criticism

The e-zine Laut.de rated Beauty Behind the Madness with three out of a possible five points. From the point of view of the editor Florian Peking, The Weeknd is shedding its “ mysterious aura [...] to a large extent ” and is taking a “ step towards the mainstream. “The“ classic [n] atmospheric The Weeknd sound [...] is joined by more poppy numbers. "The voice of the musician has" its very own color ", surprising" in many places with variation and heightening "and is particularly convincing" in the high pitches [...] to such an extent that [the] comparison with Michael Jackson " always suggests itself. With Ed Sheeran and Lana Del Rey he was able to win " two similarly capable voice acrobats " as guest musicians. The productions on the album begin “ often in a subtle way and then expand together with the interpreter's voice to create an opulent unfolding of emotions. "

Leaderboard

In the list of the best “Hip Hop Albums of the Year” 2015 by Laut.de, Beauty Behind the Madness was placed 8th. The Weeknd, who sang “ under the Hip Hop flag from the start ”, is claiming the legacy of Jacko and Prince with his second album . “With“ electro-brummer, club-banger [and] 80s pop-rock ”he gives“ all songs that certain something. "

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Denmark (IFPI)	3 × platinum	60,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	5 × platinum	400,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	3 × gold	90,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	5,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	7,500
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	20,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	40,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	985,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	4 × gold 16 × platinum	2,077,500

Main article: The Weeknd / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ^ Billboard.com: Billboard 200 - The Weeknd. Retrieved June 11, 2016 . 
2. ^ Billboard.com: Billboard Canadian Albums - The Weeknd. Retrieved June 11, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Officialcharts.com: Official Albums Chart Top 100 - September 04, 2015 - September 10, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2016 . 
4. ^ Austriancharts.at: The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness. Retrieved June 11, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Laut.de: With bittersweet sadness into the mainstream. Retrieved June 11, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Laut.de: The Hip Hop Albums of the Year - 8th place - The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness. Retrieved June 11, 2016 .