The Highlights

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The Highlights
The Weeknd - The Highlights.png
Greatest hits album by
the Weeknd
ReleasedFebruary 5, 2021 (2021-02-05)
Recorded2010–2020
Genre
Length77:55
Label
The Weeknd chronology
After Hours
(2020) 		The Highlights
(2021)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[4]

The Highlights is the second greatest hits album by Canadian singer the Weeknd.[5] It was released on February 5, 2021,[6] and follows the release of his fourth studio album After Hours (2020) and his first greatest hits album The Weeknd in Japan (2018).[7][8] It was released in anticipation of his performance at the Super Bowl LV halftime show.[9][10] The track list is composed of songs from his three Billboard 200 number one studio albums: Beauty Behind the Madness (2015), Starboy (2016), and After Hours (2020), his debut mixtape House of Balloons (2011), his EP My Dear Melancholy (2018), and his two co-lead collaborations "Love Me Harder" and "Pray for Me", with Ariana Grande and Kendrick Lamar respectively, from the albums My Everything (2014) and Black Panther: The Album (2018).[11]

Artwork[]

The album's cover continues the usage of the red suit that Tesfaye donned throughout the promotional material for his fourth studio album After Hours (2020).[12] The particular suit worn in the cover art is the same one that he wore in the music video for the song "Save Your Tears", which served as the fourth single from the aforementioned album.[13]

Commercial performance[]

The Highlights debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 89,000 album-equivalent units, including 10,000 pure album sales. It is the Weeknd's highest charting compilation album, and marks the biggest first week debut for a greatest hits set since Blake Shelton's Fully Loaded: God's Country (2019), which peaked at number two on the chart dated December 28, 2019.[14]

Track listing[]

The Highlights track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Save Your Tears" (from After Hours, 2020)
3:35
2."Blinding Lights" (from After Hours, 2020)
  • Tesfaye
  • Balshe
  • Quenneville
  • Sandberg
  • Holter
  • Martin
  • Holter
  • The Weeknd
3:23
3."In Your Eyes" (from After Hours, 2020)
  • Tesfaye
  • Balshe
  • Sandberg
  • Holter
  • Martin
  • Holter
  • The Weeknd
3:57
4."Can't Feel My Face" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015)
  • Martin
  • Payami
3:33
5."I Feel It Coming" (featuring Daft Punk; from Starboy, 2016)
  • Daft Punk
  • Doc McKinney[a]
  • Cirkut[a]
  • The Weeknd[a]
4:29
6."Starboy" (featuring Daft Punk; from Starboy, 2016)
3:50
7."Pray for Me" (with Kendrick Lamar; from Black Panther, 2018)
3:31
8."Heartless" (from After Hours, 2020)
3:21
9."Often" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015)
  • Ben Billions
  • The Weeknd
  • DaHeala[a]
4:09
10."The Hills" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015)
  • Tesfaye
  • Balshe
  • Emmanuel Nickerson
  • Montagnese
  • Mano
  • Illangelo
4:02
11."Call Out My Name" (from My Dear Melancholy, 2018)
Frank Dukes3:48
12."Die for You" (from Starboy, 2016)
4:20
13."Earned It" (from Fifty Shades of Grey, 2014 and Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015)
  • Moccio
  • DaHeala
4:37
14."Love Me Harder" (with Ariana Grande; from My Everything, 2014)
  • Payami
  • Svensson
  • P. Carlsson[b]
3:56
15."Acquainted" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015)
  • Tesfaye
  • Quenneville
  • Schofield
  • Montagnese
  • Diehl
5:48
16."Wicked Games" (from House of Balloons, 2011)
  • Tesfaye
  • McKinney
  • Montagnese
  • Rainer Millar Blancheur
  • Doc McKinney
  • Illangelo
5:25
17."The Morning" (from House of Balloons, 2011)
  • Tesfaye
  • McKinney
  • Montagnese
  • McKinney
  • Illangelo
5:15
18."After Hours" (from After Hours, 2020)
  • Illangelo
  • The Weeknd
  • DaHeala
  • Winans[c]
6:01
Total length:77:55

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] denotes a vocal producer
  • ^[c] signifies an additional producer

Charts[]

Chart performance for The Highlights
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Argentine Albums (CAPIF)[15] 8
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[17] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[19] 21
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[20] 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[21] 79
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[22] 27
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[23] 29
French Albums (SNEP)[24] 4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] 13
Irish Albums (OCC)[26] 3
Italian Albums (FIMI)[27] 44
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[28] 78
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29] 4
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[30] 12
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[31] 2
Scottish Albums (OCC)[32] 11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 10
UK Albums (OCC)[34] 2
US Billboard 200[35] 2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[36] 1

Certifications[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[37] Gold 50,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[38] Gold 7,500double-dagger
United Kingdom (BPI)[39] Gold 100,000double-dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[]

Release history for The Highlights
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various February 5, 2021
[40]
Japan March 5, 2021 CD Universal Music Japan [41]

References[]

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