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The Weeknd’s latest album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 490,500 equivalent album units in its first week—just shy of going gold.
This marks the biggest debut for an R&B/hip-hop album since Travis Scott’s Utopia in 2023 and significantly outperforms his previous album, Dawn FM (2022), which debuted at No. 2 with 148,000 units.
The 24-track album, including two bonus songs, features extensive production by Mike Dean, who mixed, mastered, and co-produced nearly all tracks, and contributions from Metro Boomin on songs like "Cry For Me" and "The Abyss."
The highly anticipated album was delayed due to L.A. wildfires and has been hailed as “album of the year” by Metro, who also praised Mike Dean’s work as legendary.
As the final installment in The Weeknd’s trilogy following After Hours (2020) and Dawn FM (2022), the album is rumoured to be his last under his stage name.
The closing track, “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” connects seamlessly to his debut mixtape House of Balloons (2011), symbolically bringing his 14-year career full circle.
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