℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc. Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
| Released | August 28, 2015 |
| Duration | 1h 05m 14s |
| Record Label | Universal Republic Records |
| Genre | R&B |
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1.1
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Real Life EXPLICIT
The Weeknd |
3:43 | |||
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1.2
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Losers (feat. Labrinth) EXPLICIT
The Weeknd; Labrinth |
4:41 | |||
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1.3
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Tell Your Friends EXPLICIT
The Weeknd |
5:34 | |||
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1.4
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Often EXPLICIT
The Weeknd |
4:09 | |||
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1.5
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The Hills EXPLICIT
The Weeknd |
4:02 | |||
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1.6
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Acquainted EXPLICIT
The Weeknd |
5:49 | |||
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1.7
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Can't Feel My Face
The Weeknd |
3:34 | |||
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1.8
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Shameless EXPLICIT
The Weeknd |
4:14 | |||
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1.9
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Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) EXPLICIT
The Weeknd |
4:38 | |||
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1.10
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In The Night EXPLICIT
The Weeknd |
3:56 | |||
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1.11
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As You Are EXPLICIT
The Weeknd |
5:41 | |||
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1.12
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Dark Times (feat. Ed Sheeran) EXPLICIT
The Weeknd; Ed Sheeran |
4:21 | |||
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1.13
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Prisoner (feat. Lana Del Rey) EXPLICIT
The Weeknd; Lana Del Rey |
4:35 | |||
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1.14
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Angel EXPLICIT
The Weeknd |
6:17 |
Billboard 200 - #1, 2015
Billboard Hot 100 - #1, 2015 - The Hills
Billboard Hot 100 - #1, 2015 - Can't Feel My Face
Billboard Hot 100 - #3, 2015 - Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
Grammy Award - Best Urban Contemporary Album, 2015
Grammy Award - Best R&B Performance, 2015 - Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)
Juno Award Nomination – Juno Fan Choice, 2018
"... a star who mixes outsider vision and mass appeal in a way that may finally justify those (Michael) Jackson and Prince parallels."
- Billboard
"The music has moved from the shadowy haze of trip-hop to an emphatic, monumental clarity: high-end pop craftsmanship. The production still conjures huge spaces, but now they are brightly illuminated, with each sound in crisp focus."
- The New York Times
"... Beauty Behind The Madness is something special. It’s an album full of considered, expertly delivered, immaculately produced pop songs. But it’s also an album with something to say about the human condition as it exists in 2015. It’s a vital and necessary piece of work. Tesfaye was already a star. And now he’s a star with something to say. We don’t have enough of those and we’re lucky to have him."
- Stereogum
This second recording from The Weeknd, the brainchild of Toronto musician Abel Tesfaye, incudes three huge hits released in advance of the album: Earned It from the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack, which has sold over three million singles, the number one song Can't Feel My Face and The Hills, which peaked at number five. Beauty Behind The Madness features guest appearances from Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey and Labrinth and contains one track co-produced by Kanye West.
"I want to make pop cool again."
- The Weeknd
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Universal Republic Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.25 -0.71 to -0.21 | -12.66 -14.78 to -10.47 | -10.51 -13.40 to -7.90 | 7 4 to 8 | |
| 1 | Real Life | -0.21 | -10.80 | -7.9 | 5 |
| 2 | Losers (feat. Labrinth) | -0.21 | -14.06 | -11.9 | 8 |
| 3 | Tell Your Friends | -0.21 | -13.44 | -11.6 | 8 |
| 4 | Often | -0.22 | -11.52 | -10.3 | 6 |
| 5 | The Hills | -0.21 | -10.68 | -9.0 | 4 |
| 6 | Acquainted | -0.21 | -14.34 | -12.5 | 8 |
| 7 | Can't Feel My Face | -0.26 | -10.47 | -8.0 | 6 |
| 8 | Shameless | -0.22 | -11.30 | -9.4 | 6 |
| 9 | Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey) | -0.21 | -13.35 | -10.2 | 8 |
| 10 | In The Night | -0.21 | -10.98 | -8.2 | 5 |
| 11 | As You Are | -0.21 | -14.15 | -12.6 | 8 |
| 12 | Dark Times (feat. Ed Sheeran) | -0.21 | -14.78 | -12.6 | 8 |
| 13 | Prisoner (feat. Lana Del Rey) | -0.21 | -14.76 | -13.4 | 6 |
| 14 | Angel | -0.71 | -12.60 | -9.6 | 6 |