THE WEEKND ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM STARBOY FOR NOVEMBER 25 RELEASE
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THE WEEKND ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM STARBOY FOR NOVEMBER 25 RELEASE
TITLE TRACK“STARBOY” FEATURING DAFT PUNK AVAILABLE NOW
DEBUTS #1 GLOBALLY
23 SEPTEMBER 2016 (Toronto, ON) –
The Weeknd has announced the title, cover art and release date for his latest album, the follow up to last year’s Grammy-Award winning, triple-platinum
Beauty Behind The Madness. The album, entitled
Starboy will be released on November 25, 2016, via Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. The title track from the album,
“Starboy” featuring
Daft Punk was unveiled yesterday and has already debuted at #1 globally.
Pre-order the album
here.
The Grammy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated artist will also debut the new single on the season premiere of
Saturday Night Live on October 1, and will perform at the Meadows Music & Arts Festival at Citi Field earlier that same evening.
The Weeknd’s last album, 2015’s
Beauty Behind The Madness recently received an RIAA triple-platinum certification for cumulative sales in excess of 3 million (US). Off one album, he received 16 RIAA certifications from tracks alone with “The Hills” [7x-platinum], “Can’t Feel My Face” [5x-platinum], “Often” [2x-platinum], “In The Night” [platinum], and “Acquainted” [platinum]. Upon its debut, the record held #1 on the
Billboard Top 200 for three consecutive weeks. Throughout this incredible journey, The Weeknd became the “First Male to Simultaneously Top
Billboard’s Hot 100, Top 200, and Artist 100,” the “First Artist to Ever Simultaneously Hold Top 3 Slots on
Billboard’s R&B Chart,” and the “First Artist Ever Recorded By Mediabase to Cross 300 Million in Audience Within One Week.”
The album proved ubiquitous at radio. “Can’t Feel My Face” peaked at #1 on Top 40, reaching an audience of 4.19 Billion. “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)” also went to #1, playing to an audience of 4.2 Billion, while “The Hills” landed at #2 and hit an audience of 3.69 Billion. Cumulatively, the audience exceeds 14.6 Billion-plus for songs from
Beauty Behind The Madness.
Fans, critics, and the industry at large have recognized this inimitable talent. He took home two GRAMMY Awards [“Best Urban Contemporary Album” for
Beauty Behind The Madness and “Best R&B Performance” for “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)”] out of seven nominations. He won eight
Billboard Music Awards including “Top 100 Artist”, “Top R&B Artist”, “Top R&B Album” for
Beauty Behind The Madness, “Top R&B Song” for “The Hills”, “Top Song Sales”, “Top Radio Songs”, “Top Streaming Songs”, and “Top Streaming Song (Audio)” for “The Hills”. “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)” even garnered The Weeknd his first ever Academy Award nomination in the category of “Best Original Song”.
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