The Weeknd

The discography of Canadian singer and songwriter the Weeknd consists of five studio albums, nine extended plays, three mixtapes, three compilation albums (including two greatest hits albums), one soundtrack album, one live album, 72 singles (including 22 as a featured artist), and seven promotional singles (including two as a featured artist). According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Weeknd has accumulated 18.5 million certified album units and 113 million certified digital single units in the US, based on sales and on-demand streaming, as of July 2023.

The Weeknd released three mixtapes in 2011: House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence, the first of which was certified silver in the UK. He signed with Republic Records in 2012, and released Trilogy, a compilation album of the three mixtapes he had released the previous year plus three new bonus tracks. Trilogy peaked within the top five on albums charts and was certified multi-platinum in Canada and the US. The album spawned three singles, all of which were certified platinum or more in the US: "Wicked Games", "Twenty Eight", and "The Zone" (featuring Drake). His debut studio album, Kiss Land, reached number two on the albums charts of Canada and the US.

In 2014, the Weeknd recorded the duet single "Love Me Harder" with singer, songwriter Ariana Grande for her album My Everything, and the single "Earned It" for the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack. Both singles were top-ten entries on both the singles charts of Canada and the US. His second studio album, Beauty Behind the Madness, released in 2015, reached number one of the albums charts of Australia, Canada, Sweden, the UK, and the US respectively. Supported by the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "The Hills" and "Can't Feel My Face", the album has sold over one million copies in the US and 3.6 million copies worldwide as of 2017. "The Hills" has been certified 11× Platinum in the US.

The Weeknd's third studio album, Starboy, was released in 2016, and peaked atop the charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, New Zealand, and the US. It was supported by the international top-ten singles "Starboy", "I Feel It Coming", and "Die for You", the first two of which feature the duo Daft Punk, and peaked atop the singles chart and has received diamond certifications in France. The three singles also received multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, Sweden, and the US, with the album's other singles also obtaining moderate success. In 2018, the Weeknd released an EP titled My Dear Melancholy, which spawned the Canada number-one single "Call Out My Name". He recorded the Canada and US multi-platinum single "Pray for Me" with American rapper Kendrick Lamar for the Black Panther soundtrack.

On March 20, 2020, the Weeknd released his fourth studio album, After Hours. The hit single, "Blinding Lights", broke the record for the most weeks in the top five (43), top ten (57), and top 100 (90) of the Billboard Hot 100 at the time of its release, and finished 2020 as the year's top Billboard Hot 100 song. The song was later ranked as the No. 1 Greatest Hot 100 Hit of All Time by Billboard. After Hours peaked atop the albums charts of multiple countries including Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK, and the US, and also spawned the US number-one and Canada top-ten singles "Heartless" and "Save Your Tears".

On January 7, 2022, the Weeknd released his fifth studio album, Dawn FM. The lead single, "Take My Breath", which was released on August 6, 2021, debuted and peaked at number six of the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. Other singles, achieving moderate success of their own from the album include "Sacrifice", "Out of Time" and "Less than Zero". Later in the year, the Weeknd released a collaboration with Metro Boomin and 21 Savage, "Creepin'", which reached number three on the Hot 100 the following year.

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