The Highlights
| The Highlights | ||||
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| The Weeknd standing and looking down against a dark background under his red suit look. The words "The Weeknd" and "The Highlights" are written on top along with a label sign, with the track listing listed on the right side of the center and another label sign on the left. | ||||
| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | February 5, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–2020 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 77:55 | |||
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| The Weeknd chronology | ||||
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The Highlights is the second greatest hits album, and first one released globally, by Canadian singer and songwriter the Weeknd.[4] It was released on February 5, 2021,[5] and follows the release of his fourth studio album After Hours (2020) and his first greatest hits album The Weeknd in Japan (2018).[6][7] It was released in anticipation of his performance at the Super Bowl LV halftime show.[8][9]
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).[10]
A deluxe version of The Highlights was released on February 9, 2024, featuring a reworked tracklist and more songs from the Weeknd's aforementioned projects, his studio album Dawn FM (2022), the soundtrack to his television series The Idol (2023), and his promotional single "King of the Fall" (2014).[11]
Artwork
[edit | edit source]The album's cover continues the usage of the red suit that the Weeknd 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 for the Super Bowl LV halftime show and in the music video for the song "Save Your Tears", which served as the fourth single from the aforementioned album.[13]
Critical reception
[edit | edit source]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarStarStarHalf star[14] |
Andy Kellman of AllMusic praised the collection, stating, "The Highlights is a well-selected point of entry. That it rarely dips into album cuts and doesn't include all of the major singles speaks to the depth of the catalog."[14]
Commercial performance
[edit | edit source]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.[15] The compilation album has managed to spend more than 130 weeks on the chart.[16] The Highlights was the twenty-first best-selling album of 2021 according to Hits, stating the album has moved a total of 1,004,000 album-equivalent units by the end of 2021, including 74,000 pure album sales, 226,000 song sales, 1,1 billion audio-on-demand streams, and 160 million video-on-demand streams.[17] In the next year, The Highlights was the sixth best-selling album of the year, moved a total of 1,600,000 album-equivalent units by the end of 2022, including 51,000 pure album sales, 205,000 song sales, 2 billion audio-on-demand streams, and 198 million video-on-demand streams.[18] Though it didn't top the UK Albums Chart, The Highlights was also the biggest selling album of 2023 in the UK, with sales of over 391,000.[19]
Track listing
[edit | edit source]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Save Your Tears" (from After Hours, 2020) |
| 3:35 | |
| 2. | "Blinding Lights" (from After Hours, 2020) |
|
| 3:23 |
| 3. | "In Your Eyes" (from After Hours, 2020) |
|
| 3:57 |
| 4. | "Can't Feel My Face" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015) |
|
| 3:33 |
| 5. | "I Feel It Coming" (featuring Daft Punk; from Starboy, 2016) |
| 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) |
|
| 4:09 |
| 10. | "The Hills" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015) |
|
| 4:02 |
| 11. | "Call Out My Name" (from My Dear Melancholy, 2018) |
| Dukes | 3:48 |
| 12. | "Die for You" (from Starboy, 2016) |
|
| 4:20 |
| 13. | "Earned It" (from Fifty Shades of Grey, 2014 and Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015) |
|
| 4:37 |
| 14. | "Love Me Harder" (with Ariana Grande; from My Everything, 2014) |
|
| 3:56 |
| 15. | "Acquainted" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015) |
|
| 5:48 |
| 16. | "Wicked Games" (from House of Balloons, 2011) |
|
| 5:25 |
| 17. | "The Morning" (from House of Balloons, 2011) |
|
| 5:15 |
| 18. | "After Hours" (from After Hours, 2020) |
|
| 6:01 |
| Total length: | 77:55 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Die for You" (from Starboy, 2016) |
| 4:20 | |
| 2. | "Starboy" (featuring Daft Punk; from Starboy, 2016) |
| 3:50 | |
| 3. | "Save Your Tears" (from After Hours, 2020) |
|
| 3:35 |
| 4. | "Blinding Lights" (from After Hours, 2020) |
|
| 3:23 |
| 5. | "In Your Eyes" (from After Hours, 2020) |
|
| 3:57 |
| 6. | "Wicked Games" (from House of Balloons, 2011) |
|
| 5:25 |
| 7. | "Can't Feel My Face" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015) |
|
| 3:33 |
| 8. | "I Feel It Coming" (featuring Daft Punk; from Starboy, 2016) |
| 4:29 | |
| 9. | "Pray for Me" (with Kendrick Lamar; from Black Panther, 2018) |
|
| 3:31 |
| 10. | "Heartless" (from After Hours, 2020) |
|
| 3:21 |
| 11. | "The Hills" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015) |
|
| 4:02 |
| 12. | "The Morning" (from House of Balloons, 2011) |
|
| 5:15 |
| 13. | "Call Out My Name" (from My Dear Melancholy, 2018) |
| Dukes | 3:48 |
| 14. | "Often" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015) |
|
| 4:09 |
| 15. | "Love Me Harder" (with Ariana Grande; from My Everything, 2014) |
|
| 3:56 |
| 16. | "Earned It" (from Fifty Shades of Grey, 2014 and Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015) |
|
| 4:37 |
| 17. | "Acquainted" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015) |
|
| 5:48 |
| 18. | "After Hours" (from After Hours, 2020) |
|
| 6:01 |
| 19. | "One of the Girls" (with Jennie and Lily-Rose Depp; from The Idol Episode 4, 2023) |
| 4:04 | |
| 20. | "Popular" (with Madonna featuring Playboi Carti; 2023) |
|
| 3:35 |
| 21. | "I Was Never There" (with Gesaffelstein; from My Dear Melancholy, 2018) |
|
| 4:01 |
| 22. | "House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls" (from House of Balloons, 2011) |
|
| 6:47 |
| 23. | "Less than Zero" (from Dawn FM, 2022) |
| 3:31 | |
| 24. | "Is There Someone Else?" (from Dawn FM, 2022) |
| 3:19 | |
| 25. | "Party Monster" (from Starboy, 2016) |
|
| 4:09 |
| 26. | "Stargirl Interlude" (featuring Lana Del Rey; from Starboy, 2016) |
|
| 1:51 |
| 27. | "Tell Your Friends" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015) |
| 5:34 | |
| 28. | "Sacrifice" (from Dawn FM, 2022) |
|
| 3:08 |
| 29. | "Reminder" (from Starboy, 2016) |
|
| 3:38 |
| 30. | "In the Night" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015) |
|
| 3:55 |
| 31. | "Wasted Times" (from My Dear Melancholy, 2018) |
| 3:40 | |
| 32. | "Take My Breath" (from Dawn FM, 2022) |
|
| 5:39 |
| 33. | "Moth to a Flame" (with Swedish House Mafia; from Paradise Again, 2022 and Dawn FM (Alternate World), 2022) |
|
| 3:54 |
| 34. | "Out of Time" (from Dawn FM, 2022) |
| 3:34 | |
| 35. | "King of the Fall" (2014) |
|
| 5:01 |
| 36. | "High for This" (from House of Balloons, 2011) |
|
| 4:07 |
| Total length: | 151:22 | |||
Notes
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit | edit source]
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Year-end charts[edit | edit source]
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Certifications
[edit | edit source]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[80] | 3× Platinum | 210,000‡ |
| Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[81] | 5× Diamond | 800,000‡ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[82] | 3× Platinum | 240,000‡ |
| France (SNEP)[83] | 3× Platinum | 300,000‡ |
| Italy (FIMI)[84] | Platinum | 50,000‡ |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[85] | 8× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
| Poland (ZPAV)[86] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[87] | 5× Platinum | 1,500,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Release history
[edit | edit source]| Region | Date | Format | Label | Edition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Various | February 5, 2021 | Standard | [88] | ||
| United Kingdom | Cassette | [89] | |||
| Japan | March 5, 2021 | CD | Universal Music Japan | [90] | |
| Various | November 19, 2021 | LP |
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[91] | |
| February 9, 2024 |
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Deluxe | [92] |
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