
It was released on August 28, 2015, through XO and Republic Records. "-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.Beauty Behind the Madness is the second studio album by Canadian singer the Weeknd.

The single, " Blinding Lights", holds the record for the most weeks in the top five, (43) top ten, (57) and top 100 (89) of the Billboard Hot 100. In 2020, the Weeknd released his fourth studio album After Hours.

He recorded the Canada and US multi-platinum single " Pray for Me" with Kendrick Lamar for the Black Panther soundtrack. In 2018, The Weeknd released an EP titled My Dear Melancholy, which spawned the Canada number-one single " Call Out My Name". "Starboy" and "I Feel It Coming" also received multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, Sweden, and the US. It was supported by the international top-ten singles " Starboy" and " I Feel It Coming", both of which features Daft Punk, and peaked atop the singles chart and received diamond certifications in France. 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. "The Hills" was certified 11× Platinum in the US. Supported by the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles " The Hills" and " Can't Feel My Face", the album had sold over one million copies in the US and 3.6 million copies worldwide by 2017. His second studio album, Beauty Behind the Madness, was released in 2015, and reached number one of the albums charts of Australia, Canada, Sweden, the UK, and the US. Both singles were top-ten entries on singles charts of Canada and the US. In 2014, the Weeknd recorded the single " Love Me Harder" with Ariana Grande for her album My Everything, and the single " Earned It" for the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack.

His debut studio album, Kiss Land, reached number two on the albums charts of 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). Trilogy peaked within the top five on albums charts and was certified multi-platinum in Canada and the US. He signed with Republic Records in 2012, and released Trilogy, a compilation album of the three mixtapes he had released the previous year. 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. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, The Weeknd has accumulated 12.5 million certified album units and 83 million certified digital single units in the US, based on sales and on-demand streaming. Canadian singer and songwriter The Weeknd has released four studio albums, three mixtapes, one extended play (EP), and three compilation albums, and 51 singles (including 16 as a featured artist).
