The Weeknd’s After Hours becomes the superstar’s third album to celebrate 250 weeks on the Billboard 200, and it’s one of five collections with triple digit frames. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 21: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) The Weeknd performs onstage at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 21, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)
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The Weeknd’s After Hours Til Dawn Tour is already one of the highest-grossing concert treks of all time. The venture has brought in just under three-quarters of a billion dollars, and by the time the remaining shows conclude this fall, it may become only the third tour to pass $1 billion, following historic runs by Taylor Swift and Coldplay.
The fact that the trek began in 2022, has stretched across four years and supported multiple projects has helped it reach that enormous sum – but it would have been huge no matter what. The Weeknd has no trouble selling out some of the largest venues in the world, as he has done for more than a decade at this point.
Even when he is not actively promoting anything – but still selling out massive shows – the superstar remains hugely successful, whether he is moving tickets or living on the Billboard charts. This frame, one of his poppiest releases celebrates a longevity milestone that only the most popular full-lengths approach – one which he has reached before.
The Weeknd’s After Hours Reaches 250 Weeks
After Hours has now spent 250 weeks on the Billboard 200. As it reaches that milestone on the list of the most-consumed albums and EPs in the United States (built using both sales and streaming data), After Hours slips five spaces from No. 138 to No. 143.
The Weeknd Has Seen Three Albums Chart for 250 Weeks
After Hours becomes the third album by The Weeknd to reach 250 frames on the Billboard 200. Starboy remains his longest-charting project, with 454 weeks somewhere on the tally. Beauty Behind the Madness follows with 406 periods on the tally.
Another two full-lengths by the Canadian musician have also accumulated triple-digit stays on the list. The Highlights, his greatest hits compilation, has racked up 226 weeks. Trilogy, which combines the three early-career mixtapes that helped turn The Weeknd into the global superstar that he is today, has earned 197 turns somewhere on the Billboard 200.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 17: The Weeknd performs onstage at Spotify’s Billions Club Live with The Weeknd at The Barker Hangar on December 17, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Spotify)
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The Weeknd Hits the Same Milestone on the R&B Chart
After Hours simultaneously reaches 250 weeks on two tallies in the U.S. In addition to the Billboard 200, the set makes it to that landmark figure on the Top R&B Albums chart. The title dips one spot on the genre-focused roster, declining ever so slightly to No. 18.
The former No. 1 set is also approaching the same number on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ranking, and it will likely have another reason to celebrate in only a month or so. As of this frame, After Hours has accumulated 245 stints on that roster. After Hours slides from No. 39 to No. 41 this time around, stepping just outside the top 40.
The Weeknd Fills Four Spaces on the Billboard 200
The Weeknd fills four rungs on this week’s Billboard 200. While After Hours declines, both Starboy and Beauty Behind the Madness push north.
Starboy jumps 15 spaces from No. 133 to No. 118. Beauty Behind the Madness climbs 16 spots – just one more than his longest-charting effort – inching from No. 156 to No. 140.
House of Balloons joins those three studio collections by finding its way back to the Billboard 200 – but only barely – as it comes in at No. 190. The mixtape has now spent just over a year on the ranking and previously peaked at No. 113, making it one of the Grammy winner’s worst performers on the tally.
The Weeknd Ruled for Four Weeks With After Hours
After Hours is one of five No. 1 albums and nine top 10s by The Weeknd on the Billboard 200. The set spent four weeks at the summit, and it holds as his second-longest-running leader.
INDIO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 21: The Weeknd performs with Metro Boomin at the Sahara tent during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 21, 2023 in Indio, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Coachella)
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Only Starboy, which controlled the ranking for a month, matched that total – and beat it. After Hours outlasted the three-frame reign enjoyed by Beauty Behind the Madness, while Hurry Up Tomorrow and My Dear Melancholy each topped the list for just one week.