The Highlights
2021 greatest hits album by the Weeknd
The Highlights Released February 5, 2021 (2021-02-05 ) Recorded 2010–2020 Genre
Length 77 :55 Label
The Highlights greatest hits album , and first one released globally, by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd .[ 4] [ 5] After Hours The Weeknd in Japan [ 6] [ 7] Super Bowl LV halftime show .[ 8] [ 9]
The track list is composed of songs from his three Billboard 200Beauty Behind the Madness Starboy After Hours (2020), his debut mixtape House of Balloons My Dear Melancholy Love Me Harder " and "Pray for Me ", with Ariana Grande and Kendrick Lamar respectively, from the albums My Everything Black Panther: The Album [ 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 soundtrack to his television series The Idol King of the Fall " (2014).[ 11]
Artwork
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] 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
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]
The Highlights debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200album-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 [ 15] [ 16] The Highlights was the twenty-first best-selling album of 2021 according to Hits 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] 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] The Highlights was also the biggest selling album of 2023 in the UK, with sales of over 391,000.[ 19]
Track listing
The Highlights standard editionTitle Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Save Your Tears " (from After Hours 3:35 2. "Blinding Lights " (from After Hours , 2020) Tesfaye Balshe Quenneville Sandberg Holter 3:23 3. "In Your Eyes " (from After Hours , 2020) Tesfaye Balshe Sandberg Holter 3:57 4. "Can't Feel My Face " (from Beauty Behind the Madness 3:33 5. "I Feel It Coming " (featuring Daft Punk ; from Starboy 4:29 6. "Starboy " (featuring Daft Punk; from Starboy , 2016) Tesfaye Bangalter de Homem-Christo McKinney Walter Quenneville Daft Punk Doc McKinney[a] Cirkut[a] The Weeknd[a] 3:50 7. "Pray for Me " (with Kendrick Lamar ; from Black Panther 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) Tesfaye Balshe Emmanuel Nickerson Montagnese 4:02 11. "Call Out My Name " (from My Dear Melancholy Dukes 3:48 12. "Die for You " (from Starboy , 2016) Tesfaye McKinney Prince 85 Dylan Wiggins Magnus Høiberg William Thomas Walsh 4:20 13. "Earned It " (from Fifty Shades of Grey Beauty Behind the Madness , 2015) 4:37 14. "Love Me Harder " (with Ariana Grande ; from My Everything Martin Kotecha Svensson Payami Tesfaye Balshe 3:56 15. "Acquainted " (from Beauty Behind the Madness , 2015) Tesfaye Quenneville Schofield Montagnese Diehl 5:48 16. "Wicked Games " (from House of Balloons Tesfaye McKinney Montagnese Rainer Millar Blancheur 5:25 17. "The Morning " (from House of Balloons , 2011) Tesfaye McKinney Montagnese 5:15 18. "After Hours " (from After Hours , 2020) Illangelo The Weeknd DaHeala Winans[c] 6:01 Total length: 77:55
The Highlights deluxe editionTitle Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Die for You" (from Starboy , 2016) Tesfaye McKinney Prince 85 Dylan Wiggins Høiberg William Thomas Walsh Doc McKinney Cirkut The Weeknd Cashmere Cat[a] Prince 85[a] 4:20 2. "Starboy" (featuring Daft Punk; from Starboy , 2016) Tesfaye Bangalter de Homem-Christo McKinney Walter Quenneville Daft Punk Doc McKinney[a] Cirkut[a] The Weeknd[a] 3:50 3. "Save Your Tears" (from After Hours , 2020) Tesfaye Balshe Quenneville Sandberg Holter Martin Oscar Holter The Weeknd 3:35 4. "Blinding Lights" (from After Hours , 2020) Tesfaye Balshe Quenneville Sandberg Holter 3:23 5. "In Your Eyes" (from After Hours , 2020) Tesfaye Balshe Sandberg Holter 3:57 6. "Wicked Games" (from House of Balloons , 2011) Tesfaye McKinney Montagnese Rainer Millar Blancheur 5:25 7. "Can't Feel My Face" (from Beauty Behind the Madness , 2015) Tesfaye Payami Kotecha Martin Svensson 3:33 8. "I Feel It Coming" (featuring Daft Punk; from Starboy , 2016) Tesfaye Bangalter de Homem-Christo McKinney Walter Chedeville Daft Punk Doc McKinney[a] Cirkut[a] The Weeknd[a] 4:29 9. "Pray for Me" (with Kendrick Lamar; from Black Panther , 2018) Tesfaye Duckworth Feeney Quenneville McKinney 3:31 10. "Heartless" (from After Hours , 2020) Tesfaye Wayne Montagnese Proctor Metro Boomin The Weeknd Illangelo Dre Moon[a] 3:21 11. "The Hills" (from Beauty Behind the Madness , 2015) Tesfaye Balshe Nickerson Montagnese 4:02 12. "The Morning" (from House of Balloons , 2011) Tesfaye McKinney Montagnese 5:15 13. "Call Out My Name" (from My Dear Melancholy , 2018) Dukes 3:48 14. "Often" (from Beauty Behind the Madness , 2015) Tesfaye Diehl Quenneville Balshe Schofield Ali Kocatepe Ali İşmen Ben Billions The Weeknd DaHeala[a] 4:09 15. "Love Me Harder" (with Ariana Grande; from My Everything , 2014) Martin Kotecha Svensson Payami Tesfaye Balshe Payami Svensson Carlsson[b] 3:56 16. "Earned It" (from Fifty Shades of Grey , 2014 and Beauty Behind the Madness , 2015) Tesfaye Moccio Quenneville Balshe 4:37 17. "Acquainted" (from Beauty Behind the Madness , 2015) Tesfaye Quenneville Schofield Montagnese Diehl Ben Billions Illangelo DaHeala DannyBoyStyles The Weeknd 5:48 18. "After Hours" (from After Hours , 2020) Tesfaye Quenneville Balshe Montagnese Winans Illangelo The Weeknd DaHeala Winans[c] 6:01 19. "One of the Girls " (with Jennie and Lily-Rose Depp ; from The Idol Episode 4 4:04 20. "Popular " (with Madonna featuring Playboi Carti ; 2023) Tesfaye Jordan Carter Wayne Dean Tommy Rush Levinson Michael Walker John Flippin The Weeknd Metro Boomin Dean 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) Tesfaye Lopatin Martin Thomas Brown Peter Lee Johnson The Weeknd OPN Martin Tommy Brown Johnson Martin[c] Holter[c] 3:19 25. "Party Monster " (from Starboy , 2016) Ben Billions Doc McKinney The Weeknd 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) Tesfaye Martin Hedfors Angello Ingrosso Carl Nordström Holter Kevin McCord The Weeknd Martin Swedish House Mafia Holter 3:08 29. "Reminder " (from Starboy , 2016) Tesfaye Nickerson McKinney Dylan Wiggins Walter Quenneville 3:38 30. "In the Night " (from Beauty Behind the Madness , 2015) Tesfaye Balshe Payami Kotecha Svensson Martin Martin Payami The Weeknd[a] 3:55 31. "Wasted Times " (from My Dear Melancholy , 2018) 3:40 32. "Take My Breath " (from Dawn FM , 2022) Tesfaye Balshe Andrea Di Ceglie Luigi Tutolo Martin Holter 5:39 33. "Moth to a Flame " (with Swedish House Mafia ; from Paradise Again Dawn FM (Alternate World) , 2022) Tesfaye Angello Ingrosso Nordström Swedish House Mafia Nordström 3:54 34. "Out of Time " (from Dawn FM , 2022) The Weeknd OPN Martin[c] Holter[c] 3:34 35. "King of the Fall " (2014) DaHeala Dean Brandon Hollemon The Weeknd 5:01 36. "High for This " (from House of Balloons , 2011) Tesfaye Adrien Gough Walter 4:07 Total length: 151:22
Notes
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Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
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