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Filtering R&B, pop, and hip-hop through an ambitious widescreen lens, The Weeknd quietly took over popular music and culture on his own terms. As a result, the multi-platinum two-time GRAMMY® Award winner has emerged as one of the most successful and significant artists of the 21st century.
Released via his own visionary XO collective and Republic Records, 2012’s double-platinum Trilogy collated three breakout miXtapes—House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence—into his first chart-topping collection followed by the platinum Kiss Land in 2013. Two years later, Beauty Behind The Madness represented a major milestone. This 2015 opus notably achieved a GRAMMY® Award in the category of "Best Urban Contemporary Album," a triple-platinum certification from the RIAA for U.S. sales in eXcess of 3 million, and 20 RIAA certifications from tracks alone, including “The Hills” (9X-platinum), “Can’t Feel My Face” (6X-platinum), “Often” (3X-platinum), “In The Night” (platinum), and “Acquainted” (platinum). Not to mention, “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)” received an Academy® Award nomination for “Best Original Song.” That stratospheric rise continued as 2016’s Starboy went double-platinum, captured #1 in 90 countries, and shattered the global streaming record at the time in under a week.
In 2018, his influence continued to eXpand with My Dear Melancholy. The 6 track project marked his third consecutive #1 bow on the Billboard Top 200, went platinum, and attracted widespread critical acclaim. A worldwide headliner, he has shut down festivals ranging from Coachella to Lollapalooza. In addition, he would be immortalized in his own Marvel Comics graphic novel, STARBOY.
ExpandReleased via his own visionary XO collective and Republic Records, 2012’s double-platinum Trilogy collated three breakout miXtapes—House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence—into his first chart-topping collection followed by the platinum Kiss Land in 2013. Two years later, Beauty Behind The Madness represented a major milestone. This 2015 opus notably achieved a GRAMMY® Award in the category of "Best Urban Contemporary Album," a triple-platinum certification from the RIAA for U.S. sales in eXcess of 3 million, and 20 RIAA certifications from tracks alone, including “The Hills” (9X-platinum), “Can’t Feel My Face” (6X-platinum), “Often” (3X-platinum), “In The Night” (platinum), and “Acquainted” (platinum). Not to mention, “Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)” received an Academy® Award nomination for “Best Original Song.” That stratospheric rise continued as 2016’s Starboy went double-platinum, captured #1 in 90 countries, and shattered the global streaming record at the time in under a week.
In 2018, his influence continued to eXpand with My Dear Melancholy. The 6 track project marked his third consecutive #1 bow on the Billboard Top 200, went platinum, and attracted widespread critical acclaim. A worldwide headliner, he has shut down festivals ranging from Coachella to Lollapalooza. In addition, he would be immortalized in his own Marvel Comics graphic novel, STARBOY.
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