Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Weeknd’s House of Balloons reenters the Billboard 200 at No.

The Weeknd extends record for songs with 1 billion streams The Weeknd is not slowing down.In fact, he is accelerating. […] ...

The Weeknd's third mixtape, Echoes of Silence, turns 15 next year. What better way to celebrate its anniversary early than with vinyl available on Complex Shop? Echoes marked the final installment of ...

On Sept. 3, 2022, on what was intended to be the final date of his exhausting “After Hours Til Dawn” North American tour, the Weeknd confidently took the stage of SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California ...

For The Weeknd, tomorrow has finally arrived. Abel Tesfaye – the Canadian superstar who performs under the moniker The Weeknd – released his sixth studio album “Hurry Up Tomorrow” on Friday, which ...

This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. In just under a year, Abel Tesfaye, aka The ...

Abel Tesfaye's hedonistic alter-ego meets his end on Hurry Up Tomorrow, forcing listeners to ask just who we've been partying with all this time. "High for This," the opening track from The Weeknd's ...

R&B superstar the Weeknd's Detroit set included 11 numbers from "Hurry Up Tomorrow," his recent sixth album. His concert Saturday was part of a busy night in downtown Detroit that included a Tigers ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...