The Weeknd’s ‘Hurry Up Day after today’ Is No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

The Weeknd lands his 5th No. 1 at the Billboard 200 albums chart with the debut of Hurry Up Day after today atop the tally (dated Feb. 15). The set earned 490,500 similar album gadgets within the U.S. within the week finishing Feb. 6, in step with Luminate. That marks the most important week for any album since Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Division debuted at No. 1 at the Might 4, 2024-dated chart with 2.61 million. Hurry Up Day after today logs the most important week for an R&B/hip-hop album since Travis Scott’s Utopia debuted at No. 1 at the Aug. 12, 2023, chart with 496,000.

The Weeknd in the past crowned the chart with After Hours (2020), My Expensive Despair (2018), Starboy (2016) and Attractiveness At the back of the Insanity (2015).

Additionally in the most recent best 10, Chappell Roan’s The Upward push and Fall of a Midwest Princess surges 14-6 following her highest new artist win on the Grammy Awards (Feb. 2), whilst Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Arduous and Comfortable (10-5) additionally climbs within the wake of Grammy publicity.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the preferred albums of the week within the U.S. in line with multi-metric intake as measured in similar album gadgets, compiled via Luminate. Gadgets include album gross sales, tune similar albums (TEA) and streaming similar albums (SEA). Every unit equals one album sale, or 10 particular person tracks bought from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand legit audio and video streams generated via songs from an album. The brand new Feb. 15, 2025-dated chart will probably be posted in complete on Billboard‘s web page on Feb. 11. For all chart information, apply @billboard and @billboardcharts on each X, previously referred to as Twitter, and Instagram.

Of Hurry Up Day after today’s 490,500 first-week similar album gadgets, album gross sales include 359,000 (it debuts at No. 1 on Most sensible Album Gross sales), SEA gadgets include 130,500 (equaling 171.5 million on-demand legit streams of the songs at the streaming version of the album; it debuts at No. 1 on Most sensible Streaming Albums) and TEA gadgets include 1,000.

Hurry Up Day after today’s release of 490,500 gadgets marks The Weeknd’s greatest week via gadgets earned (for the reason that chart started measuring in gadgets in December 2014). The set’s gross sales of 359,000 declare The Weeknd’s biggest gross sales week ever.

The set was once launched as a nine-song same old album, broadly to be had via virtual obtain shops. It was once however to be had as an 11-song version throughout all of its bodily codecs (CD, vinyl and cassette) and a 22-track virtual obtain and streaming version. It was once additionally to be had in two additional virtual obtain editions, each solely bought by means of The Weeknd’s HurryUpTomorrow.Membership website. Every bought for $4.99, boasted selection quilt artwork and had the 22 tracks to be had at the deluxe virtual/streaming version, however each and every had no less than one further tune. One integrated “Final Night time,” with Swedish Area Mafia. The opposite integrated “Runaway” and “Society,” which have been additionally integrated on all the bodily codecs, however no longer any of the opposite virtual or streaming editions.

In general, the album generated 183,000 in virtual album gross sales; 99,000 in CD gross sales; 77,000 in vinyl gross sales (The Weeknd’s highest week on vinyl) and 1,000 in cassette gross sales.

Hurry Up Day after today’s first-week gross sales had been aided via its availability throughout 8 vinyl variants (together with a signed version), 8 CD variants (together with more than one signed editions), a cassette tape, and 9 deluxe boxed units containing a branded piece of clothes and a CD.

The album was once preceded via the Billboard Scorching 100-charting songs “Undying” (with Playboi Carti, No. 3 height ultimate October) and “Sao Paulo” (with Anitta, No. 77 ultimate November).

Dangerous Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos falls 1-2 at the Billboard 200 with 94,000 similar album gadgets earned (down 20%). SZA’s chart-topping SOS slips 2-3 with 82,000 (down 6%), Kendrick Lamar’s GNX dips 3-4 with 65,000 (although up 9%) and Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Arduous and Comfortable jumps 10-5 with 53,000 (up 47%).

Eilish was once the primary performer at the Feb. 2 Grammy Awards broadcast (on CBS), making a song the album’s “Birds of a Feather.” Additionally at the display: The Weeknd carried out (making a song his new album’s “Cry for Me” and “Undying,” with Playboi Carti), whilst SZA introduced the most efficient pop duo/staff efficiency, and Lamar received two on-air trophies (for report of the yr, and tune of the yr, each for “Now not Like Us”).

Chappell Roan’s The Upward push and Fall of a Midwest Princess surges 14-6 with a 56% achieve — to 49,000 similar album gadgets earned. The album vaults up the tally following Roan’s win for highest new artist on the Grammys, together with her efficiency of the album’s “Purple Pony Membership” at the display (and her buzzy acceptance speech which generated headlines).

Sabrina Wood worker’s former No. 1 Quick n’ Candy gaind 20% (as much as 48,000 similar album gadgets) however is driven down a place to No. 7. At the Grammy Awards, Wood worker received the most efficient pop vocal album award, whilst additionally appearing a medley of the album’s “Coffee” and “Please Please Please.” (She additionally received highest pop solo efficiency for “Coffee,” however that class was once introduced prior to the tv broadcast started.)

Morgan Wallen’s chart-topping One Factor at a Time drops 5-8 at the Billboard 200, in spite of an 11% achieve (to 45,000 similar album gadgets). Taylor Swift’s former No. 1 The Tortured Poets Division ascends 11-9 with 38,000 similar album gadgets (up 8%) — additionally most likely basking in some glow from the Grammy Awards, the place the album and its “Fortnight” unmarried had been up for 6 awards (although didn’t win). Swift was once a visual presence all over the rite, cheering on winners and performers, and introduced the most efficient nation album trophy to Beyoncé (for Cowboy Carter).

Rounding out the most recent best 10 at the Billboard 200 is Gracie Abrams’ The Secret of Us, falling 8-10 with 36,000 similar album gadgets earned (down 5%).

Luminate, the unbiased knowledge supplier to the Billboard charts, completes a radical evaluate of all knowledge submissions utilized in compiling the weekly chart ratings. Luminate critiques and authenticates knowledge. In partnership with Billboard, knowledge deemed suspicious or unverifiable is got rid of, the usage of established standards, prior to ultimate chart calculations are made and printed.