Beauty Behind the Madness

Beauty Behind the Madness
Studio album by The Weeknd
Released	August 28, 2015 (2015-08-28)
Recorded	October 2013 – July 2015
Studio	Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood
Genre	Alternative R&B R&B pop
Length	65:06
Label	XO Republic
Producer	Illangelo (also exec.) Jason Quenneville (also exec.) The Weeknd (also exec.) Ali Payami Ben Billions Che Pope DannyBoyStyles Kanye West Labrinth Max Martin Mano Mike Dean Martijn Garritsen Noah Goldstein Omar Riad Peter Svensson Stephan Moccio
The Weeknd chronology
Kiss Land (2013) Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) Starboy (2016)
Singles from Beauty Behind the Madness
"Often" Released: July 31, 2014 "The Hills" Released: May 27, 2015 "Can't Feel My Face" Released: June 8, 2015 "In the Night" Released: November 17, 2015 "Acquainted" Released: November 17, 2015

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.9/10
Metacritic	74/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The A.V. Club	B
Chicago Tribune
The Daily Telegraph
Entertainment Weekly	B
NME	7/10
The Observer
Pitchfork	7.2/10
Rolling Stone
Spin	7/10

Beauty Behind the Madness is the second studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter The Weeknd. It was released on August 28, 2015, by XO and Republic Records. The album features guest appearances from Labrinth, Ed Sheeran and Lana Del Rey, with production handled by The Weeknd himself, Illangelo, DaHeala, Ben Billions, Stephan Moccio, Max Martin, Ali Payami and DannyBoyStyles, among others.

The album was supported by five singles: "Often", "The Hills", "Can't Feel My Face", "In the Night" and "Acquainted". "The Hills" and "Can't Feel My Face" both reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Beauty Behind the Madness also includes the Academy Award-nominated song "Earned It", which was released as a single from the soundtrack to Fifty Shades of Grey.

Beauty Behind the Madness received generally positive reviews from critics, debuting at number one in several countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, and in its first week recorded sales of 412,000 units in addition to streaming. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, it became the tenth best-selling album of 2015, with 1.5 million copies sold worldwide. To date, the album has sold over two million units in the United States.

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