The Weeknd in Japan

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The Weeknd in Japan
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedNovember 21, 2018 (2018-11-21)
Recorded2010–2018
Studio
Length60:05
Label
The Weeknd chronology
My Dear Melancholy
(2018)
The Weeknd in Japan
(2018)
After Hours
(2020)

The Weeknd in Japan is the first greatest hits album by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. [1] It features singles from his first three studio albums: Kiss Land (2013), Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) and Starboy (2016), his 2015 feature, "Might Not", from Belly 's eighth mixtape, Up for Days (2015) and the songs "Call Out My Name" and "Wasted Times" from his EP My Dear Melancholy (2018). [2] It was released, digitally and physically, exclusively in Japan on November 21, 2018, by Universal Music Japan. [3] The album's release occurred shortly before the start of the Weeknd Asia Tour (2018). [4]

Contents

Release and artwork

The Weeknd in Japan was released on November 21, 2018, by Universal Music Japan to commemorate Tesfaye's first performance in Japan, at the Makuhari Messe in December 2018, as a part of his 2018 tour, the Weeknd Asia Tour. [5] It follows the release of his EP My Dear Melancholy , which was released earlier in the year, [6] and includes various songs from the setlists of his aforementioned tour. [7]

The album's cover incorporates various aspects of the posters which were used to promote the Weeknd Asia Tour (2018). [8] [9]

Track listing

Track listing adapted from iTunes. [10]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Wicked Games" (from House of Balloons , 2011)
  • McKinney
  • Illangelo
5:25
2."Wanderlust" (Pharrell remix) from Kiss Land (iTunes edition), 2013)
5:07
3."The Hills" (from Beauty Behind the Madness , 2015)
  • Tesfaye
  • Balshe
  • Emmanuel Nickerson
  • Montagnese
  • Edmonds
  • Dixon
4:02
4."Can't Feel My Face" (from Beauty Behind the Madness)
  • Martin
  • Payami
3:33
5."In the Night" (from Beauty Behind the Madness)
  • Tesfaye
  • Balshe
  • Payami
  • Kotecha
  • Svensson
  • Martin
  • Martin
  • Payami
  • The Weeknd [a]
3:55
6."Acquainted" (from Beauty Behind the Madness)
  • Tesfaye
  • Quenneville
  • Schofield
  • Montagnese
  • Benjamin Diehl
5:48
7."Often" (from Beauty Behind the Madness)
  • Ben Billions
  • The Weeknd
  • DaHeala [a]
4:09
8."Might Not" (Belly featuring The Weeknd) (from Up for Days , 2015)
  • Balshe
  • Diehl
  • Tesfaye
Ben Billions3:45
9."Starboy" (featuring Daft Punk) (from Starboy , 2016)
3:50
10."I Feel It Coming" (featuring Daft Punk) (from Starboy)
  • Tesfaye
  • Bangalter
  • de Homem-Christo
  • McKinney
  • Walter
  • Eric Chedeville
  • Daft Punk
  • Doc McKinney [a]
  • Cirkut [a]
  • The Weeknd [a]
4:29
11."Party Monster" (from Starboy)
  • Ben Billions
  • Doc McKinney
  • The Weeknd
4:09
12."Secrets" (from Starboy)
  • Doc McKinney
  • The Weeknd
  • Cirkut
4:25
13."Call Out My Name" (from My Dear Melancholy , 2018) Frank Dukes 3:48
14."Wasted Times" (from My Dear Melancholy)
3:40
Total length:60:05

Charts

Chart performance for The Weeknd in Japan
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [12] 157

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
JapanNovember 21, 2018 Republic [13]

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