In the epitome of an unsurprising development, The Weeknd’s “After Hours” enjoyed a massive opening day on the major streaming platforms.<\/p>\n
— Tracks from the album claim the top nine spots (and fourteen of the top sixteen) on the US Spotify chart for Friday, March 20.<\/p>\n
Radio single “Blinding Lights” led the way with 2.355 million American streams. “Alone Again” earned #2 with 2.285 million, while “Too Late” started at #3 with 2.064 million. “In Your Eyes” (2.006 million, #4) and “Scared To Live” (2.005 million, #5) completed the Top 5.<\/p>\n
The other tracks appeared as follows: “Hardest To Love” (#6), “Snowchild” (#7), “After Hours” (#8), “Escape From LA” (#9), “Heartless” (#11), “Faith” (#12), “Save Your Tears” (#13), “Repeat After Me” (#14) and “Until I Bleed Out” (#16).<\/p>\n
“After Hours” fared nearly as well on Global Spotify, earning seven of the top nine positions (including #1 with “Blinding Lights” and #2 with “Alone Again”). Nothing appeared below #34.<\/p>\n
— The dominance extended to Apple Music, with tracks from the album claiming the Top 12 positions on the US Apple Music chart: “Alone Again” (#1), “Too Late” (#2), “Hardest To Love” (33), “Scared To Live” (#4), “Snowchild” (#5), “Escape From LA” (#6), “Blinding Lights” (#7), “Heartless” (#8), “Faith” (#9), “In Your Eyes” (#10), “After Hours” (#11), and “Save Your Tears” (#12). The remaining tracks followed at #14 (“Repeat After Me”), and #16 (“Until I Bleed Out”).<\/p>\n
The album actually fared slightly better<\/i> globally. The album again claimed thirteen of the Top 14 positions — “Alone Again” (#1), “Blinding Lights” (#2), “Too Late” (#3), “Hardest To Love” (#4), “Scared To Live” (#5), “Snowchild” (#6), “Escape From LA” (#7), “In Your Eyes” (#8), “Faith” (#9), “Heartless” (#10), “After Hours” (#11), “Save Your Tears” (#12), and “Repeat After Me” (#14). The difference is that “Until I Bleed Out” was #15 globally vs. #16 in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“After Hours” posted fantastic opening day streaming numbers.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047,206],"tags":[13464,791],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n