The Weeknd released his first hit compilation, "The Highlights," at the beginning of the year. At the end of the year, record lovers can now also enjoy the album on double LP A decade after his very first release, The Weeknd is more successful and omnipresent than ever before: following the record-breaking single "Blinding Lights" from his current fourth album "After Hours" (2020), the Canadian R'n'B singer headlined the legendary halftime show at the US Super Bowl for the first time this year. Another accolade for the musician, who seals the first decade in the spotlight in 2021 with his best-of album "The Highlights": with 18 songs of the pop mastermind, from his beginnings to the global successes of recent years. Starting with the viral hit "Save Your Tears" and the 2020 International Song of the Year, "Blinding Lights," through tracks like "Starboy," "The Hills," "Earned It," "Can't Feel My Face" and "Heartless," to tracks from his early days as an elusive mystery when he was still keeping his identity under wraps from 2011 to 2013, including "The Morning" and "Wicked Games." Ten years after his debut album "Kiss Land," which reached number two on the U.S. charts, Canadian singer, songwriter and producer Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, is one of the most influential artists in contemporary pop music. His three follow-up albums, "Beauty Behind The Madness," "Starboy" and "After Hours," all reached number one in the U.S. and Canada. With over 51 billion streams on Spotify, he is also one of the most streamed artists in the world. With "The Highlights," he looks back on his impressive body of work in 2021.