The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours’ Earns the Year’s Biggest Debut Week

The Charts The album had 221 million streams and sold 275,000 copies via a variety of bundles with merchandise and tickets to a tour that may have to be postponed. The Weeknd’s new album, “After Hours,” debuted at the top of the latest Billboard album chart, with the equivalent of 444,000 sales in the United States, according to Nielsen — the biggest opening of the year so far. “After Hours” had 221 million streams and sold 275,000 copies as a full album. The sales were helped by a variety of bundles that included copies of the album with merchandise and tickets to the Weeknd’s tour, set to begin in June.

But as with every other tour this year, the Weeknd’s plans on the road depend on how quickly the spread of the coronavirus is slowed, and much of the concert industry is bracing for summer shows to be postponed. Also this week, Lil Uzi Vert’s “Eternal Atake,” the top seller for the last two weeks, fell to No. 2. Lil Baby’s “My Turn” is No.

3 and Bad Bunny’s “YHLQMDLG” is No. 4. In fifth place is “Kid Crow,” the debut LP by the 21-year-old songwriter Conan Gray, who has been posting videos on YouTube since he was 9.