The Weeknd in Japan

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]

The Weeknd in Japan
Greatest hits album by the Weeknd
Released	November 21, 2018 (2018-11-21)
Recorded	2010–2018
Studio	Various South Beach and The Studio at the Setai (Miami Beach, Florida) Studio at the Palms (Las Vegas, Nevada) Abel's Crib and Bota (Toronto, Ontario) Daheala & Co., The Lab, and Mobile Jungle City, Downtown, and Matza Ball Studio (New York City, New York) Maison de Musique and No Name (California) Wolf Cousins Studio (Stockholm, Sweden) Conway, Henson, MXM, and Westlake Beverly (Los Angeles, California) Gang Studio (Paris, France) The Treehouse X (Suffolk, United Kingdom) Crown Towers Hotel (Melbourne, Australia)
Genre	R&B
Length	60:05
Label	XO Republic Universal Japan
Producer	Ali Payami Ben Billions Daft Punk DaHeala DannyBoyStyles Doc McKinney Frank Dukes Illangelo Mano Max Martin Pharrell Williams The Weeknd
The Weeknd chronology
My Dear Melancholy (2018) The Weeknd in Japan (2018) After Hours (2020)

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Wicked Games" (from House of Balloons, 2011)	Abel Tesfaye Martin McKinney Carlo Montagnese Rainer Millar Blancheur	McKinney Illangelo	5:25
2.	"Wanderlust" (Pharrell remix) from Kiss Land (iTunes edition), 2013)	Tesfaye Pharrell Williams Danny Schofield Ahmad Balshe Jason Quenneville Richard Munoz Joseph Bostani Selfia Musmin Albert Tamaela	Williams[b] The Weeknd DannyBoyStyles DaHeala	5:07
3.	"The Hills" (from Beauty Behind the Madness, 2015)	Tesfaye Balshe Emmanuel Nickerson Montagnese	Mano Illangelo	4:02
4.	"Can't Feel My Face" (from Beauty Behind the Madness)	Tesfaye Ali Payami Savan Kotecha Max Martin Peter Svensson	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	Ben Billions Illangelo DaHeala DannyBoyStyles The Weeknd	5:48
7.	"Often" (from Beauty Behind the Madness)	Tesfaye Diehl Quenneville Ahmad Balshe Danny Schofield Ali Kocatepe Sabahattin Ali Osman İşmen	Ben Billions The Weeknd DaHeala[a]	4:09
8.	"Might Not" (Belly featuring The Weeknd) (from Up for Days, 2015)	Balshe Diehl Tesfaye	Ben Billions	3:45
9.	"Starboy" (featuring Daft Punk) (from Starboy, 2016)	Tesfaye Thomas Bangalter Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo McKinney Henry Russell Walter Quenneville	Daft Punk Doc McKinney[a] Cirkut[a] The Weeknd[a]	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)	Tesfaye Diehl McKinney Balshe Lana Del Rey	Ben Billions Doc McKinney The Weeknd	4:09
12.	"Secrets" (from Starboy)	Tesfaye McKinney Walter Dylan Wiggins Roland Orzabal Coz Canler Jimmy Marinos Wally Palamarchuk Mike Skill Peter Solley	Doc McKinney The Weeknd Cirkut	4:25
13.	"Call Out My Name" (from My Dear Melancholy, 2018)	Tesfaye Adam Feeney Nicolas Jaar	Frank Dukes	3:48
14.	"Wasted Times" (from My Dear Melancholy)	Tesfaye Brittany "Starrah" Hazzard Sonny Moore Feeney	Frank Dukes Skrillex[a]	3:40
Total length:				60:05

• ^[a] denotes a co-producer
• ^[b] denotes a remix producer
• "Party Monster" features background vocals by Lana Del Rey^[11]
• "Wanderlust (Pharrell remix)" features background vocals by Pharrell Williams

Charts

Chart performance for The Weeknd in Japan

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[12]	157

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Japan	November 21, 2018	CD digital download	Republic	[13]