Recently, a particular Canadian singer-songwriter that is none other than The Weeknd has released Dawn FM which is his fifth studio album. It was released on the 7th of January 2022 through XO and Republic Records. The album features narration by Jim Carrey, guest vocals from Tyler the Creator, and Lil Wayne. The Weeknd has described the album’s concept as a state of purgatory, a journey towards the ‘light at the end of a tunnel’ and serves as a sequel to his fourth studio album After Hours. Musically, the Dawn FM album is an upbeat record that contains genres of dance-pop and synth-pop songs that are inspired by the 1980s new wave, funk, and electronic dance music styles.
Since the release of the Dawn FM album, it has been topping so many charts worldwide. One of them would be the U.K album charts. According to Billboard, the album has started with 20,000-plus chart sales in just the first week and it is also the first album released in the year 2022 that is able to lead the U.K. chart. It is indeed a great album.
Amazingly, 94% of the album weekly total is made up of streams only because it still has no physical version that is available for the fans. The progress of the particular new album has been announced by the Official Charts Company. In addition, The Weeknd has promoted the Dawn FM album with an Amazon Music event on the album’s release day, in which he served it as a disc jockey and played the album to an audience. A great technique was used by him.
Sources: Billboard.