Earned It
The Weeknd | Artist Essentials
First released: 2014 (year verified)
Original short single and soundtrack presentation
MusicAtlas editorial note: The short soundtrack presentation lets the measured vocal move between the orchestral accents.
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 2014 (year verified)
The original soundtrack's shorter recording item retains its December 2014 single field before the 2015 soundtrack. Only this supported original year is used; it is not generalized to the longer album presentation.
Recording: Original short single and soundtrack presentation
Credit: The Weeknd
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original single: Earned It
Fifty Shades of Grey - original short Earned It presentation
The original soundtrack program identifies its approximately 4:10 Earned It item and preserves the recording's December 2014 single field before the February 2015 soundtrack. That shorter presentation is selected; equivalence to the longer Beauty Behind the Madness item is not assumed. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Beauty Behind the Madness - original program and earlier single fields
The original 2015 program identifies The Hills, Can't Feel My Face and In the Night. Often retains its original 2014 single field. The longer Earned It album item is not substituted for the chosen shorter soundtrack presentation. The essay's inaccurate blanket description of the soundtrack as a 2014 release is not used. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Annual version match under review
The selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
The selected original short soundtrack presentation and the longer Beauty Behind the Madness item are separately documented. The actual 2015 annual row does not identify its presentation; equivalence of the edits is not assumed and the link remains provisional.
Fifty Shades of Grey - original short Earned It presentation
The original soundtrack program identifies its approximately 4:10 Earned It item and preserves the recording's December 2014 single field before the February 2015 soundtrack. That shorter presentation is selected; equivalence to the longer Beauty Behind the Madness item is not assumed. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Beauty Behind the Madness - original program and earlier single fields
The original 2015 program identifies The Hills, Can't Feel My Face and In the Night. Often retains its original 2014 single field. The longer Earned It album item is not substituted for the chosen shorter soundtrack presentation. The essay's inaccurate blanket description of the soundtrack as a 2014 release is not used. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
About The Weeknd
The Weeknd is the recording name of Canadian singer and songwriter Abel Tesfaye, who grew up in Toronto's Scarborough district. House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence introduced his dark R&B approach in 2011 before their material was gathered for Trilogy. Kiss Land began his studio-album sequence, followed by the wider pop reach of Beauty Behind the Madness and Starboy.
Artist background sources
The Weeknd - Universal Music France biography
Abel Tesfaye identity, Scarborough background, three 2011 mixtapes, subsequent compilation and named studio albums. The source's inconsistent Starboy month, outdated chart positions and inaccurate guest-role wording are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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