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#12 The Weeknd — q's top 20 albums of 2015

Toronto's own The Weeknd takes the #12 spot with Beauty Behind The Madness.
The Weeknd slides into the q top 20 at #12. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

All month we'll be counting down the top 20 albums of 2015 — our annual list of must-hear albums.

The Weeknd takes the #12 spot with Beauty Behind The Madness. The Toronto musician emerged from shadows in 2014 with a sultry song for the 50 Shades of Grey soundtrack — then, in 2015, things totally blew up for him.

Twice this year, he topped the charts and several times drew comparisons to the king of pop.

The Weeknd, like Michael Jackson before him, reminds us that beneath sticky melodies and thumping beats ... pop has a dark side.

WEB EXTRA | Watch The Weeknd's smash hit I Can't Feel My Face below.