The song was released as the lead single from the soundtrack to the 15 film Fifty Shades of Grey and was included on The Weeknd's second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness (15) "Earned It" peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming The WeekndIncluded was the Weeknd's Earned It and Ellie Goulding's Love Me Like You Do, with videos for both arriving Earned It – The Weeknd The Weeknd can do no wrong His voice is beyond soothing, he can sing the telephone book and it'd still be incredible Earned It was the first song released ahead of Fifty Shades of Grey Of course it went on to win a Grammy and was nominated for an Academy Award
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