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The Weeknd
Canadian R&B singer
Since 1990
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About
Abel Tesfaye (born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye; February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. Regarded as an influential figure in popular music, he is known for his light-lyric tenor vocal range and falsetto, alternative R&B sound, and dark aesthetics, as well as the cinematic visuals and storytelling of his music videos. His accolades include 4 Grammy Awards, 20 Billboard Music Awards, 22 Juno Awards, 6 American Music Awards, 3 MTV Video Music Awards, and a Latin Grammy Award.
Tesfaye began releasing music anonymously in 2009. After co-founding the record label XO, he released three mixtapes—House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence—in 2011. He signed with Republic Records to compile the mixtapes into the compilation album Trilogy (2012), before releasing his debut studio album, Kiss Land (2013). Following collaborations and film soundtrack contributions from 2013 and 2014, Tesfaye blended alternative R&B with pop on his second and third studio albums, Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) and Starboy (2016); both debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and featured the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Can't Feel My Face", "The Hills", "Starboy", and "Die for You". His debut extended play (EP), My Dear Melancholy (2018), featured the US top-ten single "Call Out My Name".
Tesfaye began an album trilogy based on three time points, starting with the dream pop– and new wave–inspired album After Hours (2020), which spawned the chart-topping singles "Heartless" and "Save Your Tears", as well as "Blinding Lights"—the best-performing song in the Billboard Hot 100's history and the most-streamed song on Spotify. The trilogy's latter two installments, Dawn FM (2022) and Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025), featured the US top-ten singles, "Take My Breath" and "Timeless".
Tesfaye is one of the best-selling and most-streamed artists of all time. He has amassed eight diamond-certified singles from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The first artist to ever surpass 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify and the highest-paid musician in 2025, he ranked among the world's 100 most influential people by Time in 2020. His After Hours til Dawn Tour (2022–2026) set the record for the highest-grossing tour by a male soloist in history. Tesfaye also co-created and starred in the HBO drama series The Idol (2023), and the film Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025). His other ventures include hosting the Apple Music 1 radio show Memento Mori (2018–2022), being appointed goodwill ambassador for the World Food Programme in 2021, and advocacy for racial equality and food security.
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The Weeknd, nom de scène d'Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (en amharique : አበል መኮነን ተስፋዬ, 'äbäl Mäkonän Täsəfayē) est un chanteur, acteur, auteur-compositeur-interprète et producteur canadien, né le 16 février 1990 à Toronto (Canada).
Il commence sa carrière musicale en 2009 en publiant anonymement de la musique sur YouTube. Il fonde le label XO en 2011 et publie ses premières mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday, et Echoes of Silence. Il acquiert rapidement du succès et la reconnaissance de plusieurs médias en raison de son style de RnB contemporain sombre et de la part de mystère entourant son identité.
En 2012, il signe un contrat avec le label Republic Records et réédite les mixtapes dans l'album compilation Trilogy. Son premier album studio, Kiss Land, sort en 2013. Son deuxième album, Beauty Behind the Madness, mis en vente en 2015 et comprenant les singles classés en tête du Billboard Hot 100 Can't Feel My Face et The Hills, remporte le prix du « meilleur album urbain contemporain » aux Grammy Awards. Il fait partie des albums les plus vendus de l'année. Starboy, le troisième album, connait un succès commercial et remporte également le prix du meilleur album urbain contemporain aux Grammy Awards. Son quatrième album, After Hours, affiche plusieurs chansons en tête du classement Billboard Hot 100 telles que Heartless, Save Your Tears et Blinding Lights ; ce dernier single est d’ailleurs devenu la première chanson de l'histoire à passer plus d'un an dans le top 10 du Billboard Hot 100 et c'est en avril 2026 la chanson la plus écoutée de l'histoire de la plateforme musicale Spotify, avec 5,3 milliards d'écoutes dans le monde.
Le chanteur obtient plusieurs récompenses et est nommé pour un Oscar du cinéma dans la catégorie meilleure chanson originale. Il détient plusieurs records dans les palmarès, devenant ainsi le premier artiste avec plusieurs chansons dans le même classement Billboard. En février 2015, le Walk of Fame du Canada lui attribue le prix Allan Slaight. Elton John le classe parmi les 100 personnes les plus influentes de l'année 2020 pour le magazine Time.
Il a une voix notable avec un fausset et un trémolo. Il influence des artistes dans de nombreux styles de musique contemporaine, notamment la pop, le hip-hop et le RnB.
Le 1er janvier 2023, son single Blinding Lights devient, sur Spotify, le plus écouté depuis 2006, dépassant Shape of You d’Ed Sheeran. Il devient, en 2023 et en 2025, l'artiste le plus écouté sur Spotify avec plus de 100 millions d'écoutes mensuelles, passant alors devant Bruno Mars.
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Discography
Albums
- 2013 OVOXO [Dear Valerie]
- 2013 Private Sessions
- 2013 Kiss Land
- 2015 Beauty Behind the Madness
- 2016 Starboy
- 2020 After Hours
- 2022 Dawn FM
- 2024 Popular (The Remixes)
- 2025 Hurry Up Tomorrow
EPs
- 2011 Inside The Dangerously Empty Lives of Teenage Girls.
- 2018 My Dear Melancholy,
- 2023 One of the Girls
Singles
- 2012 Crew Love
- 2012 Remember You
- 2012 Wicked Games
- 2012 Twenty Eight
- 2012 The Zone
- 2013 One of Those Nights
- 2013 Kiss Land
- 2013 Belong to the World
- 2013 Love In The Sky
- 2014 King of the Fall
- 2014 Often
- 2015 In The Night
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- 2015 Love Me Harder
- 2015 Where You Belong (Sohn Remix - Bachata Version)
- 2015 The Hills
- 2015 Can’t Feel My Face
- 2015 Might Not
- 2015 Wonderful
- 2016 What You Need (unreleased version)
- 2016 Low Life
- 2016 Wild Love
- 2016 Starboy
- 2016 False Alarm
- 2016 I Feel It Coming
- 2016 Party Monster
- 2017 Rockin’
- 2017 Some Way
- 2017 Legend of the Fall
- 2017 Lust for Life
- 2017 Down Low
- 2017 A Lie
- 2018 Pray for Me (Ramirez & Rakurs remix)
- 2018 Call Out My Name
- 2018 What You Want
- 2019 Lost in the Fire
- 2019 Wake Up
- 2019 Attention
- 2019 Die for You
- 2019 Love to Lay
- 2019 Ordinary Life
- 2019 Save Your Tears
- 2019 Stargirl Interlude
- 2019 True Colors
- 2019 Heartless
- 2019 Blinding Lights
- 2020 In Your Eyes
- 2020 After Hours
- 2020 Heartless / Blinding Lights
- 2020 Smile
- 2020 Blinding Lights (Clockartz bootleg)
- 2020 Over Now
- 2020 Christmas Blues
- 2021 You Right
- 2021 Better Believe
- 2021 Take My Breath
- 2021 Hurricane
- 2021 Moth to a Flame
- 2021 One Right Now
- 2021 LA FAMA
- 2021 tears in the club
- 2021 Poison
- 2022 Sacrifice
- 2022 Less Than Zero
- 2022 Gasoline
- 2022 Left My Heart In '83
- 2023 K‐POP
- 2023 Another One of Me
- 2024 Dancing in the Flames