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The Weeknd
$\"Tesfaye$ The Weeknd at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (1990-02-16) February 16, 1990 (age 34) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Other names	\n The Noise \n Kin Kane^[1] \n
Occupations	\n Singer-songwriter \n record producer \n actor \n businessman \n
Years active	2009\u2013present
Works	\n Discography \n songs recorded \n videography \n
Awards	Full list
Musical career
Genres	\n Pop \n alternative R&B \n R&B \n synth-pop \n new wave \n dance \n
Instruments	\n Vocals \n keyboards \n
Labels	\n XO \n Republic \n
\n Musical artist
Website	theweeknd.com
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Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (Amharic: \u12a0\u1264\u120d \u1218\u12ae\u1295\u1295 \u1270\u1235\u134b\u12ec; born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor.^[2]^[3] Recognized for his unconventional musical production, artistic reinventions, and falsetto register, Tesfaye is regarded as highly innovative and influential. His accolades include four Grammy Awards, 20 Billboard Music Awards, 22 Juno Awards, six American Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, a Latin Grammy Award and nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.\n

Tesfaye began releasing music anonymously in 2009. After co-founding the record label XO, he released three mixtapes\u2014House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence\u2014in 2011, and gained recognition for his blend of contemporary and alternative R&B, as well as the mystery surrounding his identity. He signed with Republic Records to reissue the mixtapes into the compilation album Trilogy (2012), and release his debut studio album, Kiss Land (2013) the following year. After a string of collaborations and film soundtrack contributions from 2013 and 2014, Tesfaye transitioned from alternative R&B to a pop sound with his second and third studio albums, Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) and Starboy (2016), both of which debuted atop the US Billboard 200, spawning the US Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles \"Can't Feel My Face\", \"The Hills\", \"Starboy\" and \"Die for You\".\n

He returned to alternative R&B for his debut extended play, My Dear Melancholy (2018), which included the US top-ten single \"Call Out My Name\". He explored the dream-pop and new wave genres with his fourth studio album, After Hours (2020), which spawned the chart-topping singles \"Heartless\", \"Save Your Tears\", as well as \"Blinding Lights\", which became the best-performing song in the Billboard Hot 100's history and the longest-charting song at the time. Tesfaye began exploring dance-pop, leading to his fifth album, Dawn FM (2022), which included the US top-ten single, \"Take My Breath\". In 2023, he co-created and starred in the HBO drama series The Idol, which was a critical failure, while its accompanying soundtrack saw commercial success. His sixth album, Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025), yielded the US top-five single, \"Timeless\".\n

Tesfaye has sold over 75 million records, making him one of the world's best-selling artists. He has earned seven diamond-certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for his singles, and is the first artist to simultaneously hold the top three spots on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. He has also set the record for most songs to have over 1 billion streams on Spotify (27),^[4] with \"Blinding Lights\" being the most-streamed song in the app's history. Tesfaye was listed by Time as one of the world's most influential people in 2020, and was dubbed the \"world's most popular artist\" by Guinness World Records in 2023. An advocate for racial equality and food security, he was appointed a World Food Programme goodwill ambassador in 2021. He has donated millions to causes related to racial equality, food security, and disaster relief, including substantial contributions to COVID-19 relief efforts and the Ethiopian humanitarian crisis.\n

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\n Discography \n Videography \n Songs \n Awards and nominations \n
Studio albums	\n Kiss Land (2013) \n Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) \n Starboy (2016) \n After Hours (2020) \n Dawn FM (2022) \n Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025) \n
Mixtapes	\n House of Balloons (2011) \n Thursday (2011) \n Echoes of Silence (2011) \n
EPs	\n My Dear Melancholy (2018) \n After Hours (Remixes) (2020) \n The Dawn FM Experience (2022) \n Music from The Idol (2023) \n
Compilation albums	\n Trilogy (2012) \n The Weeknd in Japan (2018) \n The Highlights (2021) \n
Live albums	\n Live at SoFi Stadium (2023) \n
Tours and shows	\n King of the Fall Tour \n The Madness Fall Tour \n Starboy: Legend of the Fall Tour \n The Weeknd Asia Tour \n Super Bowl LV halftime show \n After Hours til Dawn Tour \n
See also	\n XO \n Memento Mori \n The Idol \n \"Heart on My Sleeve\" \n Hurry Up Tomorrow \n
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