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The Weeknd

Also known as Abel Tesfaye, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, Kin Kane, Gene Hackerman

Canadian singer and songwriter (born 1990)

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The Weeknd is a Canadian singer and songwriter born in 1990 who has become one of the most prominent figures in contemporary music. His work has significantly influenced modern pop and hip-hop, making him an important cultural figure in the music industry.

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Weeknd Calendar 2022

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Canada
Active from: 1990-02-16

2010s2020salternative r&bcontemporary r&bdance-pophypnagogic pop

Discography

Inside The Dangerously Empty Lives of Teenage Girls.2011
Kiss Land2013
Beauty Behind the Madness2015
Starboy2016
My Dear Melancholy,2018
After Hours2020
Dawn FM2022
Hurry Up Tomorrow2025

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 5,372,329
Total plays: 1,140,265,892

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Official website: www.theweeknd.com
Image: The Weeknd Portrait by Brian Ziff.jpg

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date of birth: 1990-02-16
Commons category: The Weeknd
birth name: Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
start of work period: 2009-00-00
pseudonym: Gene Hackerman
social media followers: 36900000
name in native language: አቤል ተስፋዬ

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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 four 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".