Understanding The Weeknd

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Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as The Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. In 2010, he anonymously uploaded several songs to YouTube under the name "The Weeknd" and released the mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence in 2011 which quickly gained him a following and recognition from several mainstream publications due to his dark wave-style of R&B and the mystique surrounding his identity.

House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence were later remastered and re-released on the compilation album Trilogy (2012). In 2013, The Weeknd released his debut album Kiss Land and followed it up with Beauty Behind the Madness (2015), the latter of which became his first Billboard 200 number-one album, and featured the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Can't Feel My Face" and "The Hills". At the 56th Grammy Awards, Beauty Behind the Madness won Best Urban Contemporary Album and was nominated for Album of the Year. A year after the release of the album, The Weeknd released his third album Starboy (2016), which spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit of the same name. His debut EP My Dear Melancholy (2018) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and preceded his fourth album After Hours (2020).

The Weeknd has won three Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, nine Billboard Music Awards, nine Juno Awards, and has been nominated for an Academy Award. He holds several chart records, being the first artist to simultaneously hold the top three positions on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart with "Can't Feel My Face", "Earned It", and "The Hills", while the "The Hills" was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). One of the most successful Canadian recording artists, The Weeknd was awarded the Allan Slaight Award by Canada's Walk of Fame for "making a positive impact in the fields of music, film, literature, visual or performing arts, sports, innovation or philanthropy". He has sold over 70 million records in the US.

On November 24, 2019, "Blinding Lights", the expected lead single of his fourth album, was announced via a Mercedes-Benz commercial on German television. The next day, footage of its music video being shot in Fremont Street, Las Vegas surfaced. News outlets then began reporting that Tesfaye would follow up "Blinding Lights" with another single titled "Heartless". After having covered the aforementioned singles on November 25, 2019, the following day, news outlets reported that Tesfaye had registered a song titled "Like Selena", which was reported to have been possibly named after the singer's ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez. In promotion of the upcoming album, episode seven of The Weeknd's Memento Mori Beats 1 radio show was released on November 27, 2019. The single "Heartless" went on to debut at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and later became his fourth number one single on the chart, the following week. With "Blinding Lights" debuting at number 11 on the chart when the aforementioned single topped the chart, and then reaching the top ten on the issue dated February 29, 2020. Tesfaye revealed the album's title, After Hours, and release date, March 20, 2020, on February 19, 2020, and released the album's title track as a promotional single simultaneously. Subsequently, the album was released on March 20, 2020, containing the singles "Heartless", "Blinding Lights" and "In Your Eyes".

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[Volksgeist]

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[aysdowne]

this man controlled my emotions for years. abel is different, he drowns you in your own emotions.

[sodadecounty]

I love the fact he doesn’t do interviews, he just let the music speak for itself

[rayvee]

The cool thing about his career is that each album has a different concept unlike other artists, i mean look at how different is Starboy and After Hours

[jjfossum]

Its actually not that complicated Volksgeist. Two workfree days at the end of the week💯

[xpertg]

If Abel signed to OVO he would have turned out like PARTYNEXTDOOR, somewhere in a dungeon writing for Drake.

[lillemand]

Abel just makes great music, and he just concentrates on that. He doesn’t need to compensate for subpar music with scandals and attentionseeking.

[mikegrim]

Favorite song right now is “Faith” it slaps so hard!!!!

[octaviomeza]

Privilege off of “My Dear Melancholy”. That song is dangerousss

[amanxsen]

real fans understand that abel was just a humble dude tryna come up. he ain't do it for the money he probably did it for his mom.

[jjisloving]

The Weeknd is definitely one of the most interesting, mysterious, and talented figures in music I’ve ever came across

[Rushes]

Abel is & will go down as one of the greatest artists of all time. He’s just so special

[lMarcosCobain]

My favorite song is "King of the Fall". Defines his character perfectly. So underrated.

[salvadordali]

“ nights past so much quicker than the days did, same clothes you ain’t ready for your day shift “.

[golu_badbola]

I like his aesthetic.
Not a cliché pop artist but something different, original and nostalgic all mashed into one single musical style.

[iamanniexe]

Everyone wants to know about the Weeknd, but no one sets time aside to get to know the Weekdys. Tuesdy has it rough, man.

[montekris]

Who else knew this was coming since after hours dropped

[cheryal]

I’m very interested in this man tbh. He’s talented af

[jacobdinman]

Frank ocean shares many characteristics as Abel:
Both have Poor relationship with their father
Both Close to their mother
Both have Few public appearances
Both Amazing singing and songwriting
Both Songwriters for more famous artists
Both created their own labels
Both have secretive life’s but have deeply personal lyrics
And many others

[Poecstasy]

The song that has the most emotion from all his songs is probably “Tears in the Rain” from Kiss Land. You can hear the pain when he sings that song. Like he’s finally had enough and he unleashes all this emotion. You can hear the regret and shame. That song is very important to me. He sings of emotions that men feel but don’t speak of. He’s a different artist. He doesn’t belong to this generation. He’s too good at his art.