The Weekndmay soon go by a different name, at least when it comes to his music. When he began releasing music around 2009, the R&B artist, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, went by stage names such as the Noise and Kin Kane. Around 2011, he adopted the moniker The Weeknd, which wa...
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye is a Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer, also professionally known by his stage name The Weeknd. Earning himself 3 number-one releases ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’, ‘Starboy’ and ‘My Dear Melancholy’. The Weeknd ha
The Weeknd for Vanity Fair (June 2023) Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born 16 February 1990), known professionally by his stage name The Weeknd is a Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer. In late 2010, Tesfaye anonymously uploaded several songs to YouTube under the name "The Weeknd". He ...
”“Loft Music” and “The Morning” – onto his YouTube. Fellow Torontonian (and then rap’s brightest budding star)Drakenoticed the songs and featured them on hisOVO Blog– a key co-sign that projected The Weeknd’s name (and still not his face) in the media before he dropped...
The Weeknd x the Dawn FM Experience: Directed by Micah Bickham. With The Weeknd, Daniel Lopatin, Maria Arroyo, Tywan Bynum. Enter the experience of Dawn FM as The Weeknd performs his latest album live in a theatrically unsettled and unnerving world.
It looks like the end of an era for The Weeknd is here as the singer has revealed he's ready to hang up making music under his stage name. For W Magazine's third volume of The Pop Issue, published on May 8, the pop icon, aka Abel Tesfaye, reflected on his musical future as The...
The Weeknd has officially released his new single “Dancing In The Flames,” the first song off his upcoming sixth studio album Hurry Up Tomorrow.The 34-year-old singer, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, has said that this will be his final album released under his stage name.The Weeknd ...
People are always worried when their favorite artists start adopting new sounds. In 2018 The Weeknd was due for new music, and the hope that he would drop a throwback to his old themes remained. Now a full blown celebrity, the lack of new music didn't stop The Weeknd's name from hitti...
The Weeknd is our No. 18 Greatest Pop Star of the 21st Century for the way he's turned R&B mixtape success into pop superstardom.
Where would you direct a Weeknd fan in terms of Ethiopian music? Aster Aweke, for sure. You can hear her voice at the end of “False Alarm” on the new album. Her voice is the greatest thing you’ll ever hear. There’s a great composer named Mulatu Astatke, he’s probably the ...