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The Weeknd
The Weeknd (위켄드) is the stage name of Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990, in Scarborough, Ontario), the Canadian singer-songwriter who reshaped the borders of R&B from a Toronto suburb into a global commercial and critical force. He launched with a trilogy of anonymous mixtapes in 2011, House of Balloons among them, before his major-label debut Kiss Land (2013) and mainstream breakthrough Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) turned him into one of the best-selling artists on the planet. The era-defining After Hours (2020) and its single Blinding Lights, which spent 90 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and broke the record for longest-charting song in the chart's history, confirmed his position at the top of pop. His sixth studio album Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025), completing an album trilogy with After Hours and Dawn FM, dropped on January 31, 2025, via XO and Republic Records. A collaborator across pop, hip-hop, and K-entertainment, his 2023 single One of the Girls with Jennie and Lily-Rose Depp for HBO's The Idol became an RIAA Platinum record.
1 articles6 creditsDebut: March 21, 2011Canadian
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2025
Hurry Up TomorrowAlbum
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2023
One of the GirlsSingle
2022
Dawn FMAlbum
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2020
After HoursAlbum
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2016
StarboyAlbum
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2015
Beauty Behind the MadnessAlbum
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Fans Also Ask
What is The Weeknd's real name?
The Weeknd's real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye. He was born on February 16, 1990, in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, to Ethiopian immigrant parents. He adopted the stage name The Weeknd when he began releasing music anonymously online in 2010, dropping the letter e to avoid trademark issues with a Canadian band called The Weekend.
What is The Weeknd's most successful song?
Blinding Lights, released in 2019, is The Weeknd's most commercially successful single. It spent 90 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, the longest chart run in the history of the chart, peaked at number one, and earned multiple Grammy nominations. The song is one of the best-selling singles of all time with over 4 billion streams on Spotify.
What albums has The Weeknd released?
The Weeknd has released six studio albums: Kiss Land (2013), Beauty Behind the Madness (2015), Starboy (2016), After Hours (2020), Dawn FM (2022), and Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025). He also released the Trilogy compilation in 2012. Hurry Up Tomorrow completes a narrative trilogy with After Hours and Dawn FM, released via XO and Republic Records.
What is the connection between The Weeknd and Jennie?
The Weeknd collaborated with Jennie of BLACKPINK and Lily-Rose Depp on One of the Girls, released in 2023 for the HBO series The Idol. The single was certified RIAA Platinum in June 2024 and surpassed one billion streams on Spotify, making it one of the most commercially successful K-pop crossover collaborations in U.S. certification history.
