Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as The Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is noted for his unconventional music production, artistic reinventions, and his signature use of the falsetto register. His accolades include 4 Grammy Awards, 20 Billboard Music Awards, 22 Juno Awards, 6 American Music Awards, 2 MTV Video Music Awards, a Latin Grammy Award, and nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Tesfaye earned critical and commercial success with his pop-leaning second album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015), which reached number one in the US, contained the US Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles "Can't Feel My Face" and "The Hills", and won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album and was nominated for Album of the Year. His trap-infused third album Starboy (2016) saw similar commercial success and included the US number-one single of the same name and "Die for You", and won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album. Tesfaye explored new wave and dream pop with his critically-acclaimed fourth studio album After Hours (2020), which featured the chart record-setting single "Blinding Lights" and the US number-one singles "Heartless" and "Save Your Tears". Dance-pop inspired his fifth album Dawn FM (2022), which included the US top-ten single "Take My Breath". Tesfaye is a cinephile, and has made numerous movie references in his music videos and teasers. On August 30, 2019, during the Telluride Film Festival, he made his acting debut in the film Uncut Gems. On March 7, 2020, during his third appearance as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live, he starred in the skit "On The Couch" with actors Kenan Thompson and Chris Redd. On May 4, he co-wrote and starred in an episode of American Dad!. In July, he voiced three characters during the 200th episode of Robot Chicken. On June 29, 2021, Tesfaye announced that he would be co-creating, co-writing, executive producing and starring in the HBO television drama series The Idol, alongside his producing partner Reza Fahim and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. On March 20, 2022, Tesfaye voiced two characters during an episode of The Simpsons. In 2023, it was announced that Tesfaye is co-writing a film with Trey Edward Shults, who is attached to direct; Tesfaye is also set to star in the film, alongside Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. Description above from the Wikipedia article The Weeknd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium
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Hurry Up Tomorrow
The Weeknd - Belong To The World
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The Weeknd - iHeartRadio Music Festival
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The Weeknd: Lollapalooza Brazil
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The Weeknd Reads GQ Until The Lights Go Out
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The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
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Echoes of Silence
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The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience
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Canadian Hits at the BBC
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The Weeknd: Coachella Music Festival Live Show
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He Was Never There, Docupoem
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The Weeknd - Live at Nilton Santos (Engenhão)
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TMZ Presents: The Downfall of Diddy
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Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
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The Weeknd: Live from São Paulo
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Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live
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Uncut Gems
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Lemonade
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The Show
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AWGE DVD: Volume 1
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The Weeknd - Apple Music Festival: London 2015
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iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2020
American Music Awards
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The Idol
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Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
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The Simpsons
(Orion Hughes / Darius Hughes (voice))
MTV Video Music Awards
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Saturday Night Live
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MTV Europe Music Awards
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The Graham Norton Show
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American Dad!
(The Weeknd (voice))
The Weeknd x The Dawn FM Experience
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The Weeknd - Belong To The World
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Echoes of Silence
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The Weeknd: 103.5 Dawn FM
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Avatar: The Way of Water
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The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium
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Hurry Up Tomorrow
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The Weeknd - Live at Nilton Santos (Engenhão)
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Hurry Up Tomorrow
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The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium
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The Weeknd: Live from São Paulo
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Hurry Up Tomorrow
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The Idol
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The Idol
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The Idol
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American Dad!
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The Idol
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