Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (Amharic: አቤል መኮንን ተስፋዬ; born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. [2] [3] Recognized for his unconventional musical production, artistic reinventions, and falsetto register, Tesfaye is regarded as highly innovative and influential.

Official YouTube channel for The Weeknd. HURRY UP TOMORROW – in theaters May 16, 2025. Starring Abel Tesfaye, Jenna Ortega, and Barry Keoghan.

Feb 9, 2021 · Find out more about the life and career of alternative R&B performer The Weeknd, who has created such hits as "Can't Feel My Face" and "The Hills," at Biography.com.

The Weeknd is releasing an exclusive, one-of-a-kind project. This special-edition cover features a sketch from Basquiat's early career that has rarely been featured or used commercially before.

Jan 27, 2025 · The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter best known for his explicit songs about sex and drugs, many of which are autobiographical, and for his soaring falsetto and its singular tremolo.

5 days ago · The Weeknd performed his swan song from the recent album at the Grammys, on Sunday night, an unexpected rupture in the artist’s four-year boycott of the ceremony. In 2020, the Grammys failed to ...

The Weeknd is releasing an exclusive, one-of-a-kind project. This special-edition cover features a sketch from Basquiat's early career that has rarely been featured or used commercially...

The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. His birthday is Feb. 16, 1990, and his height is 5'8". He launched his career by anonymously uploading his music to...

2 days ago · The set’s sales of 359,000 claim The Weeknd’s largest sales week ever. The set was released as a nine-song standard album, widely available through digital download retailers.

Jan 31, 2025 · A year after the release of his GRAMMY®-winning breakthrough—2015’s Beauty Behind the Madness—The Weeknd returns with Starboy, a double album of interstellar soul and feverish R&B that orbits around an ambitious title character.