If you think about it, nothing about The Weeknd should make sense. He's the most NSFW household name in the pop game. He appeals to the devil in all of us, and it feels so good. People often compare the Canadian anti-crooner to Michael Jackson , and that's never been more fair than on his latest LP Starboy, but his genius goes way farther back. Impressively, he's done it with hardly any features.
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Abel Makkonen Tesfaye born February 16, , known professionally as The Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He began his recording career in , anonymously uploading several songs to YouTube. In , The Weeknd signed with Republic Records, and re-released the mixtapes as part of the compilation album Trilogy His debut studio album, Kiss Land, was released in He followed the album with Beauty Behind the Madness , which was among the best-selling albums of The Weeknd's third album Starboy was a similar commercial success and included the number-one single of the same name, while it also won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the Grammy Awards. His fourth album, After Hours , featured the number-one singles "Heartless" and "Blinding Lights". Sign in or Register. Born 16 February
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The best Weeknd songs reveal how that happened. Tesfaye threw his hat in the ring in , and his voice fit the track like a glove. The black-and-white music video lends narrative to the loneliness as well, with The Weeknd singing to the camera with a mostly barren background.
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