His trap-infused third album Starboy (2016) saw similar commercial success and included the US number-one lead single of the same name (featuring Daft Punk) and ' Die for You,' and won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album. 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 in addition to a nomination for Album of the Year.

After its release, Tesfaye began contributing to film soundtracks his acclaimed 2014 single ' Earned It' from Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. He explored dark wave for his debut studio album Kiss Land (2013), which debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200. In 2012, he signed with Republic Records and re-issued the mixtapes for his compilation album Trilogy. Two years later, he co-founded the record label XO and released the mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence, which gained recognition for his style of contemporary and alternative R&B as well as the mystique surrounding his identity. His accolades include four Grammy Awards, 20 Billboard Music Awards, 22 Juno Awards, six American Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and a Latin Grammy Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.īorn and raised in Toronto, Tesfaye began his career in 2009 by anonymously releasing music on YouTube.

He is noted for his unconventional music production, artistic reinventions, and his signature use of the falsetto register. Abel Makkonen Tesfaye ( Amharic: አበል መኮነን ተስፋዬ born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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