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The Weeknd

Born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye

1990–present

Canadian rnb-hiphop

About The Weeknd

The Weeknd grew up in Scarborough, Toronto and shaped a decade of R&B with the dark-tinted, hazy mixtape House of Balloons in 2011 before crossing into pop superstardom with Can't Feel My Face and Starboy. Blinding Lights, released in late 2019, became the most-streamed song in Spotify history. After Hours and Dawn FM cemented his synth-pop turn.