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* Kin Kane<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/everything-we-know-about-the-weeknd-before-he-blew-up/|title=Everything We Know About The Weeknd Before He Blew Up|publisher=[[Complex Networks|Complex]]|date=February 16, 2021|last=Marsh|first=Calum|quote=He apparently also recorded music under the names The Noise and Kin Kane.|access-date=May 23, 2021|archive-date=March 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315044609/https://www.complex.com/music/everything-we-know-about-the-weeknd-before-he-blew-up/|url-status=live|mode=cs2}}</ref><!-- Don't add nicknames to this section. This section is only for the different aliases/stage names he used during his musical career. -->
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| birth_name = Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
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'''Abel Makkonen Tesfaye''' ({{lang-am|አቤል መኮንን ተስፋዬ}}; born February 16, 1990), known professionally as '''the<!-- lowercase per [[MOS:THENICKNAME]] --> Weeknd''', is a Canadian singer-songwriter.<!--Keep most notable occupations in lead per [[MOS:ROLEBIO]].--><ref name="Fantasy2">{{Cite news|last=Eells|first=Josh|date=October 21, 2015|title=Sex, Drugs and R&B: Inside The Weeknd's Dark Twisted Fantasy|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|mode=cs2|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sex-drugs-and-rb-inside-the-weeknds-dark-twisted-fantasy-176091/|url-status=live|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615145745/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/sex-drugs-and-r-b-inside-the-weeknds-dark-twisted-fantasy-20151021|archive-date=June 15, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Donnelly |first1=Matt |last2=Sharf |first2=Zack |date=May 22, 2023 |title='The Idol' Scandalizes Cannes With Five-Minute Standing Ovation for Lily-Rose Depp's Masturbating Pop Star, Explicit Nudity and the Weeknd's TV Acting Debut |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-idol-cannes-weeknd-standing-ovation-lily-rose-depp-nudity-1235621084/ |access-date=June 6, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|mode=cs2|language=en-US |archive-date=October 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029161015/https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-idol-cannes-weeknd-standing-ovation-lily-rose-depp-nudity-1235621084/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He is known for his unconventional musical production, artistic reinventions and use of the [[falsetto]] register.
Tesfaye began releasing music [[anonymity|anonymous]]ly in 2009. After co-founding the record label [[XO (record label)|XO]], he released three mixtapes—''[[House of Balloons]]'', ''[[Thursday (album)|Thursday]]'', and ''[[Echoes of Silence]]''—in 2011, and gained recognition for his blend of [[contemporary R&B|contemporary]] and [[alternative R&B]], as well as the mystery surrounding his identity. He signed with [[Republic Records]] to reissue the mixtapes into the compilation album ''[[Trilogy (The Weeknd album)|Trilogy]]'' (2012), and release his debut studio album, ''[[Kiss Land]]'' (2013) the following year. After a string of collaborations and film soundtrack contributions from 2013 and 2014, Tesfaye transitioned from alternative R&B to a [[pop music|pop]] sound with his second and third studio albums, ''[[Beauty Behind the Madness]]'' (2015) and ''[[Starboy (album)|Starboy]]'' (2016), both of which debuted atop the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]. The former yielded his first two US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] number-one singles, "[[Can't Feel My Face]]" and "[[The Hills (song)|The Hills]]", while ''Starboy'' spawned two more: its [[Starboy (song)|title track]] (featuring [[Daft Punk]]), and after a 2023 remix with [[Ariana Grande]], "[[Die for You (The Weeknd song)|Die for You]]".
He returned to alternative R&B for his debut [[extended play]], ''[[My Dear Melancholy]]'' (2018), which included the US top-ten single "[[Call Out My Name]]". He explored the [[dream-pop]] and [[new wave music|new wave]] genres with his fourth studio album, ''[[After Hours (The Weeknd album)|After Hours]]'' (2020), which spawned the record-setting single, "[[Blinding Lights]]", and two other US number-one singles: "[[Heartless (The Weeknd song)|Heartless]]" and "[[Save Your Tears]]". Tesfaye began exploring [[dance-pop]], leading to his fifth album, ''[[Dawn FM]]'' (2022), which included the US top-ten single, "[[Take My Breath]]". In 2023, he co-created and starred in the [[HBO]] drama series ''[[The Idol (TV series)|The Idol]]'', a critical failure
Tesfaye has sold over 75 million records, making him one of the [[List of best-selling music artists|world's best-selling artists]]. He has earned seven [[RIAA certification|diamond-certifications]] from the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for his singles, and is the first artist to simultaneously hold the top three spots on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart. "Blinding Lights" became the [[List of most-streamed songs on Spotify|most-streamed song in Spotify history]], the [[List of Billboard Hot 100 chart achievements and milestones#Top 10 songs of all time (1958–2021)|best-performing song in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100's history]] and the longest-charting song by a solo artist in the chart's history. Tesfaye was listed by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' as one of the world's [[Time 100|most influential people]] in 2020, and was dubbed the "world's most popular artist" by ''[[Guinness World Records]]'' in 2023. An advocate for [[racial equality]] and [[food security]], he was appointed a [[World Food Programme]] [[Goodwill ambassador|Goodwill Ambassador]] in 2021. His [[List of awards and nominations received by the Weeknd|accolades]] include four [[Grammy Award]]s, 20 [[Billboard Music Awards|''Billboard'' Music Awards]], 22 [[Juno Award]]s, six [[American Music Awards]], three [[MTV Video Music Awards]], a [[Latin Grammy Awards|Latin Grammy Award]] and nominations for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and a [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]].
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