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  • The Weeknd is the stage name of Abel Tesfaye, a Canadian singer-songwriter born on the 16th of February 1990. The spelling is deliberate. Tesfaye chose the name because he had left home on a weekend, then dropped the last 'e' to avoid trademark trouble with a Canadian pop rock band called the Weekend. It is a fitting origin for an artist who began by withholding his identity. His earliest songs surfaced online with no face and no real name attached. Years later he would be playing stadiums, starring on screen and making headlines for reasons beyond the music. How does an anonymous uploader from the suburbs of Ontario become one of the most-streamed artists of all time? What does his sound borrow from, and from whom? And what happens when that much attention arrives?

  • Makkonen Tesfaye and Samrawit Hailu, Ethiopian immigrants to Canada, separated shortly after the birth of their only child. That child, Abel, was born in an Ontario city reported variously as Toronto or Scarborough. His mother and grandmother raised him in the suburb of Scarborough. He grew up speaking Amharic, and a French immersion school made him fluent in French. His later schooling took place at West Hill Collegiate Institute and Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute.

    The patronymic on his birth name, Makkonen, is spelled differently from the traditional Ethiopian form, Makonnen. Its resemblance to a Finnish surname is pure coincidence. The odd spelling might come from a typographic error or from a new variant of the old name. In 2024 he legally removed his middle name altogether.

    At seventeen, Tesfaye dropped out of school and moved into an apartment in the neighbourhood of Parkdale with two friends. One of them, La Mar Taylor, remains his best friend and is now his creative director. Their lifestyle was hedonistic. Tesfaye has described drugs as a "crutch" when he wrote music, naming ketamine, cocaine, MDMA, magic mushrooms and cough syrup. He also experienced homelessness and was incarcerated on several occasions. Those years, he says, pushed him to "smarten up, to focus".

    Before the Weeknd, he performed as Kin Kane in a hip-hop duo called Bulleez n Nerdz. He also belonged to a production team called the Noise. Neither project carried the name that would later make him known.

  • In August 2009, Tesfaye began releasing music on YouTube without saying who he was. A party the following year put him in the same room as the producer Jeremy Rose, who heard him freestyle over an instrumental. Rose asked whether he wanted to build a dark R&B project together. They recorded several songs, then parted over creative differences. Tesfaye could keep the material on one condition, that Rose receive production credits.

    In December 2010, three songs appeared on YouTube under the username xoxxxoooxo. They were "What You Need", "Loft Music" and "The Morning". The uploader's identity stayed secret, yet the songs spread. The rapper Drake acknowledged them in a blog post, and outlets including Pitchfork and The New York Times followed.

    In 2011, Tesfaye met the music executives Wassim "Sal" Slaiby and Amir "Cash" Esmailian. Together with Taylor, the four founded the XO record label. The first mixtape, House of Balloons, came out on the 21st of March 2011, with production from Illangelo and Doc McKinney. It also held tracks that Rose had produced, although Rose received no production credit. It was one of ten nominees shortlisted for that year's Polaris Music Prize.

    Tesfaye began working with Drake in May 2011, and on the 31st of July he earned a place at Drake's OVO Fest. That same month he gave his first live performance, at the Mod Club Theatre in Toronto. The show drew press attention partly because Drake was in the audience. His song "High For This" also reached American viewers through an ad campaign for the final season of HBO's Entourage. The second mixtape, Thursday, followed on the 18th of August. On the 15th of November, Drake's album Take Care appeared with four contributions from Tesfaye, including a featured spot on "Crew Love". The third mixtape, Echoes of Silence, arrived on the 21st of December and was long-listed for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize.

    In April 2012, he played Coachella and two sold-out shows at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. European festivals followed, including Primavera Sound in Spain and Portugal and the Wireless Festival in the United Kingdom. In September 2012 he signed with Republic Records, which took on XO as a subsidiary label. His first concert tour, the Fall Tour, combined headlining shows with opening slots for the English band Florence and the Machine. On the 13th of November 2012 he released Trilogy, which gathered remixed and remastered versions of the three mixtapes plus three additional tracks. It debuted at number four on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 86,000 copies. The RIAA later certified it platinum, and Music Canada certified it double platinum. Trilogy also earned a nomination in the BBC's Sound of 2013 poll, which looked ahead to the year his first studio album would arrive.

  • On the 10th of September 2013, Kiss Land became Tesfaye's debut studio album and entered the Billboard 200 at number two with 96,000 copies. Reviews were generally positive. That autumn he toured North America and England. In early 2014 he opened the European leg of Drake's Would You Like a Tour? Soundtrack work included two songs for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, among them "Elastic Heart" with Sia and Diplo.

    A guest turn on Ariana Grande's "Love Me Harder" peaked at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2014. On the 23rd of December 2014, he released "Earned It" for the soundtrack of Fifty Shades of Grey. It peaked at number three and brought his first and only Academy Award nomination, for Best Original Song. At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards it won Best R&B Performance.

    The year 2015 produced his first number ones. "Can't Feel My Face" reached the top of the Hot 100 after debuting at number twenty-four, and "The Hills" followed it there. The RIAA later made "The Hills" his first diamond-certified record. At one point he held all three slots on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the first artist to do so. Beauty Behind the Madness arrived on the 28th of August 2015 and opened at number one on the Billboard 200 with 412,000 album-equivalent units. It also reached number one in Canada, Australia, Norway and the United Kingdom. With over 60 million streams, it was the most-streamed album of 2015, and it sold 1.5 million copies worldwide. It won Best Urban Contemporary Album and was nominated for Album of the Year.

    The title track of Starboy, featuring Daft Punk, was released on the 21st of September 2016. It debuted at number 40 and climbed to number one. The album came out on the 25th of November and debuted at number one with 348,000 units. It won Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, his second win in that category. On the 30th of March 2018, his debut extended play, My Dear Melancholy, also topped the Billboard 200 with 169,000 units. It was the shortest album by track count to reach the top in eight years.

    On the 27th of November 2019, "Heartless" arrived as the lead single from After Hours and went to number one. Two days later came "Blinding Lights", which debuted at number eleven and also reached number one. It became the first song in the chart's history to hold a top-ten spot for an entire year. At 90 weeks, it was the longest-charting song by a solo artist on the Hot 100. On the 23rd of November 2021, Billboard ranked it the best-performing song in the chart's history, ahead of "The Twist" by Chubby Checker. By the 1st of January 2023 it had become the most-streamed song on Spotify, with 3.3 billion streams.

    After Hours itself debuted at number one on the 20th of March 2020 with 444,000 units. In its first charting week Tesfaye became the first artist to lead the Billboard 200, the Hot 100, the Artist 100, the Hot 100 Songwriters and the Hot 100 Producers charts simultaneously. On the 7th of February 2021, he headlined the Super Bowl LV halftime show, the first Canadian solo artist to do so. He reportedly spent US$7 million of his own money on it. Toronto's mayor, John Tory, declared that date Weeknd Day.

    Dawn FM, released on the 7th of January 2022, debuted at number two with 148,000 units. He set a record for a male soloist on the Billboard Global 200, with twenty-four songs on the chart at once. His After Hours til Dawn Tour, which ran from 2022 to 2026, became the highest-grossing tour by a male soloist in history. In 2023, "Die for You", a song from 2016, found new life, and a remix with Ariana Grande hit number one on the chart dated the 11th of March. On the 31st of January 2025, Hurry Up Tomorrow opened at number one with 490,500 units, including 359,000 in pure album sales. It was his fifth chart-topping album in the United States. Estimates now put his sales above 75 million units, and the RIAA has certified eight of his singles diamond. On the 30th of December 2025, he became the first artist on Spotify with thirty songs that each passed one billion streams.

  • Michael Jackson, Prince and R. Kelly are the three artists Tesfaye names as his main inspirations. Jackson's music pushed him toward singing, and he points to the lyrics of "Dirty Diana" as an example. Ethiopian singers such as Aster Aweke shaped his high-flying vocal style. The 2002 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, he says, opened his eyes to 1980s music. He told Billboard, "I've always had an admiration for the era before I was born." Siouxsie and the Banshees and Cocteau Twins, he added, play a huge role in the sound of his first mixtape. Deftones influenced the making of all three mixtapes. When Daft Punk announced their split in 2021, he said, "Those guys are one of the reasons I make music."

    Critics describe his songs as "built around a fogged, crepuscular production", with slow tempos, rumbling bass and forlorn echoes. The samples he chooses are unusual for R&B, drawing on punk, shoegaze, dream pop and alternative rock. Marc Hogan of Spin noted sources such as Beach House, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Aaliyah. Ian Cohen of Pitchfork credited Tesfaye's main producers, Illangelo and Doc McKinney, with developing "a state-of-the-art R&B template" alongside him. Lyrically, the songs dwell on hurt, sex, drugs and partying. Paul MacInnes of The Guardian read the three mixtapes as "a rough trajectory of party, after-party and hangover". Tesfaye says that singing vulgar lyrics in an elegant, sexy way is his homage to R. Kelly and, to a degree, Prince.

    His singing often sits in a falsetto register. He is a light-lyric tenor whose range spans more than three octaves, from a low F2 to a high G5. J. D. Considine heard a tremulous quality like Michael Jackson's, but with Arabic-influenced melisma in place of Jackson's grounding in the blues. Hannah Giogis of Pitchfork traced his trademark vibrato to a long Ethiopian tradition of pained longing. In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked him number 110 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. Asked about the alternative R&B label by Time in 2015, he answered, "Alternative R&B is in my soul. It's not going anywhere."

  • On the 30th of August 2019, at the Telluride Film Festival, Tesfaye made his acting debut in Uncut Gems, playing himself. Voice work followed. He guest-starred on American Dad! in an episode he also co-wrote, and he voiced three characters in the 200th episode of Robot Chicken. In March 2022 he appeared in an episode of The Simpsons.

    His largest screen role came with The Idol, an HBO drama he co-created with Sam Levinson. He starred opposite Lily-Rose Depp. The series premiered out of competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where its graphic nudity and sexual material caused significant controversy. Reviews were widely negative. The Hollywood Reporter called it "regressive rather than transgressive", and Tesfaye's acting drew harsh notices of its own.

    On the 1st of March 2023, before the premiere, Rolling Stone published an exposé on conditions behind the scenes. The original director, Amy Seimetz, had exited with roughly 80 percent of the six-episode series finished. Reports said the show was overhauled because Tesfaye felt it had too much of a female perspective. More than 14 crew members alleged a toxic work environment. One said, "It went from satire to the thing it was satirizing." Tesfaye answered by posting a clip in which characters ask, "Rolling Stone? Aren't they a little irrelevant?" Critics pointed out that his 2011 song "Rolling Stone" had boasted about being recognized by the magazine. In an interview with Vanity Fair, he blamed scheduling difficulties with Seimetz and production timelines, along with a wish not to rush his first show. On the 28th of August 2023, HBO announced it had cancelled the series after one season.

    On the 8th of June 2023, Tesfaye announced a series of EPs of music from the show, each released after an episode premiered. Collaborators included Future, Playboi Carti, Madonna, Lil Baby, Lily-Rose Depp and Jennie of the South Korean group Blackpink. The EPs produced the hits "Popular" and "One of the Girls".

    The companion film Hurry Up Tomorrow, starring Tesfaye alongside Jenna Ortega and directed by Trey Edward Shults, opened on the 16th of May 2025. It grossed $7.6 million against a $15 million budget. Brandon Yu of The New York Times called the psychological thriller "all style and no substance", and IndieWire labeled it one of the "worst vanity projects ever made". A further film credit, Rolling Loud: The Movie, is listed for 2026.

  • In December 2015, the firm Cutting Edge Music sued Tesfaye, alleging that the bassline of "The Hills" came from the score of the 2013 science fiction film The Machine. In September 2018, he and Daft Punk were sued over the rhythm of "Starboy", which the plaintiffs said was taken from the Ethiopian poet and singer-songwriter Yasminah. Tesfaye denied the allegations.

    In April 2019, three British musicians, William Smith, Brian Clover and Scott McCulloch, sued over "A Lonely Night", seeking $150,000 from Tesfaye and Belly. A court dismissed the case in August 2019 with an option to amend, finding no showing of access or substantial similarity. The plaintiffs filed an amended claim in September 2019, and it remains in litigation. In February 2020, the band Yeasayer claimed that "Pray for Me" used an unauthorized sample of their song "Sunrise", then voluntarily dropped the suit later that year. In September 2021, the producers Suniel Fox and Henry Strange sued over "Call Out My Name", calling it strikingly similar to their 2015 track "Vibeking".

    In January 2019, the single "Lost in the Fire", made with Gesaffelstein, drew criticism for its second verse. Critics called the lines homophobic and accused them of fetishizing bisexuality. Tesfaye responded obliquely on "Snowchild", singing, "Every month another accusation / Only thing I'm phobic of is failing".

    His rift with Drake began in 2019, when Tesfaye disapproved of Drake's friendship with his ex-girlfriend, Bella Hadid. The two settled it in 2022, a year after Drake defended Tesfaye's decision not to submit music for Grammy consideration. On the 22nd of March 2024, the feud reignited when Tesfaye guested on Future and Metro Boomin's album We Still Don't Trust You. On the track "All to Myself" he thanked God that he "never signed his life away", a reference to Drake's label, OVO Sound. Drake later pulled Tesfaye into his wider feuds with Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar.

    In November 2020, the 63rd Grammy nominations came out without a single mention of Tesfaye, despite the success of After Hours. He tweeted, "The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency..." Rolling Stone reported that talks about a ceremony performance had collapsed because he was also booked for the Super Bowl halftime show. Recording Academy president Harvey Mason Jr. said that voting had ended before that booking was announced. Days later Tesfaye said, "I personally don't care anymore." Halsey, whose 2020 album Manic also received no nominations, spoke out in solidarity with him.

  • In June 2018, Tesfaye launched Memento Mori, a radio show on Apple Music 1, then known as Beats 1. The first episode aired on the 8th of June while he was living in Paris. Guests hosted their own episodes and built playlists, and songs that inspired his albums during recording filled the rest. The ninth episode, on the 13th of August 2020, celebrated Kiss Land and included unreleased tracks and a Lana Del Rey collaboration.

    After receiving a Bikila Award in 2014, Tesfaye gave CA$50,000 to the University of Toronto to fund a course on Ge'ez, the classical language of Ethiopia. In May 2016, during Orthodox Easter, he gave CA$50,000 to St. Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Cathedral in Toronto, a church he attended growing up. In June 2017, he donated US$100,000 to the Suubi Health Center, a maternity and children's facility in Budondo, Uganda. In April 2020, he sold face masks for the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund and gave US$500,000 to MusiCares and CA$500,000 to the Scarborough Health Network. A month later he gave US$500,000 across the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp and the National Bail Out. His interactive TikTok concert on the 7th of August 2020 drew two million total viewers, 275,000 of them at the same moment. It raised over US$350,000 for the Equal Justice Initiative.

    On the 4th of April 2021, Tesfaye announced a US$1,000,000 donation through the United Nations World Food Programme to relief efforts for people affected by the Tigray War in Ethiopia. He was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the programme on the 7th of October 2021. In March 2022, he launched the XO Humanitarian Fund, pledging US$1 from every ticket sold on his After Hours til Dawn Tour plus US$500,000. Some $2,500,000 from the fund went to the programme's response in the Gaza Strip, providing four million emergency meals. In April 2024, he announced a further $2 million for bread in Gaza. In November 2025, he gave $350,000 toward the response to Hurricane Melissa.

    In 2016, he became a creative collaborator and global brand ambassador for Puma. In 2019, he became an owner and global ambassador of the esports company OverActive Media. Since 2023, he has run Samra Origins, a specialty coffee brand with Blue Bottle Coffee, named after his mother and inspired by his Ethiopian heritage. In December 2023, Fortnite named him the headlining artist of its Fortnite Festival mode. In December 2025, he secured a $1 billion deal with Lyric Capital that put his catalogue into a joint venture while preserving his freedom to use the publishing and masters' rights. His entrepreneurial initiative Black HXOUSE, launched in 2020 with TD Bank, has a counterpart in education. On the 22nd of January 2026, HXOUSE announced a partnership with Point Park University for a Creative Direction Credential Program for young artists in Pittsburgh, which began in March.

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Common questions

Why is Abel Tesfaye called the Weeknd?

Abel Tesfaye took the stage name the Weeknd because he left home on a weekend. He removed the last 'e' from the word to avoid trademark issues with a Canadian pop rock band called the Weekend.

Where did the Weeknd grow up?

The Weeknd grew up in the suburb of Scarborough in Ontario, Canada, raised by his mother and grandmother. His parents were Ethiopian immigrants, and he grew up speaking Amharic and became fluent in French at a French immersion school.

How did the Weeknd start his music career?

The Weeknd began releasing music anonymously on YouTube in August 2009. In December 2010 he uploaded "What You Need", "Loft Music" and "The Morning" under the username xoxxxoooxo, and the rapper Drake acknowledged them in a blog post.

What is the Weeknd's biggest song, "Blinding Lights"?

"Blinding Lights" was ranked the best-performing song in the Billboard Hot 100's history on the 23rd of November 2021, ahead of "The Twist" by Chubby Checker. It became the most-streamed song on Spotify by the 1st of January 2023, with 3.3 billion streams.

Which Weeknd releases reached number one on the Billboard 200?

Beauty Behind the Madness, Starboy, the EP My Dear Melancholy, After Hours and Hurry Up Tomorrow have each topped the Billboard 200. Hurry Up Tomorrow, released on the 31st of January 2025, was his fifth chart-topping album with 490,500 units.

What happened to the Weeknd's HBO series The Idol?

HBO announced on the 28th of August 2023 that it had cancelled The Idol after one season. The show, co-created by the Weeknd and Sam Levinson, received widely negative reviews and faced controversy over its sexual content and reported working conditions.

What charity work is the Weeknd known for?

The Weeknd was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations World Food Programme on the 7th of October 2021. In March 2022 he launched the XO Humanitarian Fund, and he has also donated to causes including MusiCares, the Equal Justice Initiative and the University of Toronto.

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  17. 17Scarborough-born superstar The Weeknd donates half a million dollars to support frontline hospital workers at SHNJune 29, 2020
  18. 18Today, I awarded the Key to the City to Scarborough-born music superstar Abel 'The Weeknd' Tesfaye. ...Olivia Chow — July 26, 2025
  19. 19With support from The Weeknd, U of T's Ethiopic program soars past $500,000 endowment goalNovember 2, 2020
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  26. 26NewsScarborough native The Weeknd scores seven Grammy nominationsTara Hatherly — December 7, 2015
  27. 27NewsWhy The Weeknd is truly Toronto's very ownAnupa Mistry — October 30, 2015
  28. 28NewsThe Weeknd Reveals the Humble Job He Had Before Becoming Famous — and How He Still Works with His Old Boss
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  30. 30MagazineThe Weeknd Reveals How His Fans Helped Him Overcome Stage FrightLindsay Kimble — December 12, 2016
  31. 31NewsThe Weeknd: 'Drugs were a crutch for me'Tom Lamont — December 3, 2016
  32. 32NewsThe Weeknd Opens Up About His 'Dark' PastLuchina Fisher — December 5, 2016
  33. 33MagazineThe Weeknd opens up about 'heavy' drug useNick Levine — December 3, 2016
  34. 34NewsThe Weeknd Reveals How He Got His Name... And Where The 'E' WentBrenna Ehrlich — MTV News — September 13, 2013
  35. 35Hear Unreleased Early Tracks From the WeekndTom Breihan — May 25, 2011
  36. 36NewsHow the Producer of The Weeknd's Breakout Tracks Got Majorly ScrewedPatrick McGuire — March 22, 2012
  37. 3710-Year High: The Weeknd's Game-Changing DecadeDecember 27, 2019
  38. 38NewsScreams That Charmed, and Other Overlooked HighlightsJon Caramanica — December 31, 2010
  39. 39NewsSingles File: Da Phuture, The Weeknd, Fever RayAllison Stewart — March 14, 2011
  40. 40NewsLove and Other Drugs: The Weeknd's Altered-State R&BJulianne Escobedo Shepherd — WNET — March 23, 2011
  41. 41NewsThe Weeknd – What You NeedLarry Fitzmaurice — March 4, 2011
  42. 42NewsThe Weeknd on the Crew That Boosted Him From 'Basically Homeless' to the Super BowlKatie Bain — January 28, 2021
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  44. 44NewsSay Hello to The Weeknd, Drake Co-SignsErika Ramirez — March 21, 2011
  45. 4525 best Canadian debut albums everJune 16, 2017
  46. 46Polaris Music Prize
  47. 47NewsGreat days for WeekndDavid Friend — September 17, 2011
  48. 48NewsThe Weeknd to Play Drake's OVO FestivalLarry Fitzmaurice — July 3, 2011
  49. 49NewsThe Weeknd's perfect premiereKevin Ritchie — July 25, 2011
  50. 50BBC - Music - Review of The Weeknd - ThursdayMike Diver — BBC
  51. 51MagazineDrake Sets The Record Straight On How Much The Weeknd Wrote On Take Care AlbumPeter A. Berry — November 16, 2017
  52. 52News365 days of Weeknd: We chart Abel Tesfaye's rise to fame a year after House of BalloonsT'Cha Dunlevy — March 23, 2012
  53. 53NewsPolaris Prize long list includes lots of Toronto bandsRaju Mudhar — June 14, 2012
  54. 54NewsAbel Tesfaye makes his U.S. debutLaura Snapes — April 16, 2012
  55. 55NewsThe Weeknd Mesmerizes at Bowery BallroomSowmya Krishnamurthy — April 29, 2012
  56. 56NewsThe Weeknd to Headline Pitchfork Stage at PrimaveraCarrie Battan — March 1, 2012
  57. 57NewsWireless Festival 2012Kate Lough — May 31, 2012
  58. 58MagazineThe Weeknd, Chiddy Bang & More for Wireless 2012March 27, 2012
  59. 59NewsThe Weeknd covers Michael Jackson as he plays his debut UK showTom Goodwyn — June 8, 2012
  60. 60MagazineThe Weeknd & Reps Talk Clearing Samples, Touring For 'Trilogy' ReleaseAndrew Hampp — November 12, 2012
  61. 61NewsThe Weeknd Schedules More Canadian Dates on North American Fall TourAlex Hudson — August 14, 2012
  62. 62NewsThe Weeknd Trilogy ReviewMike Diver — November 13, 2012
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  67. 67MagazineListen: The Weeknd "Kiss Land"Lauren Nostro — May 16, 2013
  68. 68NewsThe Weeknd Unveils 'Kiss Land' Release Date & Cover ArtworkCarl Williott — July 22, 2013
  69. 69MagazineKeith Urban Edges The Weeknd for No. 1 Debut on Billboard 200Keith Caulfield — December 1, 2012
  70. 70Kiss Land Reviews
  71. 71NewsThe Weeknd Announces Big Fall Tour, Kiss Land Out Late SummerCarrie Battan — July 8, 2013
  72. 72Drake Announces European Tour Dates with The WeekndOctober 29, 2013
  73. 73NewsThe Weeknd To Open For Justin Timberlake On '20/20 Experience' TourChris Payne — November 4, 2013
  74. 74MagazineAlbum Review: Various Artists – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire SoundtrackRob Hakimian — November 19, 2013
  75. 75MagazineListen: The Weeknd enters Beyonce Drunk in Love remix battle with Kanye West and DiploChristopher Hooton — February 17, 2014
  76. 76Listen: The Weeknd remixes Ty Dolla Sign's "Or Nah"Jen Pelly — February 21, 2014
  77. 77The Weeknd touring w/ Schoolboy Q & Jhene Aiko, playing Barclays Center (dates); SBQ played Central ParkJune 26, 2014
  78. 78MagazineThe Weeknd – "King Of The Fall"Miles Bowe — July 21, 2014
  79. 79NewsAriana Grande and The Weeknd Team Up In 'Love Me Harder' VideoOctober 3, 2014
  80. 80NewsOscars 2016: Watch The Weeknd reenact his sultry video for Earned ItJamieson Cox — February 28, 2016
  81. 81Grammys 2016: The Weeknd Wins Two Awards
  82. 82NewsThe Weeknd Returns With 'The Hills,' Which Probably Isn't About Lauren ConradDee Lockett — May 27, 2015
  83. 83NewsThe Weeknd's No. 1 Hit 'The Hills' Becomes His First Diamond-Certified SingleHugh McIntyre — June 28, 2019
  84. 84NewsThe Weeknd's 'The Hills' Certified Diamond: ExclusiveCarl Lamare — June 28, 2019
  85. 85NewsJanelle Monáe Performs "Yoga", The Weeknd Performs "Earned It" with Alicia Keys at the BET AwardsMolly Beauchemin — June 28, 2015
  86. 86NewsHear The Weeknd's Funky New Song 'Can't Feel My Face'Daniel Kreps — June 8, 2015
  87. 87MagazineWiz Khalifa No. 1 on Hot 100 'Again,' Selena Gomez Debuts at No. 9Gary Trust — July 1, 2015
  88. 88NewsThe Weeknd Tops Hot 100 With 'Can't Feel My Face,' One Direction Debuts at No. 3Gary Trust — August 10, 2015
  89. 89MagazineGrammy Nominations 2016: See the Full List of NomineesDecember 7, 2015
  90. 90NewsThe Weeknd Is First Artist to Own Entire Top Three on Hot R&B Songs ChartAmaya Mendizabal — July 15, 2015
  91. 91NewsApple's new musical faces – Drake and The WeekndJune 8, 2015
  92. 92NewsLatest Apple Music ads debut during MTV VMAs, feature The Weeknd & playlistsAugust 31, 2015
  93. 93NewsDeadmau5 & The Weeknd headline FVDED IN THE PARK 2015December 19, 2017
  94. 94NewsMeek Mill Reveals 'Dreams Worth More Than Money' FeaturesDanielle Harling — June 22, 2015
  95. 95NewsThe Weeknd's 'Beauty Behind the Madness' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 ChartKeith Caulfield — September 6, 2015
  96. 96NewsThe Weeknd spends third week at No. 1 on Billboard 200Keith Caulfield — September 20, 2015
  97. 97ARIA Albums : The Weeknd Takes Top Spot On Australian ChartGavin Ryan — September 5, 2015
  98. 98Top 20 Albums
  99. 99NewsThe Weeknd's new album is coming Aug. 28Brian Mansfield — July 10, 2015
  100. 100The Weeknd Announces "The Madness" Fall TourGordon, Jeremy — August 20, 2015
  101. 101NewsThe Weeknd Announces The Madness Fall Tour With Travi$ Scott, Halsey & BanksPaley Martin — August 21, 2015
  102. 102NewsThe Weeknd Now Holds Two Guinness World RecordsJessie Morris — August 30, 2016
  103. 103NewsSpotify's Year in Music: Drake Most Streamed Artist, Major Lazer & DJ Snake Had Top SongMarc Schneider — December 1, 2015
  104. 104NewsThe Weeknd, 'Beauty Behind the Madness'December 1, 2015
  105. 105NewsThe Weeknd Doubles Up in Hot 100's Top ThreeGary Trust — September 8, 2015
  106. 106MagazineSee All the Winners of the 2016 Grammys
  107. 107NewsJustin Bieber, Kanye West, The Weeknd, & more featuring on Travi$ Scott's 'Rodeo" albumJune 29, 2017
  108. 108NewsThe Weeknd & Demi Lovato Announced as 'SNL' Musical GuestsErin Strecker — September 1, 2015
  109. 109NewsDemi Lovato & The Weeknd To Perform On 'Saturday Night Live' This SeasonBianca Gracie — September 1, 2015
  110. 110Belly 'Might Not' (ft. The Weeknd)Alex Hudson — May 8, 2015
  111. 111MagazineThe Weeknd on Going From Indie R&B Enigma to the Pacesetting Prince of PopMark Guiducci — May 3, 2016
  112. 112NewsThe Life of Pablo tracklist: Kanye West's new album features Frank Ocean, The Weeknd and Young ThugChristopher Hooton — February 12, 2016
  113. 113MagazineThe Weeknd Shares Snippet of Kanye West-Produced Song, 'Tell All Your Friends'Taylor Weatherby — August 20, 2015
  114. 114NewsListen: The Weeknd Surprises Fans By Dropping Two New Songs!December 27, 2015
  115. 115MagazineListen to The Weeknd and Belly's Demo Version of Beyoncé's "6 Inch"October 31, 2016
  116. 116MagazineIt Sounds Like a Weeknd and Cashmere Cat Collab Is on the WayJesse Morris — August 24, 2016
  117. 117NewsThe Weeknd Is Reportedly Working with Daft PunkChris Mench — August 23, 2016
  118. 118The Weeknd Announces New Album StarboySheldon Pearce — September 21, 2016
  119. 119NewsHear the Weeknd's new track with Daft Punk, StarboySeptember 22, 2016
  120. 120MagazineThe Weeknd's 'Starboy,' Featuring Daft Punk, Hits No. 1 on Hot 100January 20, 2021
  121. 121Gold & PlatinumRecording Industry Association of America — February 1, 2021
  122. 122Listen to Daft Punk's new collaboration with The Weeknd, 'Starboy'Eric Zwilling — September 21, 2016
  123. 123NewsWatch The Weeknd Perform 'Starboy' and 'False Alarm' on 'SNL' Season PremiereMitchell Peters — October 2, 2016
  124. 124NewsWatch The Weeknd's New Short Film ManiaNovember 23, 2016
  125. 125MagazineThe Weeknd's 'Starboy' Bows at No. 1 on Billboard 200 With Third-Biggest Debut of 2016January 30, 2021
  126. 126NewsNewsAlert: Starboy Wins Best Urban Contemporary Album for the WeekndJanuary 28, 2018
  127. 127MagazineThe Weeknd Sets 'Phase One' of Massive Starboy: Legend of the Fall TourKreps, Daniel — October 31, 2016
  128. 128NewsThe Weeknd Australian tourJune 12, 2017
  129. 129NewsHear the Weeknd's Sultry 'Some Way' Collaboration With NavJohn Blistein — February 16, 2017
  130. 130NewsFuture Releases New Album 'HNDRXX' Featuring The Weeknd and Rihanna: ListenLars Brandle — February 24, 2017
  131. 131NewsFor Better or Worse, Lana Del Rey and the Weeknd's "Lust for Life" Is a Lana Del Rey SongAnna Gaca — April 19, 2017
  132. 132NewsLana Del Rey "Lust for Life" ft. The WeekndSheldon Pearce — April 20, 2017
  133. 133MagazineWatch French Montana's New Video for "A Lie" f/ The Weeknd and Max B
  134. 134Lil Uzi Vert 'Luv Is Rage 2' (Review)Alphonso Pierre — August 29, 2017
  135. 135MagazineListen to Gucci Mane & The Weeknd Kill Every Groupie's Dream on 'Curve'Carl Lamarre — September 13, 2017
  136. 136NewsTDE Reveals Loaded Tracklist for 'Black Panther' SoundtrackAustin Boykins — January 31, 2018
  137. 137NewsKendrick Lamar And The Weeknd Team Up For 'Pray For Me'Sidney Madden — NPR — February 2, 2018
  138. 138MagazineThe Weekend Announces New Album 'My Dear Melancholy,'Jordan Sargent — March 29, 2018
  139. 139MagazineIs The Weeknd Dropping A New Album This Week?March 27, 2018
  140. 140NewsHas Someone Accidentally Leaked News of the Weeknd's New Album?Robin Murray — March 29, 2018
  141. 141MagazineIs The Weeknd Dropping a New Album on Friday?Carl Lamarre — March 27, 2018
  142. 142MagazineThe Weeknd Scores Third Consecutive No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'My Dear Melancholy'November 9, 2020
  143. 143NewsThe Weeknd teases new song releaseMarch 28, 2018
  144. 144NewsStream The Weeknd's "My Dear Melancholy" EPKevin Goddard — March 29, 2018
  145. 145MagazineThe Weeknd Fulfills His Coachella Destiny With Triumphant Headlining SetAndrew Unterberger — April 14, 2018
  146. 146MagazineBeyonce, Eminem, the Weeknd to Headline Coachella 2018Jon Blistein — January 3, 2018
  147. 147NewsMawazine 2018: Friday Night Fever with 'Starboy' The Weeknd at OLM SouissiZoubida Senoussi — June 30, 2018
  148. 148MagazineLollapalooza 2018: The Weeknd, Dua Lipa, Carly Rae Jepsen Highlight Day ThreeAlthea Legaspi — August 5, 2018
  149. 149MagazineThe Weeknd and Bella Hadid Take a PDA-Filled Trip to Abu DhabiNicole Engelman — November 26, 2018
  150. 150NewsThe Weeknd Announces New Beats 1 Radio Show Memento MoriNerisha Penrose — June 6, 2018
  151. 151Here are the full album credits for Travis Scott's AstroworldJuly 31, 2018
  152. 152ザ・ウィークエンド・イン・ジャパン(シングルス・コレクションUniversal Music Group
  153. 153MagazineThe Weeknd Will Kick Off First Asia Tour in Hong KongBillboard Radio China — August 22, 2018
  154. 154NewsListen to Gesaffelstein and the Weeknd's New Song "Lost in the Fire"Braudie Blais-Billie — January 11, 2019
  155. 155NewsSZA / The Weeknd / Travis Scott 'Power Is Power'Sheldon Pearce — April 18, 2019
  156. 156MagazineSZA, The Weeknd and Travis Scott Share Video For 'Game of Thrones' Inspired TrackMay 5, 2019
  157. 157The Weeknd recorded music with Oneohtrix Point Never intended for 'Uncut Gems'Karen Gwee — September 10, 2019
  158. 158NewsThe Weeknd to Release New Single 'Blinding Lights' on Black FridayNovember 24, 2019
  159. 159NewsFive Burning Questions: Billboard Staffers Discuss The Weeknd's Top 40 Debut For 'Heartless'December 3, 2019
  160. 160NewsThe Weeknd's 'Heartless' Hits No. 1 on Hot 100, Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' Returns to No. 3 HighGary Trust — December 9, 2019
  161. 161MagazineThe Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Hits No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, Doja Cat's 'Say So' Enters Top 10Gary Trust — March 30, 2020
  162. 162MagazineThe Weeknd Talks Unprecedented Year in Hot 100's Top 10 With 'Blinding Lights': 'This Is Truly a Result of the Fans'Gary Trust — March 9, 2021
  163. 163MagazineThe Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Spends Record-Breaking 88th Week on Billboard Hot 100Gary Trust — August 16, 2021
  164. 164The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" Is Now the Longest-Charting Billboard Hot 100 Song of All Time
  165. 165MagazineThe Greatest Hit: The New No. 1 Song of All TimeHeran Mamo — November 23, 2021
  166. 166The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' becomes the most-streamed song on SpotifyJanuary 4, 2023
  167. 167NewsThe Weeknd Sets 'After Hours' Release Date, Shares Dark Title Track: ListenLars Brandle — February 19, 2020
  168. 168SNL's 'On the Couch' Song Is Brutal and Hilariously RelatableMarch 9, 2020
  169. 169The Weeknd Debuts New Song, Appears in Sketch on SNLAlex Young — March 8, 2020
  170. 170The Weeknd Loses His Head in Gory New "In Your Eyes" VideoNovember 27, 2020
  171. 171NewsListen to the Weeknd's New Album After HoursMatthew Strauss — March 20, 2020
  172. 172NewsThe Weeknd's 'After Hours' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart With Biggest Week of 2020Keith Caulfield — March 29, 2020
  173. 173The Weeknd Captures #1 Album and #1 on Billboard Hot 100 With After Hours and Blinding Lights
  174. 174The Weeknd Scores The Largest Streaming Week Ever For An R&B AlbumHugh McIntyre
  175. 175NewsThe Weeknd on Being the First Artist to Top These 5 Charts at Once: 'It Feels Like a Huge Blessing' (Exclusive)Gary Trust — April 1, 2020
  176. 176NewsThe Weeknd also repeats at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Hot 100 & Artist 100Xander Zellner — April 8, 2020
  177. 177MagazineThe Weeknd Adds Three New Songs to 'After Hours' Deluxe EditionMarch 30, 2020
  178. 178Watch a Preview of The Weeknd Guest Starring in Tonight's 'American Dad' EpisodeHeran Mamo — May 4, 2020
  179. 179Watch The Weeknd Debut A New Song About Abstinence On American DadTom Breihan — May 5, 2020
  180. 180The Weeknd makes cameo appearance on 'Robot Chicken'July 28, 2020
  181. 181Juice WRLD and The Weeknd join forces on "Smile"Jon Powell — August 7, 2020
  182. 182Calvin Harris and The Weeknd share details of new track 'Over Now'Matthew Neale — August 23, 2020
  183. 183NewsAriana Grande And The Weeknd's 'Off The Table' Lyrics Are About Her Finding Love After Losing Mac MillerAlyssa Bailey — October 30, 2020
  184. 184NewsAriana Grande Unveils 'Positions' Track ListAshley Iasimone — October 24, 2020
  185. 185NewsThe Weeknd Joins Oneohtrix Point Never on New Song 'No Nightmares'October 26, 2020
  186. 186NewsThe Weeknd Sings in Spanglish on Fiery 'Hawái' Remix With Maluma: Watch the VideoJessica Roiz — November 5, 2020
  187. 1872021 Latin Grammy nominations: Bad Bunny, Maluma, and moreSeptember 28, 2021
  188. 188NewsHarry Styles, Billie Eilish, Shawn Mendes to Perform at Virtual iHeartRadio Jingle BallGeorgia Slater — October 30, 2020
  189. 189The Weeknd Shop (1/25/2021)Universal Music Group
  190. 190MagazineMorgan Wallen's 'Dangerous' No. 1 for Fifth Week on Billboard 200 While 'If I Know Me' Hits Top 10 for First TimeFebruary 14, 2021
  191. 191NewsSuper Bowl LV: The Weeknd announced as Pepsi Halftime Show performerShanna McCarriston — November 12, 2020
  192. 192NewsSuper Bowl halftime show live: The Weeknd performs with dancers in face bandages at 2021 gameRoisin O'Connor et al. — February 8, 2021
  193. 193NewsWhat happened to The Weeknd's face at Super Bowl 2021 halftime show?Lauren Steussy et al. — February 8, 2021
  194. 194NewsBest of The Weeknd and the Super Bowl 55 halftime showFebruary 7, 2021
  195. 195NewsThe Weeknd Emerges From the Shadows at the Super Bowl Halftime ShowJon Caramanica — February 8, 2021
  196. 196NewsSuper Bowl halftime show review: The Weeknd wasn't great (but it's not all his fault)February 8, 2021
  197. 197NewsThe First Super Bowl Halftime Show About the Depravity of Halftime ShowsSpencer Kornhaber — February 8, 2021
  198. 198NewsThe Weeknd's Super Bowl Halftime Show Scores A Touchdown With A Technical Spectacle & Mixtape Of Hits – ReviewDominic Patten — February 8, 2021
  199. 199NewsReview: The Weeknd's Super Bowl halftime performance was an expensive nothingBritt Julious — February 7, 2021
  200. 200NewsReview: Yawn, is it Monday yet? The Weeknd bores at halftimeMesfin Fekau — February 7, 2021
  201. 201NewsThe Weeknd's Streams Increase 41% After Super Bowl Halftime ShowKeith Caulfield — February 11, 2021
  202. 202NewsThe Weeknd's Sales Up 385% After Super Bowl Halftime ShowKeith Caulfield — February 9, 2021
  203. 203NewsEmmys 2021: The List of NomineesPeter Libbey — July 13, 2021
  204. 204Step Inside the Weeknd's House of Balloons, Reissued for Its 10th AnniversaryHalle Kiefer — March 21, 2021
  205. 205The Weeknd Shares Original Version of 'Thursday' Mixtape and MR. Capsule Collection for Its Tenth AnniversaryAugust 18, 2021
  206. 206The Weeknd and MR. Team Up for Capsule Collection to Commemorate 'Thursday (Original)' Streaming Release
  207. 207The Weeknd shares new "Echoes of Silence" video
  208. 208The Weeknd Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary of 'Echoes of Silence' by Sharing Title-Track Video
  209. 209MagazineThe Weeknd Drops 'Save Your Tears' Remix With Ariana Grande: Stream It NowHeran Mamo — April 23, 2021
  210. 210The Weeknd and Ariana Grande Score No. 1 Hit for "Save Your Tears"Brenton Blanchet
  211. 211The Weeknd Drops Hints About 'Beautiful' New Music: 'The Dawn Is Coming'Jem Aswad — May 4, 2021
  212. 212MagazineThe Weeknd Brings Rainy 'Save Your Tears' to 2021 Brit Awards: WatchMay 11, 2021
  213. 213NewsBrit awards 2021: the ceremony as it happened, with Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and moreBen Beaumont-Thomas — May 11, 2021
  214. 214Is The Weeknd dropping an album? Fans say 'dawn is coming' after cryptic postAshish Singh — May 28, 2021
  215. 215MagazineDoja Cat and The Weeknd Take Us to Another Universe in Their "You Right" Music VideoSabrina Park — June 25, 2021
  216. 216Belly Enlists The Weeknd, Young Thug For 'Better Believe'
  217. 217MagazineThe Weeknd Previews New Era With 'The Dawn Is Coming' Teaser: WatchJoe Lynch — August 2, 2021
  218. 218Announcing the Worldwide Era of GQAugust 2, 2021
  219. 219The Weeknd vs. Abel TesfayeAugust 2, 2021
  220. 220The Weeknd Releasing New Song "Take My Breath" This Friday: Watch PreviewAllison Hussey — August 2, 2021
  221. 221The Weeknd Announces New Single, 'Take My Breath'Charu Sinha — August 3, 2021
  222. 222MagazineEvery Song on Kanye West's 'Donda' Album, Ranked: Critic's PickAugust 29, 2021
  223. 223MagazineThe Weeknd Says His Next Album Is 'Complete'Heran Mamo — October 5, 2021
  224. 224MagazineThe Weeknd Sets 'After Hours Til Dawn' North American Stadium TourDaniel Kreps — March 3, 2022
  225. 225The Weeknd Moves Tour Dates to Summer 2022Jem Aswad — October 18, 2021
  226. 226The Weeknd Announces 'After Hours Til Dawn' Stadium Tour
  227. 227The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia Team Up for Smoldering New Single, 'Moth to a Flame'Jem Aswad — October 22, 2021
  228. 228Listen to a snippet of Post Malone and The Weeknd's new collaboration 'One Right Now'November 3, 2021
  229. 229MagazineThe Weeknd & Post Malone Tease First-Ever Collaboration: ListenNovember 3, 2021
  230. 230Rosalía and the Weeknd share trailer for new track "La Fama"
  231. 231Rosalía - La Fama: Así es la primera canción del nuevo disco de Rosalía junto a 'The Weeknd'Sport — November 8, 2021
  232. 232FKA twigs teases new The Weeknd collaboration 'Tears In The Club'December 13, 2021
  233. 233FKA Twigs Teases a Collab With The Weeknd, and It Sounds Like a Total BangerMonica Sisavat — December 14, 2021
  234. 234The Weeknd Follows Drake & Chris Brown By Landing Posthumous Aaliyah CollaborationDecember 14, 2021
  235. 235Aaliyah's Posthumous Song With The Weeknd "Poison" Coming Soon: ReportDecember 14, 2021
  236. 236The Weeknd Releasing New Album Dawn FM This WeekNina Corcoran et al. — January 3, 2022
  237. 237MagazineGunna Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'DS4Ever'Keith Caulfield — January 18, 2022
  238. 238Gunna's 'DS4EVER' Scores the No. 1 Spot on the Billboard 200 as The Weeknd's 'Dawn FM' Debuts at No. 2
  239. 239The Weeknd Breaks Billboard Global 200 Record With 'Dawn FM'
  240. 240MagazineThe Weeknd's New 'Dawn FM' Tops Charts Around The World, Showing His 'Undeniable Global Appeal'Andrew Unterberger — January 19, 2022
  241. 241Watch The Weeknd's New Video for "Sacrifice"
  242. 242The Weeknd Drops a Creepy, Karaoke-Singing 'Out of Time' Music Video — and It Features Jim Carrey!Daniela Avila — April 5, 2022
  243. 243MagazineThe Weeknd to Premiere 'Dawn FM Experience' Special This WeekendDaniel Kreps — February 21, 2022
  244. 244Watch The Weeknd appear in new episode of 'The Simpsons'March 21, 2022
  245. 245The Weeknd Closes Out Coachella With Hit-Filled, Tag-Team Set With Swedish House MafiaJem Aswad — April 18, 2022
  246. 246Coachella 2022: The Weeknd covers Kanye, Drake as part of hits-filled headlining setApril 18, 2022
  247. 247MagazineChris Brown Breaks The Weeknd's Record for Most Hot R&B Songs HitsTrevor Anderson — July 8, 2022
  248. 248MagazineThe Weeknd Brings 'After Hours' to Universal Studios' Halloween Horror NightsTomás Mier — July 26, 2022
  249. 249MagazineStream Metro Boomin's New Album Heroes & Villains Feat. The Weeknd, Travis Scott, Young Thug, & MoreRachel Brodsky — December 2, 2022
  250. 250The Weeknd Releases New Song "Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)" from "Avatar: The Way of Water" SoundtrackDecember 16, 2022
  251. 251The Weeknd Enlists Ariana Grande for New "Die for You (Remix)"Matthew Strauss — February 24, 2023
  252. 252MagazineMiley Cyrus' 'Flowers' Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Third Week, Lil Uzi Vert's 'Just Wanna Rock' Hits Top 10Gary Trust — February 6, 2023
  253. 253MagazineThe Weeknd & Ariana Grande's 'Die for You' Leaps to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100Gary Trust — March 6, 2023
  254. 254MagazineThe Weeknd Drops First Live Album, 'Live at SoFi Stadium'Gil Kaufman — March 3, 2023
  255. 255The Weeknd's 'Live at SoFi Stadium' To Be Released As Live AlbumUniversal Music Group — March 1, 2023
  256. 256Stream Mike Dean's '4:23' Album Featuring 4 New Songs With The Weeknd
  257. 257NewsThe Weeknd Doesn't Want to Be The Weeknd AnymoreHelen Holmes — The Daily Beast Company LLC — May 8, 2023
  258. 258The Weeknd To Star In & Write Pop Singer Cult Drama Series 'The Idol' With Sam Levinson In The Works At HBOPeter White — June 29, 2021
  259. 259'The Idol' Gets Five-Minute Standing Ovation After Cannes Premiere; Sam Levinson Gets Emotional In SpeechAntonia Blyth et al. — May 22, 2023
  260. 260'The Idol' Review: Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd in an HBO Series That's More Regressive Than TransgressiveMay 23, 2023
  261. 261'The Idol' Review: Sam Levinson's Crude Provocation With The Weeknd & Lily-Rose Depp Is Gross & Sexist CannesMay 23, 2023
  262. 262'The Idol' Canceled At HBO After One SeasonKatie Campione — August 28, 2023
  263. 263MagazineThe Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp Roll Out New Music From HBO's 'The Idol'Brittany Spanos — June 9, 2023
  264. 264The Weeknd Announces Soundtrack for Upcoming HBO Series 'The Idol'Thomas Galindo — April 12, 2023
  265. 265Movie Academy Invites Nearly 400 New Members Including Taylor Swift, Ke Huy Quan, The Daniels & Austin ButlerErik Pedersen — June 28, 2023
  266. 266MagazineTravis Scott Releases 'K-POP,' Recruits The Weeknd and Bad BunnyCharisma Madarang — July 21, 2023
  267. 267The Weeknd Performs "Circus Maximus" For The First Time In MexicoLouis Pavlakos
  268. 268MagazineDiddy Busts Out 'In the Air Tonight' Sample for the Weeknd's Final Feature on 'Another One of Me'Jon Blistein — September 15, 2023
  269. 269MagazineThe Weeknd Says He's Done With Features — Unless This Group Gets Back TogetherHeran Mamo — August 11, 2023
  270. 270Fortnite Festival Season 1: Opening Night Features The Weeknd!December 9, 2023
  271. 271The Weeknd: 'Did You Know You're Experiencing a New Trilogy?'January 10, 2022
  272. 2723️⃣January 8, 2024
  273. 273MagazineFuture, Metro Boomin, & The Weeknd Reunite Once Again For "Young Metro" Music VideoZachary Horvath — March 25, 2024
  274. 274The Weeknd Announces One-Night Only Stadium Concert in São PauloMadison Bloom — July 17, 2024
  275. 275ALBUM TITLEAbel Tesfaye — September 4, 2024
  276. 276The Weeknd Reveals Title, New Details About Next AlbumJem Aswad — September 4, 2024
  277. 277Love Is a Danger Zone in the Weeknd's "Dancing in the Flames"Alexa Camp — September 13, 2024
  278. 278MagazineThe Weeknd Drops Haunting Unplugged Version of 'Dancing in the Flames'Gil Kaufman — September 16, 2024
  279. 279The Weeknd And Playboi Carti Transcend With New Single "TIMELESS"Elias Andrews — September 27, 2024
  280. 280The Weeknd and Playboi Carti's 'Timeless' Debuts at No. 1 on Multiple Billboard ChartsKeithan Samuels — October 9, 2024
  281. 281The Weeknd and Playboi Carti's "Timeless" Debuts at No. 32024-10-08
  282. 282MagazineThe Weeknd and Anitta Mark Halloween With Body Horror-Inspired 'São Paulo' VideoDaniel Kreps — October 31, 2024
  283. 283MagazineThe Weeknd Ends His Final Trilogy With 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' Album: Stream It NowHeran Mamo — January 31, 2025
  284. 284MagazineThe Weeknd Lands Fifth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 with 'Hurry Up Tomorrow'Keith Caulfield — February 9, 2025
  285. 285MagazineEvery Song From Playboi Carti's Music Album Ranked: Critic's PicksDiaz, Angel — March 14, 2025
  286. 286The Weeknd, Waves Director Trey Edward Shults to Co-Write New FilmWilson Chapman — February 28, 2023
  287. 287Jenna Ortega, Barry Keoghan & The Weeknd To Star In New Film From Director Trey Edward ShultsCharles Barfield — February 28, 2023
  288. 288The Weeknd Reveals 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' Album 'Didn't Exist' Before the FilmMichael Saponara — April 24, 2025
  289. 289Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025) - Financial Information
  290. 290Hurry Up Tomorrow
  291. 291'Hurry Up Tomorrow' Review: The Shadow Cast by Blinding LightsBrandon Yu — May 15, 2025
  292. 292'Hurry Up Tomorrow' Review: The Weeknd's Emotionally Threadbare Vanity Project Is All Skips, No RepeatsMay 15, 2025
  293. 293MagazineHurry Up Tomorrow review: The Weeknd's depiction of a mopey pop star is astonishingly boring
  294. 2948 of the Most Notorious Vanity Projects Ever Made, from 'Glitter' and 'Battlefield Earth' to 'Hurry Up Tomorrow'May 16, 2025
  295. 295In ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow,’ the Weeknd makes a ‘Purple Rain’ for the ‘Euphoria’ generationG. Allen Johnson — May 15, 2025
  296. 296The Weeknd’s ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ Tour Surpasses $1 Billion and Becomes Top-Earning Tour by Male Solo ArtistMichaela Zee — November 20, 2025
  297. 297The Weeknd Is First Artist With 30 Songs to Earn 1 Billion Spotify StreamsDecember 30, 2025
  298. 298A Historique Run: The Weeknd Sells Out 6 Stade de France Stadium Shows & Draws More Than 500K Fans Across France This Summer - Pollstar NewsOscar Areliz — 2026-07-23
  299. 299The Weeknd Leads Record-Breaking Monthly Boxscore ReportEric Frankenberg — 2026-08-27
  300. 300Pestapora, The Weeknd generate US$13.8 million for Jakarta's economyantaranews.com — 2026-09-28
  301. 301NewsThe Weeknd: Kiss And Tell (2013 Cover Story)Damien Scott — July 15, 2013
  302. 302NewsReview: Abel Tesfaye, a.k.a. The Weeknd, has hall smolderingRandall Roberts — December 17, 2012
  303. 303The Weeknd: 'Grand Theft Auto: Vice City' "opened my eyes to '80s music"November 24, 2021
  304. 304The Weeknd Says Deftones Inspired His MusicAugust 22, 2021
  305. 305The Dark Knight Returns: A Conversation With the WeekndAnupa Mistry — August 31, 2015
  306. 306MagazineThe Weeknd Talks David Bowie, Prince Influences on New AlbumRyan Reed — November 2, 2016
  307. 307The Weeknd's New Album Is Inspired by Bad Brains, Talking Heads and the SmithsCalum Slingerland — February 6, 2016
  308. 30850 Cent and Wu-Tang Are Influences on The Weeknd's New 'Starboy' Album Read More: 50 Cent, Wu-Tang Are Influences on The Weeknd's New 'Starboy' AlbumEli Schwadron — December 14, 2016
  309. 309Magazine12 Great Songs That Wouldn't Exist Without the WeekndSuzy Exposito et al. — October 21, 2015
  310. 310VideoThe Weeknd Says Eminem Crashed Jay Z on 'Renegade,' Talks "The Hills" RemixNovember 25, 2016
  311. 311The Weeknd Says Eminem Destroyed 'The Hills' Remix and Jay Z on 'Renegade'November 25, 2016
  312. 312NewsThe Weeknd Recalls Working With Daft Punk: 'They're One of the Reasons I Make Music'Jem Aswad — February 23, 2021
  313. 313NewsThe Weeknd: Sounds and sensibilityHermione Hoby — November 8, 2012
  314. 314NewsDaily Disc: The Weeknd's 'Echoes Of Silence'Anupa Mistry — December 23, 2011
  315. 315NewsHow The Weeknd became R&B's next big thingJ. D. Considine — November 17, 2012
  316. 316NewsThe Weeknd Imbues 'Enemy' With the Smiths' Seductive PowerMarc Hogan — October 26, 2012
  317. 317The Weeknd: TrilogyIan Cohen — November 13, 2012
  318. 318NewsThe Weeknd: Trilogy – reviewPaul MacInnes — November 15, 2012
  319. 319Rookie of the Year: The WeekndWinston Robbins — December 7, 2011
  320. 320Video(HD) The Weeknd's Vocal Range: D2 - C6January 5, 2013
  321. 321NewsIs The Weeknd a good singer, and what is his vocal range?Kyle Macdonald — March 22, 2021
  322. 322NewsThe Weeknd's East African RootsHannah Giorgis — June 11, 2015
  323. 323MagazineThe 200 Greatest Singers of All TimeJanuary 1, 2023
  324. 324Is the Weeknd Pop, R&B or Hip-Hop? Why the Distinction Matters at the GrammysJem Aswad — October 1, 2020
  325. 325NewsGrammys 2016 Preview: The Weeknd, D'Angelo and More Soulful Singers Nominated for Best R&B Song and Best Urban Contemporary AlbumFebruary 13, 2016
  326. 326The Weeknd – Music Biography, Credits and DiscographyAndy Kellman
  327. 327Magazine'Starboy' Unravels The Weeknd's Mystery and Brings Abel Tesfaye into FocusAmani Bin Shikhan — November 28, 2016
  328. 328MagazineThe Rise of the Weeknd: 'I Want to Make Pop Cool Again'
  329. 329MagazineThe Weeknd's 'The Party & the After Party' Paved the Way for our Genre-less FutureMankaprr Conteh — March 22, 2021
  330. 330MagazineSongs That Defined the Decade: The Weeknd's 'House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls'Ross Scarano — November 21, 2019
  331. 331How the Weeknd Went From Underground Anonymity to Superstar in 5 Years, According to His CollaboratorsLauretta Charlton — September 7, 2015
  332. 332The Weeknd Shines Brightly on 'Starboy' - XXLPeter A. Berry — December 5, 2016
  333. 333The Weeknd's Starboy: EW ReviewNolan Feeney — November 29, 2016
  334. 334NewsThe Weeknd – After HoursCandace McDuffie — March 24, 2020
  335. 335The Weeknd: After HoursIsabella Herrera — March 24, 2020
  336. 336Review: The Weeknd's 'Dawn FM' Is An Art-Damaged Dancefloor Opus Inspired By Pandemic PurgatoryChris DeVille — January 7, 2022
  337. 337Dawn FM Is The Weeknd's Grandest Synth-Pop Gesture and a Thoughtful Rumination on MortalityMatt Mitchell — January 7, 2022
  338. 339House of Balloons Turns 10: How the Weeknd Beat the Odds and Turned R&B on Its HeadA. Harmony — March 18, 2021
  339. 340The Weeknd's 'The Party & the After Party' Paved the Way for Our Genre-less FutureMankaprr Conteh — March 22, 2021
  340. 34112 Great Songs That Wouldn't Exist Without the WeekndSuzy Exposito — October 21, 2015
  341. 342The Weeknd Inspired Tove Lo's 'Queen of the Clouds' Follow-UpCailey Lindberg — December 17, 2015
  342. 343The Weeknd and Usher "Climax" Debacle, SummarizedEvan Minsker — April 9, 2020
  343. 344De The Weeknd a Dua Lipa pasando por Aitana o Pablo Alborán: Los números 1 de LOS40 de 2020December 29, 2020
  344. 345How The Weeknd Created an Authentic '80s Sound in 'Blinding Lights'October 14, 2021
  345. 346MagazineThe Weeknd: Dawn FMJanuary 17, 2022
  346. 347NewsEd Sheeran: Bad Habits Review – a Certain Smash That’s Ready for the WeekndAlexis Petridis — June 25, 2021
  347. 348Alone at Prom – Tory LanezAndy Kellman
  348. 349The Kid LAROI Situation Is Escalating RapidlyTom Breihan — July 14, 2021
  349. 350NewsHarry Styles: As It Was Review – a Pop Star in His Own Sunlit LaneAlexis Petridis — April 1, 2022
  350. 351The Remarkable Sameness of The WeekndMarch 23, 2020
  351. 352XO Records Co-Founder La Mar Taylor Becomes Billboard Canada's Inaugural 40 Under 40 Visionary: Interview
  352. 353The Weeknd's First-Ever Interview: Kiss and TellDamien Scott — July 10, 2013
  353. 354The Weeknd Speaks: How Kiss Land Tells the Story of His “Second Chapter”
  354. 356NewsHow the Weeknd Got His Revenge and Became One of the Biggest Pop StarsFebruary 11, 2016
  355. 357MagazineThe Weeknd Debuts a Bold New Haircut on His Starboy Album CoverMackenzie Wagoner — September 21, 2016
  356. 358News‘Men Run Away from Vulnerability’: The Weeknd on Blinding Success, Panic Attacks and Why The Idol Was ‘Half-Baked’Ben Beaumont-Thomas — May 16, 2025
  357. 359Music for the Stilted Generation: the Weeknd's Deconstruction of Modern LifeSimon Reynolds — November 25, 2016
  358. 360MagazineWhen The Weeknd Called, Anton Tammi AnsweredPatrick Lyons — April 3, 2020
  359. 361The Weeknd's Director Alex Lill Unpacks the Singer's Eccentric String of After Hours TV PerformancesMatthew Strauss — May 28, 2021
  360. 362Sex Stories, Purgatory and Adele's Tears: the Album Skit Is BackFebruary 14, 2022
  361. 363MagazineThe Weeknd: The 100 Most Influential People of 2020Elton John — September 22, 2020
  362. 364MagazineThe 200 Best Albums of the 2010sLindsay Zoladz — October 8, 2019
  363. 365The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  364. 366MagazineThe 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
  365. 367The Weeknd, 'House of Balloons'January 10, 2025
  366. 368Final Halloween Horror Nights House Just Announced!July 26, 2022
  367. 369Press releaseGlobal Music Phenomenon, The Weeknd, Collaborates with Universal Studios Singapore Halloween Horror Nights 11 on Haunted House Inspired by 'After Hours' and 'Dawn FM' AlbumsNBCUniversal
  368. 370The Weeknd Is Officially the World's Most Popular ArtistSanj Atwal — March 20, 2023
  369. 371The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Is the New No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 Song of All TimeNovember 23, 2021
  370. 372The Weeknd Celebrates Billions Club Milestone With LA ConcertDecember 18, 2024
  371. 373Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye Honoured with a Key to the CityJuly 26, 2025
  372. 374NewsThe Weeknd Sued over 'The Hills'December 9, 2015
  373. 375NewsThe Weeknd sued over alleged similarities between 'The Hills' and sci-fi movie scoreDavid Renshaw — December 10, 2015
  374. 376Singers Chris Brown and The Weeknd Resolve Copyright DisputesMarch 11, 2016
  375. 377NewsThe Weeknd Boosted From Brits, Firm SaysApril 23, 2025
  376. 378NewsThe Weeknd and Daft Punk Sued for Stealing 'Starboy'September 18, 2018
  377. 379NewsThe Weeknd Denies Stealing "Starboy" Beat From Somali-American SingerMay 18, 2019
  378. 380NewsThe Weeknd sued by British songwriters over 'A Lonely Night' plagiarism accusationsRoisin O'Connor — April 4, 2019
  379. 381NewsThe Weeknd Defeats Copyright Claims Over 'A Lonely Night'Blake Brittain — Bloomberg Law — July 24, 2020
  380. 382Brian Clover v. Abel TesfayeOctober 8, 2021
  381. 383NewsYeasayer Sue the Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar Over 'Black Panther' SongJon Blistein — February 24, 2020
  382. 384NewsYeasayer Drop Lawsuit Against the WeekndMatthew Strauss — July 10, 2020
  383. 385The Weeknd and Nicolás Jaar Sued for Copyright Infringement Over "Call Out My Name"Madison Bloom — September 22, 2021
  384. 386MagazineThe Weeknd Accused of Plagiarizing 2018 Song 'Call Out My Name'Kristin Robinson — September 22, 2021
  385. 387The Weeknd Settles Copyright Lawsuit Over "Call Out My Name"Evan Minsker — March 19, 2023
  386. 388NewsThe Weeknd's lyrics were homophobic – who cares if it's 'sensitive' to point that out?Joanna Whitehead — January 14, 2019
  387. 389NewsPeople are calling out The Weeknd for a 'homophobic' new song that suggests lesbianism is a 'phase' and he can 'f— a girl straight'Lindsay Dodgson — January 14, 2019
  388. 390NewsThe Weeknd's 'Lost in the Fire' lyrics branded homophobicMariah Cooper — January 14, 2019
  389. 391How the Weeknd Went From Drake's Discovery to His CompetitionChris Mench
  390. 392Noah '40' Shebib on Weeknd's 'Take Care' Contributions: 'I Saw Abel Maybe Two Days. I Was in There for Like a Year'Joe Price — June 9, 2020
  391. 394The Weeknd's Dark Twisted Fantasy
  392. 395Here’s Everything That Happened At Drake’s 8th Annual OVO FestAugust 7, 2017
  393. 396There's Reportedly Some Tension Between Drake and The Weeknd Over Bella HadidLauren Rearick — October 26, 2017
  394. 397The Weeknd Maybe Disses Drake for Bella Hadid Rumors on "Lost in the Fire"Andrea Park — January 11, 2019
  395. 398All the Bella Hadid and Drake References in The Weeknd's 'Lost in the Fire' LyricsJanuary 11, 2019
  396. 399Drake Confirms Reconciliation With The Weeknd in New Song 'War'December 24, 2019
  397. 400NewsDrake calls for Grammys to be replaced after snubbing Black artistsLaura Snapes — November 26, 2020
  398. 401Watch Drake give heartfelt toast at The Weeknd's 32nd birthdayCharlotte Krol — February 21, 2022
  399. 402The Weeknd Appears to Shade Drake and OVO on "All to Myself"Joe Price — April 12, 2024
  400. 403All of the Subs Aimed at Drake on 'We Still Don't Trust You'Jordan Rose — April 12, 2024
  401. 404Drake Officially Releases His Kendrick Lamar Diss Response, "Push Ups": ListenJazz Monroe — April 19, 2024
  402. 405The Weeknd Attends Kendrick Lamar's 'Pop-Out' Concert After Trading Disses With DrakeJune 20, 2024
  403. 406The Weeknd Spotted at Kendrick Lamar's 'Pop Out' Concert in Los Angeles
  404. 407Drake Tells xQc to Switch off The Weeknd During Live Kick Stream: 'We're Real 6ixers, We Don't Listen To That'
  405. 408Justin Bieber Says He Can't Listen to The Weeknd's MusicDe Elizabeth — January 21, 2017
  406. 409Justin Bieber Playfully Mocks The Weeknd While the Grammys AirJosh Duboff — February 13, 2017
  407. 410A blow-by-blow breakdown of The Weeknd's war with Justin BieberCourtney Shea — February 21, 2017
  408. 411The Weeknd Claims That Usher Ripped Off His Style With "Climax"; Usher Responds With #ClimaxChallengeTom Breihan — April 10, 2020
  409. 412The Weeknd Says There's 'No Feud' With Usher, Cites Him as 'Why I Make Music'Heran Mamo — August 25, 2020
  410. 413The Weeknd Set the Record Straight On His So-Called Usher 'Feud'Gabrielle Bruney — August 25, 2020
  411. 414Eric Bellinger Says The Weeknd Is for Those Who 'Like the Billy Goat Vibe'Jaelani Turner-Williams — July 13, 2026
  412. 415Why Did the 2021 Grammys Snub the Weeknd?November 25, 2020
  413. 416The Weeknd Responds to 2021 Grammys Snub: 'The Grammys Remain Corrupt'November 25, 2020
  414. 417The Weeknd Likens 2021 Grammys Snub to 'Sucker Punch' in New InterviewJanuary 29, 2021
  415. 418NewsThe Weeknd: Grammys 'mean nothing to me' after nominations snubJanuary 29, 2021
  416. 419The Weeknd Says He Will Boycott the Grammys Going Forward After 2021 Nominations SnubMarch 11, 2021
  417. 420Grammys eliminate secretive nominating committeesMay 1, 2021
  418. 421The Weeknd Says He's Still Boycotting the Grammys Despite Rule ChangesMay 3, 2021
  419. 4222025 GRAMMYs: The Weeknd Makes Triumphant Return To GRAMMY StageFebruary 3, 2025
  420. 423The Weeknd ends yearslong Grammys boycott with surprise performanceFebruary 2, 2025
  421. 424NewsK-pop, The Weeknd, Timothée Chalamet, Billie Eilish: All the 2026 Grammy nom snubs and surprises
  422. 425'The Idol': How HBO's Next 'Euphoria' Became Twisted 'Torture Porn'Cheyenne Roundtree — March 1, 2023
  423. 426The Weeknd mocked online for his Rolling Stone responseShauna Miranda — March 2, 2023
  424. 427MagazineThe Weeknd Remade Pop Music. Will The Idol Remake The Weeknd?Dan Adler — May 16, 2023
  425. 428Abel 'The Weeknd' Tesfaye Wants The Idol Fans to Be 'Disgusted' by His 'Scumbag' Character TedrosKarla Rodriguez — June 14, 2023
  426. 429The Weeknd Says He's 'Proud' of The Idol but Admits It 'Could Have Been Told in a Different Way'January 10, 2025
  427. 431The Weeknd Giving Away Kiss Land CondomsCarrie Battan — September 26, 2013
  428. 432NewsThe Weeknd Gets His Own 'Kiss Land' CondomsAlex Hudson — September 26, 2013
  429. 433NewsThe Weeknd Launches A Vape That Plays His Hit Single 'The Hills' As You SmokeLauren Keating — November 4, 2015
  430. 434The Weeknd Gets Limited Version of Pax 2 VaporizerAtif Kazmi — Pausr Media LLC — November 13, 2015
  431. 435Hypebeast Exclusive: WANGXO Apparel CollectionLemola Hasse — November 14, 2015
  432. 436The Weeknd Partners With Puma as New Creative Collaborator and AmbassadorChris Mench — September 29, 2016
  433. 437NewsWhere Are The Weeknd's Pop-Up Shops? If You Live in One Of These Eight Cities, You're in LuckAlexa Tucker — May 4, 2017
  434. 438A Closer Look at The Weeknd x PUMA XO Collection Launch in NYCNovember 22, 2017
  435. 439NewsThe Weeknd and H&M Team Up for the New Spring Icons CollectionScott Christian — February 2, 2017
  436. 440The Weeknd Cuts Ties With H&M Over "Deeply Offensive" PhotoNoah Yoo — January 8, 2018
  437. 441NewsMarvel Unveils 'The Weeknd Presents: Starboy' Comic Book Release DateMichael Saponara — March 23, 2018
  438. 442NewsThe Weeknd x BAPE Summer Capsule Collection Dropping August 4July 30, 2018
  439. 443BAPE® x XO
  440. 444NewsThe Weeknd Reveals Latest XO And BAPE Capsule CollectionLaura Stavropoulos — January 8, 2020
  441. 445NewsThe Weeknd signs on as part owner, global ambassador of esports firmNeil Davidson — CBC News — April 10, 2019
  442. 446NewsThe Weeknd Joins With TD Bank to Launch Black Hxouse Entrepreneurship InitiativeAugust 31, 2020
  443. 447NewsTrudeau announces cash for loans, support to Black Canadian entrepreneursSeptember 9, 2020
  444. 448The Weeknd Teases Upcoming NFT SongMarch 29, 2021
  445. 449The Weeknd will sell an unreleased song and visual art via NFT auctionAnthony Ha — March 31, 2021
  446. 450Tom Brady Announced Partnership With The Weeknd in the Best Way Possible
  447. 451NewsThe Weeknd’s Limited Edition ‘Blinding Lights’ NFTs With Billboard Are Up for AuctionAnna Chan — 20 December 2021
  448. 452Plant-based beverage brand Koia Gets Investments from All-Stars to provide Plant-Based Accessibility For AllApril 21, 2022
  449. 453The Weeknd Partners With Blue Bottle Coffee on 'Samra Origins' Product Line Named After Superstar's MotherHeran Mamo — May 3, 2023
  450. 454The Weeknd Named His New Nespresso Collection After His Mother Samra, Tying Back to His Ethiopian RootsSage Anderson — May 29, 2025
  451. 455Roblox adds physical merch sales – starting with The WeekndStuart Dredge — May 16, 2025
  452. 456Paris Saint-Germain and The Weeknd Unveil "XO x PSG" CollaborationJune 16, 2025
  453. 457The Weeknd Reps His Hometown Team With New Toronto Blue Jays Merch CollaborationJonathan Zavaleta — October 24, 2025
  454. 458NewsThe Novel Financing That Powered The Weeknd & Lyric Capital's Billion-Dollar DealElizabeth D. Marshall — December 17, 2025
  455. 459The Weeknd and Point Park University Link for Creative Direction ProgramJanuary 23, 2026
  456. 460NewsWhy is The Weeknd's crew called 'XO'Capital Xtra
  457. 461Nav Signs Deal With The Weeknd's XO RecordsFebruary 16, 2017
  458. 462With a co-sign from the Weeknd, rising singer Chxrry22 is one to watch in alt-R&BKwase Lane
  459. 46388GLAM Talk 'New Mania,' Leaving XO, and That 'Independent Flex'Alex Nino Gheciu
  460. 464Black Atlass: From Bedroom Records To Signing With The WeekndAron A — March 9, 2021
  461. 465MagazineThe Weeknd Chart History (Billboard 200)
  462. 466MagazineNav Chart History (Billboard 200)
  463. 467The Weeknd announces Memento Mori radio show on Beats 1June 6, 2018
  464. 468Stream The Weeknd's 'Memento Mori' Episode 7 on Beats 1 Radio (UPDATE)
  465. 469The Weeknd's New Song Is Anti-Cuffing SeasonZoe Haylock — November 27, 2019
  466. 470memento mori episode 14 💀 tomorrow
  467. 471The Weeknd Shares 'Kiss Land' Demos and Lana Del Rey RemixAugust 16, 2020
  468. 472The Weeknd shares 'Kiss Land' demos, including Lana Del Rey remixAugust 15, 2020
  469. 473NewsThe Weeknd donates $50,000 to language class at the University of TorontoJustin Carissimo — August 7, 2016
  470. 474NewsThe Weeknd donated $50,000 to a cause dear to his heartLilian Min — August 7, 2016
  471. 475NewsThe Weeknd Donates $50,000 to St. Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Church in TorontoMay 2, 2016
  472. 476NewsThe Weeknd has donated $250,000 to Black Lives MatterRhian Daly — August 14, 2016
  473. 477NewsThe Weeknd donates $250,000 to Black Lives MatterChloe Melas — CNN — August 11, 2016
  474. 478NewsThe Weeknd gives $250,000 to Black Lives MatterAugust 11, 2016
  475. 479NewsThe Weeknd Donates $100,000 to Health Center in UgandaMarc Malkin — E!
  476. 480NewsThe Weeknd Brings Back XO Face Mask For COVID-19 ReliefApril 23, 2020
  477. 481The Weeknd Donates $1 Million to MusiCares' and His Hometown's Coronavirus ReliefJem Aswad — June 29, 2020
  478. 482MagazineThe Weeknd Donated $500K to Racial Justice Initiatives: 'Please Give What You Can Even If It's a Small Amount'June 2, 2020
  479. 483The Weeknd Calls on Major Music Companies to 'Go Big and Public' With Blackout Tuesday DonationsJem Aswad — June 2, 2020
  480. 484WMG Creates Vague $100 Million Anti-Racism Fund Following the Weeknd's CriticismJustin Curto — June 3, 2020
  481. 485NewsThe Weeknd Virtual Concert on TikTok Drew Over 2M Viewers, Raised $350,000 for Equal Justice InitiativeTodd Spangler — August 12, 2020
  482. 486NewsThe Weeknd, TikTok Raise $350K for Equal Justice Initiative, Singer Also Donates $300K to Beirut Explosion VictimsTara C. Mahadevan — August 12, 2020
  483. 487Bella Hadid, Dua Lipa and the Other Celebs Supporting Palestine Over IsraelEmma Nolan — May 11, 2021
  484. 488NewsThe Weeknd Shares Instagram Posts Protesting Sheikh Jarrah EvictionMay 11, 2021
  485. 489The Weeknd, Motown's Ethiopia Habtemariam Highlight Emotional Night at Black Music Action Coalition AwardsShirley Halperin et al. — September 24, 2021
  486. 490MagazineThe Weeknd & School on Wheels Team Up to Provide Laptops, Tutoring & Mentorship for Homeless L.A. StudentsHeran Mamo — January 9, 2024
  487. 491São Paulo XO Logo Hoodie
  488. 492The Weeknd's São Paulo concert: A night to rememberAugust 22, 2024
  489. 493PinkPantheress, The Weeknd, Dave, more take part in online fundraiser for Sudan reliefJanuary 6, 2026
  490. 494The Weeknd Donates $1 Million to Relief Efforts in EthiopiaEllise Shafer — April 4, 2021
  491. 495USAID Administrator Power Held Urgent Meetings on Famine and Atrocities in Tigray, Ethiopia, including Ministerial Convening with Nine Countries and Conversation with The Weeknd, And Announced $181 Million in New USAID AssistanceJune 9, 2021
  492. 496It's The Weeknd! Superstar singer becomes World Food Programme Goodwill AmbassadorOctober 8, 2021
  493. 497The Weeknd Becomes U.N. Goodwill Ambassador for World Food Programme
  494. 498The Weeknd Unveils Stadium Tour Dates, Launches XO Humanitarian Fund With Combined $1.5 Million DonationJem Aswad — March 3, 2022
  495. 499The Weeknd Donates $2.5 Million to Gaza Food DeliveriesAbby Jones — December 1, 2023
  496. 500The Weeknd To Provide 4 Million Emergency Meals To Humanitarian Efforts In GazaRegina Cho — December 1, 2023
  497. 501MagazineThe Weeknd Donates $2 Million to Provide 18 Million Loaves of Bread to Gaza FamiliesApril 29, 2024
  498. 502The Weeknd Donates $1 Million to Los Angeles Wildfire Relief EffortsSteven J. Horowitz — January 17, 2025
  499. 503The Weeknd Donates $350,000 for Hurricane Melissa Relief in JamaicaKeithan Samuels — November 15, 2025
  500. 504The Weeknd Announces 2026 Extension of Stadium Tour
  501. 505MagazineThe Weeknd on Fame, Love and 'Melancholy'Kara Brown — 17 May 2018
  502. 506The Weeknd Says Fame Can Be a 'Full-Time' Job: 'I Have No Interest in That'14 May 2025
  503. 509The Weeknd Goes Track-by-Track (Almost) on 'After Hours'20 March 2020
  504. 510MagazineThe Weeknd Introduces Us to Abel TesfayeJeremy O. Harris — 14 April 2023
  505. 511The Weeknd: 'Grand Theft Auto: Vice City' "opened my eyes to ’80s music"Ali Shutler — 3 December 2021
  506. 512NewsThe Weeknd is busy gaming — and he wants everyone to play this indie gemGene Park — 9 August 2026
  507. 514Bella Hadid Spends Her Birthday Weekend with the WeekndSarah Lindig — October 10, 2015
  508. 515Why Bella Hadid and The Weeknd Reportedly Broke Up for the Second TimeAugust 6, 2019
  509. 516Everything We Know About Selena Gomez and The Weeknd's Whirlwind RomanceMaria Yagoda — May 25, 2017
  510. 517Selena Gomez and The Weeknd Split After 10 Months TogetherMelody Chiu et al. — October 30, 2017
  511. 518NewsThe Weeknd Dropped an EP That Seems to Reference His Exes Selena Gomez and Bella HadidMarch 30, 2018
  512. 519MagazineThe Weeknd Seemingly References Exes Selena Gomez and Bella Hadid on His New AlbumJosh Duboff — March 30, 2018
  513. 521All About The Weeknd's Girlfriend, Simi KhadraAimée Lutkin — March 31, 2025
  514. 522NewsThe Weeknd avoids jail time after punching police officer23 October 2015
  515. 523The Weeknd Opens Up About His Past, Turning 30 and Getting Vulnerable on 'After Hours'Chris Willman — 20 March 2020
  516. 526NewsThe Weeknd really cleaned up this Juno Awards weekendDavid Bell — April 3, 2016
  517. 527The WeekndGrammy Awards
  518. 528Press releaseThe Weeknd honoured with Allan Slaight Award from Canada's Walk of FameCanada's Walk of Fame — February 14, 2015
  519. 529MagazineToronto Declares 'The Weeknd Day' to Honor Singer's Super Bowl PerformanceMitchell Peters — February 7, 2021
  520. 530The Weeknd has been given his own day by Toronto mayorFebruary 7, 2021

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