The Weeknd
The Weeknd
Latest Release
- Save Your Tears
- April 2021
- • 1 Song
Top Songs
| 1 | Blinding Lights | ||
| 2 | The Hills [Remix]E | ||
| 3 | Save Your Tears | ||
| 4 | Save Your Tears | ||
| 5 | HeartlessE |
Albums
Mar 2021 • 9 songs
Feb 2021 • 18 songs
Feb 2021 • 18 songs
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Biography
Alternative R&B act the Weeknd -- a solo outlet for vocalist Abel Tesfaye -- surfaced in March 2011 with House of Balloons. A nine-track, 50-minute mixtape made available for free download on the Weeknd website, House of Balloons was based in morose ballads filled with drug references and sexual longing. Sonically, there were clear traces of radio-friendly contemporary R&B +á la Trey Songz, Jeremih, the-Dream, and Drake, while also appealing to listeners who favored left-of-center, production-over-songcraft exponents like Spacek and Sa-Ra. The mixtape, made by Tesfaye in colla...