The Weeknd

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NOVEMBER 25th 2020: The Weeknd accuses the Grammy Awards and the Recording Academy of being corrupt after failing to receive Grammy Award nominations for his album "After Hours" or his single "Blinding Lights". He and his management team contend that because he had agreed to perform during the 2021 Superbowl - and could therefore not also perform during the Grammy Awards Show - he was excluded for consideration for any Grammy Awards. - File Photo by: zz/DP/AAD/STAR MAX/IPx 2017 5/1/17 The Weeknd at the 2017 Costume Institute Gala - "Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between" held on May 1, 2017 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. (NYC)
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye - The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp 'The Idol' photocall, 76th Cannes Film Festival, France - 23 May 2023
Abel 'The Weeknd' Tesfaye and Lily-Rose Depp 'The Idol' premiere, 76th Cannes Film Festival, France - 22 May 2023
Los Angeles, CA - *EXCLUSIVE* - The Weeknd and Simi Khadra keep the night young as they bid farewell to a fun time at Roger Room club joined by their squad of friends in Los Angeles. Pictured: The Weeknd, Simi Khadra BACKGRID USA 9 APRIL 2023 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients - Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication* View Gallery View Gallery 19 Photos.

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Hometown:
Scarborough

Bio:
The Weeknd (born Abel Tesfaye, in Scarborough, Ontario, on February 16, 1990) is an is a Canadian recording artist and record producer. He says he adopted the stage name, “The Weeknd,” after dropping out of high school and “left one weekend and never came home.” Abel anonymously uploaded several songs to YouTube in 2010 and then in 2011 he released three nine-track mixtapes: “House of Balloons,” “Thursday,” and “Echoes of Silence,” which were critically acclaimed. MTV’s John Norris has called him the “songbird of his generation” and the “best musical talent since Michael Jackson”. In December 2014, he released “Earned It”, the song was released as a single from the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey. He has won three Grammy Awards.

Best Known For:
The Weeknd is best known for being a recording artist.

Personal Life:
The Weeknd dated model Bella Hadid from April 2015 to November 2016. He moved on to Selena Gomez in Jan. 2017, with their relationship first confirmed after they were photographed kissing on a date night in Santa Monica. But since they broke up in 2017, he has been spotted on dates with Bella again.