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• REAL NAME: Abel Tesfaye
• BIRTHDAY: February 16, 1990
• BIGGEST POP SINGLE: "Blinding Lights" (2020)
• BIGGEST LP: Beauty Behind The Madness (2015)
• GRAMMY AWARDS: 3

• The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, hails from Canada and was born on February 16, 1990. He rose to fame after releasing several songs on YouTube followed by several mix tapes in the early 2010s.

• November 13: The Weeknd released Trilogy. The compilation LP consists of remastered mix tapes (House Of Balloons, Thursday, Echoes Of Silence) from 2011 and 3 previously unreleased songs.

• December 1: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 1 week with Trilogy.
• December 19: Trilogy was certified gold.

• May 16: Trilogy was certified platinum.

• August 25: The video for "Wicked Games" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Visual Effects and Artist To Watch.

• September 10: The Weeknd released his official debut LP Kiss Land.
• September 28: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Digital Albums chart for 1 week Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for 1 week, and R&B Albums chart for 2 weeks with Kiss Land.

• January 26: The Weeknd was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Remember You" with Wiz Khalifa).

• October 18: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping Ariana Grande with "Love Me Harder."

• December 6: The Weeknd hit the Top 10 helping Ariana Grande with "Love Me Harder."

# 2 Singles Artist of the Year (# 1 Male Artist of the Year)

• January 3: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Rhythmic Songs chart for 5 weeks helping out Ariana Grande with "Love Me Harder."
• January 17: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Dance/Mix Airplay chart for 3 weeks helping out Ariana Grande with "Love Me Harder."

• February 28: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Earned It."

• April 11: The Weeknd hit the Top 10 with "Earned It."
• April 11: The Weeknd topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 2 weeks and R&B Songs chart for 14 weeks with "Earned It."
• April 25: The Weeknd topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 13 weeks with "Earned It."

• May 2: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Rhythmic Songs chart for 3 weeks with "Earned It."
• May 9: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Radio Songs chart for 4 weeks with "Earned It."
• May 16: The Weeknd hit #1 for 1 week on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Earned It."
• May 23: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Pop Songs chart for 1 week with "Earned It."
• May 30: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Adult R&B Songs chart with "Earned It."

• June 20: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Can't Feel My Face."

• July 4: The Weeknd hit the Top 10 with "Can't Feel My Face."
• July 18: The Weeknd topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs chart and R&B Songs chart with "Can't Feel My Face."

• August 1: The Weeknd topped the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and Rhythmic Songs chart with "Can't Feel My Face."
• August 8: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "The Hills."
• August 15: The Weeknd hit #1 for 5 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Can't Feel My Face."
• August 22: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Radio Songs chart, and Pop Songs chart with "Can't Feel My Face."
• August 28: The Weeknd released Beauty Behind The Madness.
• August 30: The video for "Earned It" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video. The video for "Love Me Harder" with Ariana Grande was nominated for Best Collaboration.

• September 10: The Weeknd topped the UK LP charts with Beauty Behind The Madness.
• September 19: The Weeknd topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Digital Albums chart, R&B Albums chart, and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with Beauty Behind The Madness.
• September 19: The Weeknd hit the Top 10 with "The Hills."

• October 3: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with "The Hills."
• October 3: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Radio Songs chart and Digital Songs chart with "The Hills."
• October 10: The Weeknd performed on Saturday Night Live.
• October 15: Beauty Behind The Madness was certified gold.
• October 17: The Weeknd hit #1 for 1 week with "The Hills."

• November 21: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "In The Night."
• November 22: The Weeknd won 3 American Music Awards for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist and Favorite Soul/R&B Album (Beauty Behind The Madness), and was nominated for Artist of the Year, New Artist of the Year, and Single of the Year ("Can't Feel My Face").

• December 19: The Weeknd hit the Top 10 with "In The Night."
• December 31: The Weeknd topped the Billboard 2015 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top Pop Hot 100 Artist, Top Pop Hot 100 Artist - Male, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Artist, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs Arist, Top R&B Songs Artist, Top R&B Digital Songs Artist, Top R&B Albums Artist, Top Rhythmic Songs Artist, and with the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Song, Top R&B Digital Song, and Top Adult R&B Song ("Earned It"), Top R&B Song ("The Hills"), Top Rhythmic Song ("Can't Feel My Face"), and Top R&B Album (Beauty Behind The Madness).

# 14 Singles Artist of the Year

• February 1: Beauty Behind The Madness was certified 2x platinum.
• February 15: The Weeknd won 2 Grammy Awards including Best R&B Performance ("Earned It") and Best Urban Contemporary Album (Beauty Behind The Madness), and was nominated for Album of the Year (Beauty Behind The Madness), Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance ("Can't Feel My Face"), and Best R&B Song (awarded to the songwriter) and Best Song Written for Visual Media (awarded to the songwriter) ("Earned It").
• February 28: The Weeknd was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Earned It").

• March 22: Trilogy was certified 2x platinum.

• May 21: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Belly with "Might Not."

• April 28: Beauty Behind The Madness was certified 3x platinum.

• August 28: The video for "Can't Feel My Face" was nominated for 2 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Male Video and Best Visual Effects.

• October 1: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Daft Punk with "Starboy."
• October 1: The Weeknd performed on Saturday Night Live.
• October 8: The Weeknd hit the Top 10 with help from Daft Punk with "Starboy."

• November 20: The Weeknd was nominated for 3 American Music Awards including Artist of the Year, Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist, and Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist.
• November 26: The Weeknd hit #1 for 2 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Daft Punk with "Starboy."
• November 28:The Weeknd released Starboy.

• December 10: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Daft Punk with "I Feel It Coming."
• December 17: The Weeknd topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Album Sales chart, Digital Albums chart, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and R&B Albums chart with Starboy.

# 28 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 7: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Digital Songs chart, and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with help from Daft Punk with "Starboy."

• June 8: Starboy was certified 2x platinum.

• August 27: The video for "Reminder" was nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards for Video of the Year, Best Direction, Best Art Direction, and Best Editing. The Weeknd was also nominated for Artist of the Year.

• November 19: The Weeknd was nominated for 5 American Music Awards including Favorite Pop/Rock Album (Starboy), Collaboration of the Year ("Starboy" with Daft Punk), Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist, Favorite Soul/R&B Album, and Favorite Soul/R&B Song ("Starboy" with Daft Punk).

• December 31: The Weeknd topped the Billboard 2017 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top R&B Albums Artist.

# 49 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 28: The Weeknd won a Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album (Starboy).

• February 10: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Kendrick Lamar with "Pray For Me."

• March 3: The Weeknd hit the Top 10 with Kendrick Lamar with "Pray For Me."
• March 30: The Weeknd digitally released My Dear, Melancholy,.

• April 14: The Weeknd topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Top Albums Sales chart, Digital Albums chart, Top R&B Albums chart, and Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart with My Dear, Melancholy,.

• August 10: The Weeknd could be heard on the Nicki Minaj LP Queen on the track "Thought I Knew You."

• December 31: The Weeknd topped the Billboard 2018 Year-End Chart Toppers as the Top R&B Albums Artist.

# 38 Singles Artist of the Year

• January 19: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 helping out Gesaffelstein with "Lost In The Fire."
• January 30: Starboy was certified 3x platinum.

• March 18:Trilogy was certified 3x platinum and Kiss Land was certified gold.

• May 11: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with help from Travis Scott with "Wake Up."
• May 10: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with SZA and Travis Scott with "Power Is Power."

• December 7: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Heartless."
• December 14: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Digital Songs chart, and R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart with "Heartless."
• December 28: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Blinding Lights."

• January 11: The Weeknd hit the Top 10 with "Heartless."

• February 13: The Weeknd topped the UK singles chart with "Blinding Lights."
• February 22: The Weeknd hit the Top 10 with "Blinding Lights."

• March 5: The Weeknd topped the UK singles chart with "Blinding Lights."
• March 8: The Weeknd performed on Saturday Night Live.

• March 20: The Weeknd release After Hours.
• March 20: Beauty Behind The Madness was certified 4x platinum.
• March 28: The Weeknd topped the Billboard Digital Songs chart with "Blinding Lights."

• April 2: The Weeknd topped the UK LP chart with After Hours.
• April 4: The Weeknd hit #1 for 10 weeks on the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "Blinding Lights."
• April 4: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "In Your Eyes."
• April 4: The Weeknd topped Billboard Hot 100 and R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart with "Blinding Lights."
• April 4: The Weeknd topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Albums Sales chart, and R&B/Hip-Hop Album Sales chart with After Hours.
• April 9: The Weeknd topped UK Singles chart with "Blinding Lights."
• April 18: The Weeknd topped Billboard Pop Songs chart and Radio Songs chart with "Blinding Lights."

• May 23: The Weeknd topped Billboard Adult Pop Songs chart with "Blinding Lights."

• August 30: The video for "Blinding Lights" won 2 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year and Best R&B Video, and was nominated for Best Direction, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography. The Weeknd was also nominated for Artist of the Year.

• September 5: The Weeknd hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with Calvin Harris with "Over Now."

iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Trilogy Released: November 13, 2012 US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 4 Billboard # 1: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Rolling Stone: Tracks: "High For This" - "What You Need" - "House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls" - "The Morning" - "Wicked Games" - "The Party & The After Party" - "Coming Down" - "Loft Music" - "The Knowing" - "Twenty Eight" - "Lonely Star" - "Life Of The Party" - "Thursday" (featuring Drake) - "The Birds Pt. 1 & 2" - "Gone" - "Rolling Stone" - "Heaven Or Vegas" - "Valerie" - "DD" - "Montreal" - "Outside" - "XO / The Host" - "Initiation" - "Same Old Song" (featuring Juicy J) - "The Fall" - "Next" - "Echoes Of Silence" - "Till Dawn" (Here Comes The Sun)"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Kiss Land Released: September 10, 2013 US: Gold Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 2 Billboard # 1: Digital Albums, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, R&B Albums Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B+ Tracks: "Professional" - "The Town" - "Adaption" - "Love In The Sky" - "Belong To The World" - "Live For" (featuring Drake) - "Wanderlust" - "Kiss Land" - "Pretty" - "Tears In The Rain"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Beauty Behind The Madness Released: August 28, 2015 US: 4x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 Billboard # 1: Digital Albums, R&B Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Grammy WInner: , Best Urban Contemporary Album Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year Tracks: "Real Life" - "Losers" (featuring Labrinth) - "Tell Your Friends" - "Often" - "The Hills" - "Acquainted" - "Can't Feel My Face" - "Shameless" - "Earned It" - "In The Night" - "As You Are" - "Dark Time" (featuring Ed Sheeran) - "Prisoner" (featuring Lana Del Rey) - "Angel"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Starboy Released: November 28, 2016 US: 3x Platinum Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 Grammy Winner: Best Urban Contemporary Album Billboard # 1: Top Album Sales, Digital Albums, R&B Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Tracks: "Starboy" (featuring Daft Punk) - "Party Monster" - "False Alarm" - "Reminder" - "Rockin'" - "Secrets" - "True Colors" - "Stargirl Interlude" (featuring Lana Del Rey) - "Sidewalks" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) - "Six Feet Under" - "Love To Lay" - "A Lonely Night" - "Ordinary Life" - "Nothing Without You" - "All I Know" (featuring Future) - "Die For You" - "I Feel It Coming" (featuring Daft Punk)
iTunes Amazon.mp3	My Dear, Melancholy, (EP) Released: March 30, 2018 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Billboard # 1: Top Album Sales, Digital Albums, R&B Albums, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Tracks: "Call Out My Name" - "Try Me" - "Wasted Times" - "I Was Never There" (featuring Gesaffelstein) - "Hurt You" (featuring Gesaffelstein) - "Privilege"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	After Hours Released: March 20 2020 Billboard # 1: Top Album Sales, R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Tracks: "Alone Again" - "Too Late" - "Hardest To Love" - "Scared To Live" - "Snowchild" - "Escape From LA" - " with "Heartless" - "Faith" - "Blinding Lights" - "In Your Eyes" - "Save Your Tears" - "Repeat After Me (Interlude)" - "After Hours" - "Until I Bleed Out"

1	Can't Feel My Face from the LP Beauty Behind The Madness ARC chart run: 24 - 14 - 10 - 6 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 7 - 8 - 12 - 32 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 7 RIAA Certification: 8x Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Pop Songs, Radio Songs, R&B Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Songs, Rhythmic Songs Grammy Nominee: Record of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance MTV VMA Nominee: Best Male Video, Best Visual Effects	1(5)	21	2015	iTunes Amazon.mp3
2	The Hills from the LP Beauty Behind The Madness ARC chart run: 37 - 36 - 29 - 21 - 13 - 11 - 7 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 11 - 16 - 22 - 27 - 30 - 36 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 8 RIAA Certification: 11x Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Radio Songs, Digital Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	1(1)	22	2015	iTunes Amazon.mp3
3	I Feel It Coming [The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk] from the LP Starboy ARC chart run: 32 - 22 - 18 - 17 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 7 - 9 - 23 - 39 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 15 RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum	2	23	2017	iTunes Amazon.mp3
4	Starboy [The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk] from the LP Starboy ARC chart run: 24 - 10 - 7 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 9 - 11 - 16 - 20 - 32 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 19 RIAA Certification: 8x Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Digital Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	1(2)	21	2016	iTunes Amazon.mp3
5	Earned It from the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack ARC chart run: 35 - 29 - 25 - 19 - 14 - 11 - 7 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 13 - 17 - 22 - 27 - 32 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 20 RIAA Certification: 7x Platinum Billboard # 1: Radio Songs, Pop Songs, R&B/Hip-Hops Songs, R&B Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, Rhythmic Songs, Adult R&B Songs Grammy Winner: Best R&B Performance Grammy Nominee: Best R&B Song, Best Song Written for Visual Media MTV VMA Nominee: Best Male Video	1(1)	21	2015	iTunes Amazon.mp3
6	Pray For Me [The Weeknd & Kendrick Lamar] from the Black Panther soundtrack ARC chart run: 37 - 14 - 13 - 10 - 8 - 8 - 7 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 6 - 12 - 16 - 26 - 34 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 31 RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum	3	20	2018	iTunes Amazon.mp3
7	In The Night from the LP Beauty Behind The Madness ARC chart run: 33 - 22 - 19 - 14 - 9 - 7 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 5 - 3 - 5 - 8 - 12 - 16 - 22 - 30 - 34 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 35 RIAA Certification: Platinum	3	20	2016	iTunes Amazon.mp3
8	Love Me Harder [Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd] from the Ariana Grande LP My Everything ARC chart run: 38 - 30 - 20 - 17 - 14 - 14 - 12 - 9 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 9 - 11 - 13 - 16 - 21 - 30 - 40 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 36 RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum Billboard # 1: Rhythmic Songs, Dance/Mix Show Airplay MTV VMA Nominee: Best Collaboration	3	21	2015	iTunes Amazon.mp3
9	Heartless from the LP After Hours ARC chart run: 28 - 24 - 16 - 14 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 8 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 18 - 21 - 25 - 39 - off RIAA Certification: Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Digital Songs, R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	6	21	2020	iTunes Amazon.mp3
11	In Your Eyes from the LP After Hours ARC chart run: 30 - 26 - 23 - 18 - 18 - 18 - 18 - 22 - 21 - 21 - 24 - 25 - 35 - off	18	13	2020	iTunes Amazon.mp3
11	Wake Up [Travis Scott featuring The Weeknd] from the Travis Scott LP Astroworld ARC chart run: 37 - 30 - 29 - 27 - 27 - 25 - 25 - 23 - 23 - 25 - 29 - 37 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 92	23	12	2019	iTunes Amazon.mp3
12	Lost In The Fire [Gesaffelstein & The Weeknd] from the Gesaffelstein LP Hyperion ARC chart run: 39 - 26 - 15 - 14 - 14 - 13 - 17 - 25 - 36 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 104 RIAA Certification: Gold	13	9	2019	iTunes Amazon.mp3
13	Might Not [Belly featuring The Weeknd] from the Belly LP Up For Days ARC chart run: 38 - 38 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 151	38	2	2016	iTunes Amazon.mp3
14	Power Is Power [SZA & The Weeknd & Travis Scott] from the For The Throne compilation ARC chart run: 38 - 37 - off Year-End Chart Position: # 154	37	2	2019	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Wicked Games from the LP Trilogy RIAA Certification: 3x Platinum MTV VMA Nominee: Best Visual Effects, Artist To Watch	**	**	2012	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Twenty Eight from the LP Trilogy RIAA Certification: Platinum	**	**	2012	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Often from the LP Beauty Behind The Madness RIAA Certification: 4x Platinum	**	**	2014	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Call Out My Name from the EP My Dear, Melancholy, RIAA Certification: 2x Platinum	**	**	2018
-- current singles --
	Blinding Lights from the LP After Hours RIAA Certification: Platinum Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Pop Songs, Radio Songs, Digital Songs, Adult Pop Songs MTV VMA Winner: Video of the Year, Best R&B Video MTV VMA Nominee: Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Cinematography	1(10)	**	2020	iTunes Amazon.mp3
	Over Now [Calvin Harris & The Weeknd] from the digital download	**	**	2020	iTunes Amazon.mp3
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