The Weeknd

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Canadian musician human record producer singer songwriter

The Weeknd is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer known for his dark, atmospheric R&B sound and globally successful hits like “Blinding Lights” and “Starboy.”

Aliases (3)

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian musician → human → record producer → singer → songwriter →
activeYearsStart	2010 →
alsoKnownAs	Abel M. Tesfaye → Abel Tesfaye →
awardReceived	American Music Award → Billboard Music Award → Grammy Award → Juno Award →
birthName	Abel Makkonen Tesfaye →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada →
dateOfBirth	1990-02-16 →
dateOfSuperBowlHalftimeShow	2021-02-07 →
debutStudioAlbum	Kiss Land →
ethnicGroup	Ethiopian-Canadian →
founded	XO (record label) →
genre	R&B → alternative R&B → electropop → hip hop → pop →
hasSocialMediaProfile	https://twitter.com/theweeknd → https://www.instagram.com/theweeknd →
influencedBy	Ethiopian music → Michael Jackson → Prince → R. Kelly →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mixtape	Echoes of Silence → House of Balloons → Thursday →
notableCollaboration	Ariana Grande → Daft Punk → Drake → Future → Kendrick Lamar → Travis Scott →
notableWork	After Hours → Beauty Behind the Madness → Blinding Lights → Call Out My Name → Can’t Feel My Face → Crew Love → Dawn FM → Die For You → Earned It → House of Balloons → I Feel It Coming → In the Night → Often → Save Your Tears → Starboy → Starboy (album) → Take My Breath → The Hills → Trilogy → Wicked Games →
occupation	actor → record producer → singer → songwriter →
officialWebsite	https://www.theweeknd.com →
performedAt	Super Bowl LV halftime show →
placeOfBirth	Toronto, Ontario, Canada →
recordLabel	Republic Records → XO →
styleCharacteristic	dark atmospheric sound → falsetto vocals → themes of nightlife and heartbreak →

Referenced by (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ariana Grande → Aubrey Graham → Boi-1da → Francis Farewell Starlite → Illangelo → Jeff Gitelman → Kendrick Lamar → Metro Boomin → Nav → Ty Dolla Sign → XO Records →	associatedAct
Cashmere Cat → Francis Farewell Starlite → Gesaffelstein → Illangelo →	collaboratedWith
808s & Heartbreak → Michael Jackson →	influenced
FML → Starboy →	performer
The Weeknd ("Abel Tesfaye") →	alsoKnownAs
Starboy →	artist
The Weeknd ("Abel Makkonen Tesfaye") →	birthName
XO Records →	coFounder
FML →	composer
Willo Perron →	designedFor
XO Records →	distributesMusicOf
FML →	featuredArtist
Donda →	featuresArtist
XO Records →	foundedBy
Super Bowl LV →	hasHalftimeShowPerformer
Prince →	influencedArtist
FML →	lyricist
Universal Music Group ("The Weeknd (via Republic Records)") →	notableArtistRosterIncludes
Mike Dean →	notableWorkWith
XO Records →	primaryArtist
Noah Shebib →	producedFor
Starboy →	producer
Republic Records →	rosterIncludes
Uncut Gems →	starring