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.”

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Label Occurrences
The Weeknd canonical 243
Abel Tesfaye 25
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye 2

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 2010 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abel M. Tesfaye ⓘ
The Weeknd ⓘ
surface form: Abel Tesfaye
awardReceived American Music Award ⓘ
Billboard Music Award ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ
Juno Award ⓘ
birthName The Weeknd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1990-02-16 ⓘ
dateOfSuperBowlHalftimeShow 2021-02-07 ⓘ
debutStudioAlbum Kiss Land ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ethiopian ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian-Canadian
founded XO Records ⓘ
surface form: 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 (The Weeknd album) ⓘ
surface form: Starboy

Starboy (The Weeknd album) ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
recordLabel Republic Records ⓘ
XO ⓘ
styleCharacteristic dark atmospheric sound ⓘ
falsetto vocals ⓘ
themes of nightlife and heartbreak ⓘ

Referenced by (272)

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808s & Heartbreak → influenced → The Weeknd ⓘ
Republic Records → rosterIncludes → The Weeknd ⓘ
Donda → featuresArtist → The Weeknd ⓘ
Super Bowl LV → hasHalftimeShowPerformer → The Weeknd ⓘ
Ariana Grande → associatedAct → The Weeknd ⓘ
Michael Jackson → influenced → The Weeknd ⓘ
Prince → influencedArtist → The Weeknd ⓘ
Universal Music Group → notableArtistRosterIncludes → The Weeknd ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Weeknd (via Republic Records)
Kendrick Lamar → associatedAct → The Weeknd ⓘ
Jeff Gitelman → associatedAct → The Weeknd ⓘ
Aubrey Graham → associatedAct → The Weeknd ⓘ
Illangelo → associatedAct → The Weeknd ⓘ
Illangelo → collaboratedWith → The Weeknd ⓘ
Francis Farewell Starlite → associatedAct → The Weeknd ⓘ
Francis Farewell Starlite → collaboratedWith → The Weeknd ⓘ
The Weeknd → birthName → The Weeknd self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
The Weeknd → alsoKnownAs → The Weeknd ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abel Tesfaye
Noah Shebib → producedFor → The Weeknd ⓘ
Mike Dean → notableWorkWith → The Weeknd ⓘ
Ty Dolla Sign → associatedAct → The Weeknd ⓘ
Nav → associatedAct → The Weeknd ⓘ
Starboy (The Weeknd album) → artist → The Weeknd ⓘ
subject surface form: Starboy
Starboy (The Weeknd album) → performer → The Weeknd ⓘ
subject surface form: Starboy
Starboy (The Weeknd album) → producer → The Weeknd ⓘ
subject surface form: Starboy
Metro Boomin → associatedAct → The Weeknd ⓘ
XO Records → coFounder → The Weeknd ⓘ
XO Records → associatedAct → The Weeknd ⓘ
XO Records → primaryArtist → The Weeknd ⓘ
XO Records → distributesMusicOf → The Weeknd ⓘ
XO Records → foundedBy → The Weeknd ⓘ
Boi-1da → associatedAct → The Weeknd ⓘ
Cashmere Cat → collaboratedWith → The Weeknd ⓘ
FML → performer → The Weeknd ⓘ
FML → featuredArtist → The Weeknd ⓘ
FML → composer → The Weeknd ⓘ
FML → lyricist → The Weeknd ⓘ
Uncut Gems → starring → The Weeknd ⓘ
Gesaffelstein → collaboratedWith → The Weeknd ⓘ
Willo Perron → designedFor → The Weeknd ⓘ
58th Annual Grammy Awards → notablePerformanceBy → The Weeknd ⓘ
Future → associatedAct → The Weeknd ⓘ
Jodeci → influenced → The Weeknd ⓘ
Daft Punk → influenced → The Weeknd ⓘ
Daft Punk → collaboratedWith → The Weeknd ⓘ
My Everything → featuresArtist → The Weeknd ⓘ
Positions → featuresArtist → The Weeknd ⓘ
Max Martin → hasCollaboratedWith → The Weeknd ⓘ
The Morning → artist → The Weeknd ⓘ
The Morning → performer → The Weeknd ⓘ
The Morning → vocalist → The Weeknd ⓘ