THE WEEKEND
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, mejor conocido por su nombre artístico The Weeknd (Scarborough, Canadá, 16 de febrero de 1990), es un cantante, compositor y productor canadiense. A finales de 2010, Tesfaye subió anónimamente varias canciones a YouTube bajo el nombre "The Weeknd". Lanzó tres mixtapes de nueve pistas a lo largo de 2011: House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence, que eran muy aclamadas. Al año siguiente, lanzo su álbum recopilatorio titulado "Trilogy" con treinta pistas que consisten en versiones remasterizadas de su material mixtape y tres canciones adicionales. Fue puesto en el mercado por el sello musical Republic Records y XO. En 2013, lanzó su álbum debut Kiss Land, que fue reconocido por los singles "Kiss Land" y "Live For".
Su segundo álbum de estudio , Beauty Behind The Madness, que se convirtió en su primer álbum en llegar al número uno la lista Billboard 200, incluido el "top cinco" en diversas listas con su single "Earned It" y produjo los sencillos número uno "The Hills " y Can't Feel My Face. Las canciones han llegado simultáneamente a los tres primeros lugares en la lista Billboard Hot R&B Songs, convirtiéndose en el único artista del 2015 en hacerlo .
The Weeknd ha recibido elogios de varias publicaciones musicales, incluyendo Pitchfork , MTV , BET ,Rolling Stone , XXL and The Source.
the link you will find one of his most popular songs:
https://youtu.be/KEI4qSrkPAs
early life
Tesfaye was born on February 16, 1990 , in Toronto , Ontario , Canada, and raised in Scarborough. He is of Ethiopian origin , his parents emigrated Samra Makonnen and Ethiopia in the 1980s . He grew up listening to a variety of musical genres including soul, quiet storm , hip hop, funk , indie rock and post- punk. Tesfaye 's father was never there when he was growing up, and her mother was working constantly , so her grandmother took care of him most of his life. Because of this, Tesfaye fluent in Amharic ; It was the first language he learned. Tesfaye says he adopted the name "The Weeknd " after leaving high school at the age of 17 years and , with a partner , " a weekend he left and never came home ." The spelling was changed to avoid trademark issues with a Canadian band that was already called " The Weekend " .
Biography
2010-11: Early in his career and mixtapes.
In Toronto, Tesfaye met producer Jeremy Rose, who had an idea for a musical project called dark R & B "The Weeknd". After trying to launch the idea of musician Curtis Santiago, Rose made one of his instrumentals to Tesfaye, who put a freestyle on the song, and began working on an album. He produced three songs "What You Need", "Loft Music" and "The Morning" and others Tesfaye rapped that Rose has finally discarded. Rose let Tesfaye keep the tracks were produced under the condition that, ultimately, would be credited to them. However, in December 2010, Tesfaye rose "What You Need", "Loft Music" and "The Morning" on YouTube under the name "I Weeknd" although his identity was initially unknown. The songs drew attention online through word of mouth, which includes a blog with the songs published by Canadian rapper Drake, who also helped generate interest in The Weeknd. He later received coverage in outlets like Pitchfork Media and The New York Times.
The March 21, 2011, Tesfaye released the mixtape track nine of House of Balloons through their website.
Canciones:
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Can't Feel My Face
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2015
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Beauty Behind the Madness
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The Hills [Explicit]
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2015
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Beauty Behind the Madness
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Earned It
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2015
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Beauty Behind the Madness
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Often
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2015
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Beauty Behind the Madness
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Wicked Games
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2011
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House of Balloons
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Acquainted
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2015
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Beauty Behind the Madness
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High for This
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2011
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House of Balloons
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Tell Your Friends [Explicit]
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2015
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Beauty Behind the Madness
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The Morning
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2011
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House of Balloons
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King Of The Fall
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2014
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Dark Times
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2015
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Beauty Behind the Madness
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Live For
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2013
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Kiss Land
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Twenty Eight
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2011
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House of Balloons
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The Party & The After Party
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2011
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House of Balloons
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Where You Belong
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2015
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Same Old Song
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2011
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Echoes of Silence
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Kiss Land
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2013
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Kiss Land
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Loft Music
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2011
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House of Balloons
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In The Night
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2015
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Beauty Behind the Madness
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House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls
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2011
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House of Balloons
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Belong to the World
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2013
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Kiss Land
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Love in the Sky
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2013
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Kiss Land
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Rolling Stone
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2011
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XO / The Host
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2011
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Echoes of Silence
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The Zone
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2011
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Echoes of Silence
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2011
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Echoes of Silence
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Lonely Star [Explicit]
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2011
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Wanderlust
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2013
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Kiss Land
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Devil May Cry
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2013
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The Knowing
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2011
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House of Balloons
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Losers
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2015
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Beauty Behind the Madness
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The Birds, Part 2
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2011
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THE WEEKEND ABOUT TO GO TO JAIL:
The Canadian singer The Weeknd managed to break jail in the US after hitting a cop in Las Vegas earlier this year. According to court documents filed this week, the singer-whose real name is Abel Tesfaye-- agreed to "stay out of trouble" in exchange for their case to be dismissed. He also promised to do 50 hours of community service in Canada, contribute $ 1,000 to a fund for injured police and undergo counseling. The R & B singer of 25 years was arrested in January in Las Vegas hotel Cromwell, when police intervened to break up a fight and was hit Weeknd. This legal problem coincides with a time when The Weeknd is beginning to set as a major star thanks to his album "Beauty Behind the Madness," which spent three weeks at number one in sales in the United States. The Weeknd, best known for his song "Can not Feel My Face", it is considered one of the favorites at the upcoming Grammy awards. This year released "Earned It," his song for the film "50 Shades of Grey". Son of Ethiopian immigrants, the artist became known thanks to the videos posted on YouTube from 2010.
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