Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Canada), better known by his stage name The Weeknd, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer. He worked numerous times with Grande and is close friends with her.
Background[]
Born and raised in Toronto, Tesfaye began anonymously releasing music in 2009 which would serve as the beginning of his career. Two years later, he co-founded his own label, XO, and began simultaneously releasing 3 mixtapes back to back, House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echos of Silence. In 2012, he signed to Republic Records and re-released his mixtapes in his compilation album, Trilogy. Tesfaye then proceeded to put out his debut album, Kiss Land, which debuted at #2 on the US Billboard 200. Shortly thereafter, his career began to skyrocket with songs, Earned It, Can't Feel My Face, and The Hills, massively contributing to the star's success.
Discography[]
- House of Balloons (2011)
- Thursday (2011)
- Echoes of Silence (2011)
- Kiss Land (2013)
- Beauty Behind The Madness (2015)
- Starboy (2016)
- My Dear Melancholy (EP) (2018)
- After Hours (2020)
- Dawn FM (2022)
- Horizon (TBA)
Filmography[]
- Uncut Gems (2019)
- The Idol (2022)
Collaborations[]
- "Love Me Harder" - My Everything (2014)
- "Unknown The Weeknd Collaboration" - Thank U Next (2019) (unreleased)
- "Off The Table" - Positions (2020)
- "Save Your Tears (Remix)" - (2021)
- "Best Friends" - Dawn FM - (2021) (unreleased)
- "Die For You (Remix)" - (2023)
Performances[]
Grande and Tesfaye performed their song "Love Me Harder" at multiple events including Saturday Night Live and the 2014 American Music Awards. Tesfaye also performed the song later on in his tour in Brazil in 2023 without Ariana.
"Save Your Tears (Remix)" was performed at the 2021 iHeart Radio Music Awards to open the show.
In July 2021, Tesfaye joined Grande for an exclusive performance of their song "Off The Table" on Vevo's series, Official Live Performance.
Trivia[]
- The Weeknd tweeted "i’ve seen Ariana work in real time. That woman is a BEAST on pro tools" in answer to Kenny Beats that has tweeted "Ariana Grande is insane at comping vocals with 100 stacks".
- Since 2020, they do at least one song per year.
- Grande introduced him at the Grammy Awards 2016.
- He is also signed to the same record label as Grande, Republic Records.
- The Weeknd is Ariana's second collaborator with the most collaborations.
- He has his own record label, called XO.
Videos[]
Gallery[]
External links[]
- @theweeknd on Instagram
- The Weeknd on Facebook
- @theweeknd on Twitter
- The Weeknd on YouTube
References[]
My Everything | |
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August 22, 2014 • 40:31 • Republic Records | |
Songs | |
Released | Bang Bang • Be My Baby • Best Mistake • Break Free • Break Your Heart Right Back • Cadillac Song • Hands On Me • Intro • Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart • Love Me Harder • My Everything • One Last Time • Only 1 • Problem • Too Close • Why Try • You Don't Know Me |
Unreleased | Ain't About What You Got • In The Morning • Lighter • Not Afraid of Love • Nothing Lasts Forever • Ridiculous • The Way It Is |
Artists | |
Ariana Grande • A$AP Ferg • Big Sean • Cashmere Cat • Childish Gambino • Iggy Azalea • Jessie J • Miley Cyrus • Nicki Minaj • The Weeknd • Tori Kelly • Zedd | |
Tour | |
The Honeymoon Tour |