Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, is an Ethiopian-born Canadian singer-songwriter

and record producer, and my heart stealer.

he singer was born on February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Canada in a family of emigrants from Ethiopia.The
boy's family lived in poverty, mothers had a place to be as a result, to feed themselves and their son.
The father was not present in the upbringing of his son, and soon disappeared from the family.
Therefore, grandmother often sat with little Abel.

The future star of family development, therefore, because of the attention to his father and mother,
Abel grew up with suspicion of a teenager. The young man had suspicious friends, he started smoking
marijuana and skipping classes. At the age of 17, Abel and the one who disappeared from school plan to
become the main performer.In the morning, the guy worked part-time as a salesman in a clothing store,
and in the evening at the meeting participants with friends, who also came to the meeting with dreams.
At one of these concerts, the singer met Jeremy Rose. Jeremy was also a newcomer to the world of
music at that time and longed for fame as a brilliant producer.Rose, impressed by Abel's vocal abilities,
on the same day offered the young man to perform three songs that were written for another person.
Some time later, the professional musical biography of Abel Tesfaye began with these three
compositions, but first it was necessary to choose the name of the project.the appearance of the
phenomenon was "The Weekend" - in the correct spelling. However, as it turned out later, this name is
already occupied by another musical group. That's when The Weeknd appeared.

The Weekend project quickly decided on a style: R&B and pop combined with Abel's pure melodic
singing really made an impression.The tracks "Loft Music", "The Morning" and "What You Need" became
the record holders for the speed of evaluation. All three tracks were included in the artist's first mixtape
titled "HouseOfBalloons".

The joint work of Abel Tesfaye and Jeremy Rose was found to be long and successful. However, there
was a conflict among the musicians. Rose, who worked not only as a producer, but also as an author of
instrumental losses, wanted to see his name next to the artist's name. Abel saw Rose only as a producer.
Their paths finally diverged. Some time later, in 2010, Abel Tesfaye posted recordings of those three
songs on YouTube. A few months later, in March 2011, The Weeknd posted the first mixtape on its own
website, called "HouseOfBalloons". The tracks received good density ratings. Within a short time, The
Weeknd became famous and in the summer of the same year embarked on his first concert tour.

In September 2012, Abel was signed to Republic Records as part of a joint venture with his own imprint
label XO. Next year, The Weeknd releases 2 mixtapes, 4 studio albums, an EP and a compilation album.

In 2013, Tesfay performed the soundtrack to the film "The Hunger Games: And the Flame will Break
Out", which provided him with a solo song "Devil May Cry". On September 30, 2014, the song "Love Me
Harder" was released, performed in a duet with Ariana Grande. On December 23, 2014, The Weeknd
released a version of "Earned It", which became the soundtrack to the film Fifty Shades of Grey.On May
27, 2015 Tesfay releases a music video for the song "The Hills". On June 8, "Can't Feel My Face", one of
the leaked tracks, was officially released as the second single. On the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart for
the week of July 25, 2015, The Weeknd stayed on all three surfaces. C "Can't Feel My Face" at number 1,
"The Hills" at number 2 and "Earned It" at number 3, making him the first artist in the history of this
chart to achieve such an exception. On September 22, 2016, Abel released the title track of the
upcoming album "Starboy", featuring Daft Punk.In 2017, Abel took part in the recording of Future's joint
song "Comin Out Strong", Nav's joint song "Some Way", as well as the single "Lust For Life" by singer
Lana Del Rey.On November 26-27, 2019, The Weeknd released two new singles - "Heartless" and
"Blinding Lights".

His specific hairstyle is the most recognizable feature."There's really nothing to feel like holding it," he
says, "just a solid shampoo from time to time."I want to be noticed as iconic and different," says Abel.
"Well, I say, 'To hell with it — I'll just let my hair grow as it pleases.' Maybe I'll cut them off if they start
getting in my eyes. But if I do that, I'll look like everyone else. And that's too boring for me."In
September 2016, Tesfaye cuts dreadlocks. "I cut my hair for the new album to match his mood. It was
the right deliberate decision, so popular among many artists. A new album is a new image."