Abel Makkonen Tesfaye

The Weeknd is a singer who, without exaggeration, can be called a “product” of the modern era. The popularity of the performer came thanks to the Internet - the young man simply posted his own compositions on the Web. Now The Weeknd is perhaps the most popular and promising performer in the R&B and Pop styles, and the compositions "High For This", "Shameless", "Devil May Cry" and many others have become the most popular hits.

The real name of the artist is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye. The singer was born on February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Canada, to a family of immigrants from Ethiopia. The parents of the future star moved to Canada back in the 1980s.

The boy's family lived in poverty, the mother had to work in several places to feed herself and her son. The father, however, did not take part in raising his son, and soon left the family altogether. Therefore, grandmother often sat with little Abel. It is noteworthy that thanks to this, the singer perfectly speaks Amharic, the mother tongue of his parents.

Due to the lack of attention from the father and mother, which are so necessary for any child, Abel grew up as a rather difficult teenager. The young man made dubious friends, he began to smoke marijuana and skip classes. At 17, Abel left school altogether, planning to become a popular performer. It is noteworthy that such a bold dream of a simple guy from a family of emigrants eventually became a reality.

In the morning, Abel worked as a salesman in a clothing store, and in the evening he arranged concerts with friends who also dreamed of the stage. At one of these concerts, the singer met Jeremy Rose. Jeremy was also a newcomer to the world of music at the time and longed for the fame of a genius producer. The stars, as they say, converged.

Rose, struck by Abel's vocal abilities, on the same day invited 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 original working draft was "The Weekend" - in the correct spelling. However, as it turned out later, this name was already taken by another musical group. Then The Weeknd appeared - Abel and Jeremy Rose simply removed one letter from the word. The road to glory has begun.

The Weeknd quickly decided on the style: the instrumental compositions, complemented by electronic motives combined with Abel's pure melodic singing, really made an impression.

The Weeknd's first recorded tracks were "Loft Music", "The Morning" and "What You Need". It seemed that the joint work of Abel Tesfaye and Jeremy Rose would be long and successful. However, a conflict soon arose between the musicians. Rose, who acted not only as a producer, but also as an instrumentalist, wanted to see his own name next to the artist's name. Abel only saw Rose as a producer and, according to Jeremy Rose, even refused to pay for the music he wrote.

So the creative paths of Abel and Rose finally parted. And some time later, in 2010, Abel Tesfaye, taking the pseudonym The Weeknd, under which he will perform in the future, posted the recordings of those three songs on the Web, on YouTube. The compositions were quickly noticed, word of mouth began to work, listeners posted songs on their channel, told about them to friends and posted them on other social networks. Within a short time, The Weeknd became famous and popular.

A few months later, in March 2011, The Weeknd posted its first mixtape on its website, called "House of Balloons". The tracks received flattering reviews from music critics and brought new fans to Abel Tesfaye. The dream of fame came true. In the summer of the same year, The Weeknd embarked on their first concert tour, preparing an hour and a half program.

Journalists and music commentators, interested in the new star, stood in line for an interview with The Weeknd, but Abel flatly refused to communicate with the press, choosing the social network Twitter to communicate with fans.

In the same year, The Weeknd delighted music lovers with two more mixtapes - "Thursday" and "Echoes of Silence". All of them were posted on the Web and are available for download for free. The Weeknd's fan base grew day by day.

Of course, such popularity did not escape from music producers. A year later, in 2012, The Weeknd began working with Republic Records, which helped the performer release the first compilation. The album was released under the name "Trilogy" and included mixtape material as well as three new compositions.

Within just a couple of months, this album conquered many charts and charts, and in Canada it was named twice platinum. The number of copies sold, according to some media reports, exceeded a million.

In 2013, The Weeknd began work on their first studio album. The beginning of the year delighted the fans with the compositions "Belong to the World" and "Live For", anticipating the release of the disc. Also in support of the upcoming album, The Weeknd concert tour took place. The album, which was released in September of the same year, was no less successful than Abel's previous record.

The Weeknd also added popularity to the composition "Devil May Cry", which became the soundtrack for the movie "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire". Many popular artists, interested in the work of Abel Tesfaye, offered the musician joint projects. So The Weeknd managed to work with the singers Beyoncé and Sia.

In 2014, The Weeknd toured again, this time in the United States. Together with the musician, this time Skulboy Kew and Jheney Aiko performed, whom the performer introduced as a support group. In the same year, the world heard new compositions by The Weeknd: "King Of The Fall" and "Love Me Harder". The last song was recorded by Abel with Ariana Grande. And a year later, in 2015, the song "Earned It" was released, which became the soundtrack to the acclaimed film "Fifty Shades of Gray" with Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan.

The next hit of The Weeknd was the song "The Hills", which was later included in the artist's second album. Abel Tesfaye also recorded a joint track with Kanye West and sang again with Beyoncé.

This collaboration of The Weeknd with other stars did not end there: In 2016, the singer announced a collaboration with the popular French group Daft Punk, and also recorded a song with Kazhmir Kat.

In the same year, there was information about the imminent appearance of The Weeknd's third studio album, entitled "Starboy". The album was released in November and repeated the success of the previous albums. Tracks "Starboy", "Reminder", "Secrets" and "False Alarm" became popular, giving Abel new fans and female fans. Also 2016 was marked in the career of The Weeknd with the appearance of the compositions "Party Monster" and "I Feel It Coming". The second song is another collaboration between Abel and Daft Punk.

The videos of The Weeknd also became popular. The videos for the compositions “The Hills”, “Can't Feel My Face” and “Tell Your Friends” won special love of fans, in which Abel Tesfaye was helped by the talented director Grant Singer.

Abel's first high-profile novel, about which journalists and fans spoke, was a relationship with the beautiful Bella Hadid, an American model. The girl starred in The Weeknd's video for the song "In The Night", and soon the lovers were seen everywhere together: both at concerts and on romantic walks. It seemed that the couple was perfect for each other, but after a year and a half, Abel and Bella decided to leave.

The singer did not suffer from loneliness for long: at the beginning of 2017, Instagram and other social networks literally exploded with comments under a joint photo of Abel and Selena Gomez, a popular singer and actress. Soon the rumors were confirmed: the young people really started dating. Unfortunately, this romance did not last long either. A few months later, Abel broke up with Selena. According to rumors, constant touring and a tight schedule prevented the artists from maintaining a relationship.

Shortly after the couple broke up, information appeared in the media that both The Weeknd and Selena Gomez returned to their previous passions. And if the actress later denied rumors of a second romance with Justin Bieber, then Abel Tesfaye really decided to return the relationship with Bella Hadid. However, this turned out to be not easy: the girl still has not recovered from the pain inflicted on her by the singer. But Abel, by his own admission, is serious about regaining the trust of his beloved.

Abel Tesfaye continues to work on new compositions, planning to please fans with another disc. In 2017, the song "Comin Out Strong", recorded with rapper Future, appeared, as well as the single "Lust For Life" - the fruit of a joint work with singer Lana Del Rey.

Studio albums:

2013 - Kiss 2015 - Beauty Behind the Madness 2016 - Starboy

Mixtapes:

2011 - House of Balloons 2011 - Thursday 2011 - Echoes of Silence

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