▸The Weeknd, a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer, is known for his unconventional music production, artistic reinventions, and his signature use of the falsetto register.
▸He has been nominated for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
▸In 2009, Tesfaye began his career by releasing music on the internet.
▸His style of contemporary and alternative R&B, as well as the mystique surrounding his identity, gained recognition after he co-founded the record label XO and released the mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence.
▸In 2012 he signed with Republic Records and re-released his music.
▸He explored dark wave for his debut studio album, Kiss Land.
▸Earned It from Fifty Shades of Grey was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
▸The second album Beauty Behind the Madness, which reached number one in the US, contained the US Hot 100 chart-topping singles Can't Feel My Face and The Hills, as well as winning the award for best album.
▸His third album Starboy saw similar commercial success and included the US number-one lead single of the same name and Die for You, which won the Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 2012Grammy Awards.
▸The US top-ten single Call Out My Name was contained in Tesfaye's debut extended play, My Dear Melancholy.
▸He explored new wave and dream pop with his fourth studio album After Hours, which featured the chart record-setting single Blinding Lights and the US number-one singles: Heartless and Save Your Tears.
▸The US top-ten single Take My Breath was inspired by dance-pop.
▸He co-created and starred in a drama series in which it was critically panned.
