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The Weeknd
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born 16 February 1990), known by his stage name The Weeknd (pronounced "weekend"), is a Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer.〔 In late 2010, Tesfaye anonymously uploaded several songs to YouTube under the name "The Weeknd". He released three nine-track mixtapes throughout 2011: ''House of Balloons'', ''Thursday'' and ''Echoes of Silence'', which were critically acclaimed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=House of Balloons – The Weeknd )〕 The following year, he released a compilation album ''Trilogy'', thirty tracks consisting of remastered versions of the mixtape material and three additional songs. It was released under Republic Records and his own label XO.
In 2013, he released his debut studio album ''Kiss Land'', which was supported by the singles "Kiss Land" and "Live For". His second album, ''Beauty Behind the Madness'', which became his first number one album on the ''Billboard'' 200, included the top-five single "Earned It" and produced the number-one singles "The Hills" and "Can't Feel My Face". The songs have simultaneously held the top three spots on the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B Songs chart, making him the first artist in history to achieve this.〔("Alone on the podium: The Weeknd becomes first artist to take over Billboard R&B chart" ). CBC Music, 17 July 2015.〕
== Early life ==
Tesfaye was born on 16 February 1990, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and raised in Scarborough,〔 and is an only child.〔 He is of Ethiopian descent; his parents Makkonen and Samra migrated from Ethiopia in the 1980s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sex, Drugs and R&B: Inside the Weeknd's Dark Twisted Fantasy )〕 His mother worked several jobs including nursing, catering, and night school.〔 He grew up listening to a variety of music genres, including soul, quiet storm, hip hop, funk, indie rock, and post-punk. Since Tesfaye's father was never around when he was growing up, and his mother was constantly working, his grandmother took care of him most of his young life. Because of this, Tesfaye speaks fluent Amharic; it was the first language he learned. His grandmother would take him to services at their Ethiopian Orthodox church.〔 He attended West Hill Collegiate Institute but later dropped out.
Tesfaye says he adopted the stage name The Weeknd after dropping out of high school at the age of 17 and, along with a fellow crew-member, "left one weekend and never came home". The spelling was modified to avoid trademark issues with a Canadian band already named The Weekend.〔〔
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