The Weeknd

The Weeknd is, to my mind, the most complete pop auteur of his generation. Abel Tesfaye built an entire aesthetic — that gorgeous falsetto laid over dark, cinematic alternative R&B — and then scaled it from anonymous beginnings to stadium spectacle without diluting it. Most artists soften as they get bigger; he got stranger and more ambitious, treating albums and music videos as chapters of one long film. The trophy shelf, from Grammys to Canada's Walk of Fame, almost undersells the achievement. What impresses me is the discipline of the vision: every era is designed, every detail intentional. Toronto's most uncompromising export, and I mean that as high praise.

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Name (English)

The Weeknd

Name (Japanese)

ザ・ウィークエンド

Reading

ざ・うぃーくえんど

Born

February 16, 1990 (age 36)

Origin

Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Occupation

singer / songwriter / record producer / actor / lyricist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Horse

Awards & achievements

• 2013 Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year
• 2013 Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
• 2015 BET Her Award
• 2016 Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album
• 2014 Canada's Walk of Fame
• 2015 American Music Awards
• People's Choice Awards
• 2016 MTV Europe Music Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.theweeknd.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/theweeknd/
• Xhttps://x.com/theweeknd
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Weeknd
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2121062

Tags

• Ontario
• singer
• songwriter
• record producer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.