The Weeknd – Profile, Net Worth, Height

The Weeknd – Profile, Net Worth, Height

origin
The Weeknd is a Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, songwriter, and music producer. He is known for hits such as “Can’t Feel My Face,” “Starboy,” and “I Feel It Coming.” The Weeknd was born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye on February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Canada. His Ethiopian parents are Makkone and Samra Tesfaye. He is fluent in Amharic and English. The Weeknd attended West Hill Collegiate Institute and Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute. He dropped out of school at 17 to focus on music.

Profession
The Weeknd released three mixtapes in 2011: House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence. He also gained early exposure by uploading music on YouTube. He appeared on Drake’s second album Take Care (2011) and Wiz Khalifa’s 2012 single “Remember You”. The Weeknd signed to Republic Records in 2012, and his debut studio album, Kiss Land, was released in September 2013. The album rose to number two on the Canadian Albums Chart. It was produced by Danny Boy Styles and Jason “DaHeala” Quenneville.

The Weeknd appears on the single “In Vein” from Rick Ross’ sixth album Mastermind (2014). Later that year, he collaborated with Ariana Grande on the single “Love Me Harder”. The Weeknd’s second album, Beauty Behind the Madness, was released in August 2015 and peaked at the top of the Billboard 200 chart. It was led by the singles “Can’t Feel My Face”, “The Hills” and “Often”. He won a Grammy for Best Urban Contemporary Album. The single “Earned It” won a Grammy for Best R&B Performance. It was the lead single from the Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) soundtrack starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan.

The Weeknd’s third album, Starboy, was released in November 2016. It featured the duo Daft Punk on the singles “Starboy” and “I Feel It Coming”. The album was certified platinum in Canada and gold in the United States. In 2016, The Weeknd appeared in Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo and Beyonce’s Lemonade. He collaborated with rapper Future on the single “Comin Out Stron” from the album Hndrxx (2017).

personal
The Weeknd is 5-foot-7 and of Ethiopian descent. His net worth is estimated at $100 million. He was No. 6 on Forbes’ 2017 list of the highest-paid celebrities with $92 million. The Weeknd dated model “Bella Hadid” from 2015 to late 2016. He dated pop star Selena Gomez for a few months in 2017.

Photo by NRK P3 (flickr.com/photos/nrk-p3/32185156313) [CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)], via flickr

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