While preparing for his third studio album, Republic Records executive vice-president Wendy Goldstein confirmed Tesfaye began collaborating with French electronic music duo Daft Punk on August 24. On the same day, Tesfaye announced a collaboration with Norwegian DJ Cashmere Cat on his debut single "Wild Love" from his album "." A month later, the album's title was announced as "Starboy", and was set to be released on November 25. He released the album's title track, which features Daft Punk, on September 21. The song received platinum certification and peaked at number one in the United States, as well as in various other countries. It also became Daft Punk's first chart-topping song. A week later, "" was released as a promotional single. A second collaboration with Daft Punk, entitled "I Feel It Coming", was released a week after the album's release, alongside the single "". "Party Monster" topped the Rhythmic Songs Chart. He released a 12-minute short film titled "M A N I A" on November 23. It features excerpts from the album, including snippets from "" featuring Future, "" featuring Kendrick Lamar, "" and "".
In 2017, Tesfaye appeared on Future's sixth studio album, as well as on the from Nav, who was signed by XO in January. He became the first person featured by Lana Del Rey when he appeared on "", the title track and second single from her fifth studio album, in April. He was featured on French Montana's "", the third single from his second album "Jungle Rules." In September, he appeared on the official music video for Lil Uzi Vert's "XO Tour Llif3" along Nav. He was later featured on Lil Uzi Vert's debut album and Gucci Mane's eleventh studio album "Mr. Davis." He gained a Grammy nomination for Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards for "Starboy" and ended up winning the award.
In January 2018, Tesfaye was featured on one of the tracks in the Kendrick Lamar-produced Black Panther soundtrack album, "Pray for Me". On February 2, it was released as the soundtrack's third single. This marks the second collaboration between Tesfaye and Lamar, after the song "Sidewalks" on the "Starboy" album.
On March 27, 2018, Tesfaye began promoting a possible new release in an Instagram post. On March 29, a billboard appeared in London, England promoting a possible album titled "My Dear Melancholy," and on the same day the project was officially announced. On March 30, the extended play "My Dear Melancholy" was officially released, with "Call Out My Name" as the lead single.
Tesfaye released his sixth studio album, "After Hours", on March 20, 2020. The album became his fourth to reach number one on the US "Billboard" 200 album chart, selling 444,000 US copies in its first week, the most for any of his albums. It spawned his fourth and fifth US number-one songs, "Heartless" and "Blinding Lights".
Tesfaye also opened the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards by performing "Blinding Lights" at the top of Edge at Hudson Yard in New York City. The video for "Blinding Lights" won Video of the Year and Best R&B.
He was featured on a remix of Colombian singer Maluma's song "Hawái", on Scottish DJ Calvin Harris' track "Over Now", and on American singer Ariana Grande's song "Off the Table" from her album, "Positions".
In November 2020, Tesfaye was announced as the headliner for the halftime show of Super Bowl LV, occurring on February 7, 2021. The performance received a mixed response with critics pointing out that the coronavirus restrictions made a grander performance difficult.
On 23 April 2021, Tesfaye released a remix of the number one hit "Save Your Tears" featuring fellow star Ariana Grande. The song quickly rose to number one on the US "Billboard 100".
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Tesfaye began dating model Bella Hadid at the beginning of 2015. They were first seen together in April at Coachella. Hadid later starred in his music video "In the Night" in December. They also made a red carpet appearance as a couple at the 2016 Grammy Awards. In November 2016, it was reported that the couple had split. Their reasoning for the split was their conflicting schedules. Tesfaye reportedly started dating Selena Gomez in January 2017 and they moved in together temporarily in September 2017 in Greenwich Village, New York. They broke up in October 2017. By May 2018, Tesfaye and Hadid began dating again, and split in August 2019. The two have had an on and off relationship.
Tesfaye often used drugs to help get over writer's block on earlier albums and also abused illegal substances such as, Ketamine, cocaine, MDMA, mushrooms and cough syrup. On social media he typically suffixed his first name with "xo". According to writer Hermione Hoby, it is meant as an emoticon for "a kiss and a hug", but VH1's Zara Golden's stated that it is a reference to his recreational use of ecstasy and oxycodone. Tesfaye later confirmed Zara Golden's statement regarding his social media name.
In January 2015, Tesfaye was arrested for punching a Las Vegas police officer at . Tesfaye pleaded no contest, and was sentenced to 50 hours of community service in October of that year. Along with community service, he was also ordered to pay $1,000 to an injured police fund, complete anger management classes, and present an alcohol evaluation.
In December 2015, Tesfaye, his producers, and his record label Republic Records, were sued by Cutting Edge Music. They made an that the bass line for "The Hills" had been taken from the score of "The Machine". Documents state that Tesfaye's producer allegedly sent the movie director a direct message on Twitter in March saying that he sampled the beat and that it might be on "The Hills".
In September 2018, Tesfaye and Daft Punk were sued for allegedly stealing the rhythm in "Starboy" from a poet, singer and songwriter named Yasminah. Yasminah sued for at least $5 million. Tesfaye denied the allegations.
In November 2018, Tesfaye was sued for copyright infringement by another comic book writer named Eymun Talasazan for stealing the "Starboy" idea. Talasazan claimed he had already created a comic book character named "Starboy" before Tesfaye. A few months earlier, Talasazan attempted to trademark the "Starboy" name unsuccessfully.
In April 2019, Tesfaye was sued by a British trio for $150,000. They accused Tesfaye of plagiarizing their song "I Need to Love" with "A Lonely Night".
After being presented a Professional Excellence Award by the Bikila organization in 2014, Tesfaye was asked by the organization if he would like to contribute. In August 2016, he donated $50,000 towards a class at the University of Toronto on Ge'ez, the classic language of Ethiopia. He also tweeted to help raise funds and gain support for the program. That same month, Tesfaye also donated $250,000 to Black Lives Matter, and posted a tweet showing his support for the movement.
In December 2015, he worked with Ryan Seacrest's foundation to visit Children's Hospital in Atlanta. Tesfaye made a donation of $50,000 to the St. Mary Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Toronto in May 2016. He went to this church as a child.
In June 2017, Tesfaye donated $100,000 to the Suubi Health Center, a maternity and children's medical facility in rural Uganda. His donation allowed the center to complete the construction of the first floor and increase the serving capacity. Tesfaye was inspired to support the center after learning of his friend French Montana's work with Global Citizen and Mama Hope to help raise awareness for Suubi and the people of Uganda.
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