The Weeknd

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born: ), better known as The Weeknd, is an Ethiopian-Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer.
==Early Life==
The Weeknd was born on February 16, 1990, in Toronto, Ontario. His parents are Ethiopian immigrants, they separated when he was very young.
==Controversy==
Abel was arrested for allegedly punching a police officer in Las Vegas in January 2015. 
He made a whole song about the incident, where he would explain why he took that action. 
==Discography==
He has 3 mixtapes, 3 compilation albums, 5 studio albums, and 1 EP.
===Mixtapes===
# (2011)
# (2011)
# (2011)
===Compilation Albums===
# (2012)
# (2018)
# (2021)
===Studio Albums===
# (2013)
# (2015)
# (2016)
# (2020)
# (2022)
===EPs===
# (2018)
==Trivia== 
*Abel is an only child.
*He uses "The Weeknd" as his onstage name because him and a group of friends left someplace for one weekend, and never came back.
**He took out the last "e" from "weekend" because there was already a band with the name "".
*He was influenced by singers Michael Jackson, Prince and RKellyTV.
**Abel would later eventually be awarded by Prince for the "Best Soul/R&B album" award in the , and paid tribute to him months later at the after winning the "Top Hot 100 Artist" award.
*From April 2015 to August 2019, Abel was in an on-again, off-again relationship with American model . She starred in the music video for his single "" in December 2015. He also briefly dated American singer-actress Selena Gomez from January to October 2017. Both of the relationships received widespread media attention, and were the topic of tabloid speculation.
*His performance of "" on the , which features him getting very close to the camera multiple amounts of times, became an internet meme.
*His hit song "" is the most streamed song on Spotify, with having around 4 billion streams.
**As well as "", his hit songs has been the back-to-back theme songs for WWE WrestleMania 36 and 37.
*He founded a record label named .
*He appears at the Marvel Comics panel at the 2017 .
*His YouTube username link is xoxxxoooxo.
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