Abel Tesfaye

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as The Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is noted for his unconventional music production, artistic reinventions, and his signature use of the falsetto register. His accolades include 4 Grammy Awards, 20 Billboard Music Awards, 22 Juno Awards, 6 American Music Awards, 2 MTV Video Music Awards, a Latin Grammy Award, and nominations for an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Tesfaye earned critical and commercial success with his pop-leaning second album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015), which reached number one in the US, contained the US Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping singles "Can't Feel My Face" and "The Hills", and won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album and was nominated for Album of the Year. His trap-infused third album Starboy (2016) saw similar commercial success and included the US number-one single of the same name and "Die for You", and won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album. Tesfaye explored new wave and dream pop with his critically-acclaimed fourth studio album After Hours (2020), which featured the chart record-setting single "Blinding Lights" and the US number-one singles "Heartless" and "Save Your Tears". Dance-pop inspired his fifth album Dawn FM (2022), which included the US top-ten single "Take My Breath". Tesfaye is a cinephile, and has made numerous movie references in his music videos and teasers. On August 30, 2019, during the Telluride Film Festival, he made his acting debut in the film Uncut Gems. On March 7, 2020, during his third appearance as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live, he starred in the skit "On The Couch" with actors Kenan Thompson and Chris Redd. On May 4, he co-wrote and starred in an episode of American Dad!. In July, he voiced three characters during the 200th episode of Robot Chicken. On June 29, 2021, Tesfaye announced that he would be co-creating, co-writing, executive producing and starring in the HBO television drama series The Idol, alongside his producing partner Reza Fahim and Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. On March 20, 2022, Tesfaye voiced two characters during an episode of The Simpsons. In 2023, it was announced that Tesfaye is co-writing a film with Trey Edward Shults, who is attached to direct; Tesfaye is also set to star in the film, alongside Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. Description above from the Wikipedia article The Weeknd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye（生于 1990 年 2 月 16 日），专业名称为 The Weeknd，是一位加拿大歌手、词曲作者和唱片制作人。他以其非传统的音乐制作、艺术革新以及对假声音域的标志性使用而闻名。他获得的荣誉包括 4 项格莱美奖、20 项公告牌音乐奖、22 项朱诺奖、6 项美国音乐奖、2 项 MTV 音乐录影带奖、一项拉丁格莱美奖，以及一项奥斯卡金像奖和黄金时段艾美奖提名。 Tesfaye 凭借其流行音乐第二张专辑《Beauty Behind the Madness》（2015 年）赢得了评论界和商业上的成功，该专辑在美国排名第一，其中收录了美国 Billboard Hot 100 排行榜单曲“Can't Feel My Face”和“The Hills”，并获得格莱美奖最佳都市当代专辑奖并获得年度专辑提名。他充满陷阱的第三张专辑《Starboy》（2016）取得了类似的商业成功，其中包括美国排名第一的同名单曲和《Die for You》，并赢得了格莱美最佳城市骗局奖

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye（生於 1990 年 2 月 16 日），專業名稱為 威肯，是一位加拿大歌手、詞曲作者和唱片製作人。他以其非傳統的音樂製作、藝術革新以及對假聲音域的標誌性使用而聞名。他獲得的榮譽包括 4 項格萊美獎、20 項公告牌音樂獎、22 項朱諾獎、6 項美國音樂獎、2 項 MTV 音樂錄影帶獎、一項拉丁格萊美獎，以及一項奧斯卡金像獎和黃金時段艾美獎提名。 Tesfaye 憑藉其流行音樂第二張專輯《Beauty Behind the Madness》（2015 年）贏得了評論界和商業上的成功，該專輯在美國排名第一，其中收錄了美國 Billboard Hot 100 排行榜單曲“Can't Feel My Face”和“The Hills”，並獲得格萊美獎最佳都市當代專輯獎並獲得年度專輯提名。他充滿陷阱的第三張專輯《Starboy》（2016）取得了類似的商業成功，其中包括美國排名第一的同名單曲和《Die for You》，並贏得了格萊美最佳城市騙局獎