![]() His chamber pop and R&B single " Earned It", from the soundtrack to the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. His debut studio album Kiss Land was released in 2013, which saw him experiment with dark wave. In 2012, Tesfaye signed with Republic Records and re-released the mixtapes in the compilation album Trilogy. He quickly earned a following and recognition from several mainstream publications due to his gloomy style of contemporary and alternative R&B, and the mystique surrounding his identity. Two years later, he co-founded the XO record label and released the critically acclaimed mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence. īorn and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Tesfaye began his recording career in 2009 by anonymously releasing music on YouTube. ![]() ![]() He has received numerous accolades throughout his career, including three Grammy Awards, six American Music Awards, nineteen Billboard Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, fifteen Juno Awards, and an Academy Award nomination. His discography has received widespread critical praise for its musical versatility and dark lyricism, mainly inspired by personal experiences, that explores themes such as escapism, romance and melancholia. ![]() Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer. ![]()
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