20 year old Abel Tesfaye comes from Toronto, Canada and is about to blow up. I just know he is. He has to. Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd uploaded three songs: ‘What You Need’, ‘Loft Music’ and ‘The ...

This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. In just under a year, Abel Tesfaye, aka The ...

House of Balloons, the Weeknd’s initial mixtape, dropped this past March and top to bottom is one of the strongest full-length listens of the year thus far. Just recently, the Weeknd announced that ...

The Weeknd's third mixtape, Echoes of Silence, turns 15 next year. What better way to celebrate its anniversary early than with vinyl available on Complex Shop? Echoes marked the final installment of ...

Tesfaye might have been content to play in his creation's personal Sodom forever, were it not for the rise of streaming and its effects on the acts of listening and discovery. The fully anonymous ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Weeknd’s House of Balloons reenters the Billboard 200 at No.

The Weeknd is a Canadian pop superstarHe turns 35 years old todayHERE is a look back at his marvelous career Toronto's very ...

Abel Tesfaye's hedonistic alter-ego meets his end on Hurry Up Tomorrow, forcing listeners to ask just who we've been partying with all this time. "High for This," the opening track from The Weeknd's ...