Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. In 2015, The Weeknd secured back-to-back chart-toppers with “Can’t ...
Three albums by The Weeknd — Beauty Behind the Madness, The Highlights, and After Hours — all return to the same chart, while The Highlights reaches a huge milestone. ATLANTIC CITY, NEW ...
Surprises include five nods for breakout hardcore group Turnstile and "Golden" from 'KPop Demon Hunters' landing a song of the year and pop duo nomination, joined by "Defying Gravity" from 'Wicked' in ...
LAS VEGAS − Abel Tesfaye, the musician known as The Weeknd, is a certified smash. Tesfaye, the movie star, is more of an unknown commodity. Audiences get to see both at work in the psychological ...
It was an emotional night for the Ethiopian-Canadian star born Abel Tesfaye, who has lived in the U.S. for many years but still maintains strong connections to Toronto and Scarborough, the suburb ...
The artist currently known as The Weeknd has spent the last 15 years building his reputation as the “dark prince of pop.” Starting as an enigmatic artist who released his songs anonymously, The Weeknd ...
Depending on who you ask, Abel Tesfaye — better known by his stage name, The Weeknd — is either a poetic musical genius or a drug-addled lothario. To his credit, this duality is Tesfaye’s doing. He’s ...