Born Abel Tesfaye, The Weeknd rose to prominence in 2011 with his mixtape House of Balloons. To further his career as a musician, he collaborated with artists like Drake and Wiz Khalifa. The Weeknd achieved massive success in 2015 with his Grammy-winning album Beauty Behind the Madness, which featured performances from Lana Del Rey, Ed Sheeran, and Labrinth.

The Weeknd showcases a variety of distinctive musical styles spanning R&B, alternative R&B, pop, dream pop, and many others. It's hard to categorize The Weeknd into a single musical genre. However, his music is often classified as generally falling within the hip-hop, R&B, dance, and pop genres.

In 2011, The Weeknd established the XO record label with music executives Wassim Slaiby and Amir Esmailian. XO Records became a subsidiary of Republic Records in 2012. He has stayed with Republic ever since.

The Weeknd was born on February 16, 1990. He is now 34 years old.

The Weeknd's net worth is estimated to be between $80 million and $100 million. He has maintained a place on Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid entertainers, notably being ranked sixth in 2017 when his 'Starboy' album broke sales records.

The Weeknd stands at just under 5' 7" (170cm) tall.

The Weeknd, born in Toronto, Canada, grew up in Scarborough, a multicultural community that included East African, Indian, Middle Eastern, and Caribbean residents.

Believe it or not, performers during the halftime show of the Super Bowl receive no payment for their performance and often contribute their own funds to support the show. The Weeknd contributed $7 million in 2021 to build the sets for his performance and ensure that the Halftime Show was everything he had hoped it would be. Instead of monetary compensation, The Weeknd received a rise in popularity on social media and streaming services.

The halftime show at the Super Bowl featured a blend of The Weeknds' most popular songs, including “Starboy,” “The Hills,” “Can't Feel My Face,” “I Feel It Coming,” “Save Your Tears,” “Earned It,” “House of Balloons/Glass Table Girls,” and “Blinding Lights.”

To promote his album After Hours, The Weeknd opted to portray a character in some of his public performances and music videos. With each successive release of the album's content, the character's appearance changed dramatically, giving rise to wild speculations that The Weeknd had undergone plastic surgery.

The Weeknd has had 540 concerts.

The Weeknd is most often considered to be Pop, Electronic, R&B, Dance-Pop, Canadian, Dubstep, Contemporary R&B, Synth-Pop, Alternative R&B, Canadian Pop, Canadian Contemporary R&B, and Hypnagogic Pop.

The next The Weeknd concert is on December 31, 2024 at Accor Stadium in Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales, Australia.

The last The Weeknd concert was on January 12, 2024.

The songs that The Weeknd performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the October 25, 2023 concert at Estadio Akron in Zapopan, Mexico:

1. LA FAMA
2. False Alarm
3. Party Monster
4. Take My Breath
5. Sacrifice
6. How Do I Make You Love Me?
7. Can't Feel My Face
8. Lost in the Fire
9. Hurricane
10. The Hills
11. Kiss Land
12. Often
13. Crew Love
14. Starboy
15. Pray for Me
16. House of Balloons
17. Heartless
18. Low Life
19. Reminder
20. CIRCUS MAXIMUS
21. Stargirl Interlude
22. Faith
23. After Hours
24. Earned It
25. In the Night
26. Love Me Harder
27. Out of Time
28. I Feel It Coming
29. Die for You
30. Is There Someone Else?
31. I Was Never There
32. Wicked Games
33. Call Out My Name
34. The Morning
35. Save Your Tears
36. Blinding Lights Chromatics Remix Voicemail
37. Less Than Zero
38. Blinding Lights
39. Tears in the Rain
40. Creepin'
41. Popular
42. In Your Eyes
43. Moth to a Flame