Abel Makkonen Tesfaye was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario.

From an early age, he was always singing around the house and making mix tapes for family and friends.

In 2010, Abel uploaded some tapes of his own recordings to YouTube and the music went viral. He then uploaded two more projects and this brought him to the attention of Republic Records.

Within the year Republic released his first album under the name of “The Weeknd”.  the name was chosen because the weekend is party time. The E in ‘end’ was taken out for artistic purposes.

To date “The Weeknd” has received two Grammys, eight Billboard Awards, two American Music Awards and nine Junos plus an Academy Award nomination for his music.

Enjoy