The Weeknd secures the Official biggest album of 2023 to date with The Highlights, the Official Charts Company can reveal. The Canadian singer-songwriter, born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, reigns atop the newly-unveiled list with his 2021 […]
Photo Credit: Pari Dukovic Back in September of 2021, The Weeknd was named in a copyright infringement lawsuit over 2018’s “Call Out My Name.” Now, approximately 18 months later, the involved parties have settled. The […]
The Weeknd has been crowned the most popular artist on the planet, according to Spotify data. The Guinness World Records has compiled streaming data from the globe’s biggest stars, and the ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker has […]
The Weeknd, certainly no stranger to breaking records, has now been determined to be “statistically the most popular musician on the planet.” That’s the word straight from the folks at Guinness World Records, which announced […]
Photo Credit: Giorgio Trovato Spotify has announced The Weeknd has become the first artist in the platform’s history to reach 100 million monthly listeners. Spotify’s most-played song of all time is his hit “Blinding Lights,” […]
The Weeknd has released Live at SoFi Stadium, a 31-track live album connected to his recent HBO concert film of the same name. The material covers most of his biggest hits and includes a guest […]
The Weeknd is ready to make his grand entrance into the big screen. Following his popular cameo in ‘Uncut Gems,’ playing himself, and his upcoming role in the highly anticipated HBO series ‘The Idol,’ the […]
Just days after dropping his live concert film Live At SoFi Stadium, The Weeknd is dropping a companion album. The pop star announced the live album via social media today (March 1). In the concert […]
Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye is set for his first starring role in a feature film. The currently untitled movie, which he co-wrote, also features breakout actors Jenna Ortega (Wednesday) and Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of […]
Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd is set to star in his first feature film alongside Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan. Tesfaye, who will also produce, co-wrote the script with Trey Edward Shults and Reza Fahim. Shults will direct. […]
HBO has dropped a trailer for its live recording of one of the Weeknd’s performances at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood last fall. The Weeknd performed four-ish sold-out shows in September and November at the tail […]
The Juno Awards unveiled the full list of nominations today and leading the count is The Weeknd with six nods. The Weeknd, who released Dawn FM just over a year ago, is up for the TikTok Juno Fan […]
The Weeknd has been taking a victory lap on Twitter, sharing news of his various milestones and career accomplishments. First, on New Year’s Eve, the Toronto native celebrated his smash single “Blinding Lights” being on the brink […]
The Weeknd is celebrating the one-year anniversary of his fifth studio album, Dawn FM, with the release of a new music video for album cut “Is There Someone Else?” “Is There Someone Else?” is the […]
Avatar: The Way of Water: The Weeknd Teases New Music For James Cameron’s Next (Photo Credit – Facebook ; Avatar: The Way of Water Poster) ‘Blinding Lights’ hitmaker The Weeknd has teased new music tied […]
The Weeknd has seemingly confirmed he’s written music for the upcoming ‘Avatar’ sequel. The musician shared a 12-second teaser clip on his Twitter page of a melody alongside what appeared to be the logo for […]
With Avatar: The Way of Water hitting theaters later this month, The Weeknd has teased new music tied to the soundtrack for the sequel to 2009’s Avatar. The Weeknd took to social media Sunday morning […]
Just one day after bringing the first leg of his After Hours Til Dawn Tour to a close, the Weeknd has announced even more tour dates to come in the new year. The second leg […]
The Weeknd is bringing his “After Hours Til Dawn Tour” to the UK, Europe, Mexico, and South America in 2023. On the heels of a sold-out North American leg, The Weeknd will return to the […]
The Weeknd, born Abel Tesfaye, has a new job as a cat sitter! Along with some help from his Doberman named Caesar, the little kitten was well taken care of according to adorable Instagram snaps […]