His acclaimed single ' Earned It', the theme song from the soundtrack to the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. His debut studio album Kiss Land was released in 2013. In 2012, he signed with Republic Records and rereleased the mixtapes in the compilation album Trilogy. Two years later, he co-founded the XO record label and released the mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence, quickly gaining recognition for his style of contemporary and alternative R&B and the mystique surrounding his identity. Д«orn in Toronto, Tesfaye began his music career in 2009 by anonymously releasing music on YouTube. He has received numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards, 19 Billboard Music Awards, 15 Juno Awards, six American Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and an Academy Award nomination.

Known for his sonic versatility and dark lyricism, his music explores escapism, romance, and melancholia, and is often inspired by personal experiences. Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer.

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