As the story goes, Abel Tesfaye didn’t like his name, so he went out and changed it. After learning of a Canadian rock band of the same name, he altered the spelling, becoming The Weeknd. Now, the ...

The Weeknd went from being an underground artist to having a few hits to being one of the most famous musicians alive. During a 2021 interview with Billboard, XO Records’ co-founder La Mar C. Taylor ...

The Weeknd continues to pump out new music from his recently-premiered HBO series The Idol. Out today (June 9) are “The Lure (Main Theme),” written and produced by the Weeknd and Mike Dean, and the ...

The hit leads Billboard's 100-position Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century retrospective. Below, find a breakdown of the 2000-24 top 10. By Trevor Anderson The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” ...

The accolade comes from a ranking of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart from January 2000 through December 2024, measuring overall performance rather than just weeks spent at the top.

The evening’s show was basically an evolution of the “After Hours Til Dawn” concert he brought to North America in 2022 and, in an updated form, to Europe last year: a huge, almost airport runway-like ...

Following the third installment of HBO’s The Idol, the Weeknd has shared a new batch of songs from the show. One, titled “Get It B4,” was written and performed by Moses Sumney. The Weeknd has also ...

The Weeknd ended his show in Los Angeles early on Saturday night because he lost his voice after only a few songs. The pop star was performing the second of two nights at SoFi Stadium on his After ...

Abel’s verse on this Belly track came out in 2015, but surprisingly, it didn’t surge in popularity in 2020. Think about it—how many times in the past year have you told yourself, “This time, I might ...

As expected, the global investment firm KKR and Kobalt Capital Limited have announced that KKR, together with its co-invest partner, Dundee Partners, the investment office of the Hendel family, have ...