The best singer in the world: "The Weeknd"

Information

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye also known as the famous singer "The Weeknd" is a 30 year old Canadian singer/producer who has a very unique and interesting story. He was born on Febraury 16 of 1990 in Toronto. His parents were Ethiopian inmigrants . When he was young, his father abandoned him so he had to live with his mother and grandmother. Unfortunately, he had a very bad childhood. He started smoking marijuana at age 11 and later moved on to harder drugs. He has also stated numerous times that he used to shoplift with his friends as a teenager.
On 2007 he dropped out of college and started living on his own. A fun fact about him is that he got his artistic name because of the weekend he left college and never came home again. check his music!

Career beginnings

In 2010 he met Jeremy Rose who wanted to do a dark R&B musical project. Abel freestyled over 3 beats he showed him and those became "What You Need", "Loft Music", and "The Morning" which were published on youtube, giving him lots of recognition. On March 21, 2011, Tesfaye self-released his debut mixtape House of Balloons which was critcly acclaimed and to this day is considered one of his best projects. Abel began a tour of Toronto, with his first live performance at the city's Mod Club venue. Drake was in attendance to view the performance and after it, he proposed The Weeknd a collaboration. Abel started touring with Drake, which made him even more popular.
Tesfayes second mixtape Thursday, was released on August 18 of 2011 and featured Drake on the song The Zone.Tesfaye's third mixtape Echoes of Silence was released on December 21, 2011.
After this last release, The Weeknd got various offers from different discographys and all the mixtapes were put togetther into an album called Tryilogy.

House of balloons review
Thursday review
Echoes of silence review

Discography

The Weekend has got a large discography which includes the following records: