The “Blinding Lights” singer had said that he wanted to drop his stage name.

Eight albums by The Weeknd return to at least one chart in the U.K., with several bounding back onto multiple tallies at the ...

Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, started his music career by uploading dark R&B tracks to YouTube in 2011, under an anonymous account. Listeners ...

The Blinding Lights star has made Wembley Stadium his home for most of August. He kicked off his After Hours Til Dawn World Tour dates in the UK back on the 14th. In total, the Canadian superstar was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. In 2015, The Weeknd secured back-to-back chart-toppers with “Can’t ...

Before the Weeknd takes the stage at Croke Park on Saturday night, for the Irish leg of his After Hours til Dawn tour, his ...

The Weeknd has backtracked on his plans to retire his stage name. In fan-captured footage on X from his Saturday, Aug. 8 concert in Stockholm, the R&B star, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, told the ...

July 2026 marks The Weeknd ’s 15th appearance on Billboard ’s monthly Top Tours chart, all since the kickoff of his ongoing ...

Alex Gonzalez is an award-winning art and culture journalist, with a passion for music, film, and food. With over a decade of experience, he has penned several features, conducted intimate interviews ...

The venue’s maximum capacity for music concerts is 90,000 (though The Weeknd’s shows are slightly smaller due to the larger stage). That means that the best part of half a million people will have ...

Reports last month suggested the superstar artist was looking to raise $1 billion against his catalog. The reality is more complicated. By Ed Christman About 18 months ago, a pair of entrepreneurs, ...