Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 13: Abel Tesfaye attends Lionsgate's "Hurry Up Tomorrow" World Premiere on May 13, 2025 in New York City.

The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, has become one of the most influential voices in pop music today. His songs don't fit into just one box. Instead, they mix R&B, pop, electronic, and even ...

Throughout his relatively long and exceedingly productive career as the Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye has seemed restless. His music, a rangy mix of electronic pop and R&B styles streaked with a touch of ...

The Weeknd isn’t a streaming music star. Well, he is, often duking it out to be the top of the Spotify’s monthly play charts and holding both the most streamed song on the platform (“Blinding Lights” ...

June 6 (UPI) --Abel Tesfaye, known as The Weeknd, released a music video for his song "Baptized in Fear" Friday. The visuals show images of an apparent church, dark except for the pews. The Weeknd is ...

The Weeknd’s new album features guest appearances from Florence + the Machine and Lana Del Rey. The collaboration marks a historic moment in modern pop music, as these three powerhouse artists have ...

Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for something to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2026 Grammy Award nominees are here, and who else but Kendrick Lamar leads this year's crop with nine nods on the strength of 2024's “GNX?” It's an exciting lineup, but like every ...

April 18 (UPI) --Actress Jenna Ortega joins Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, in his music video for "Drive," a song that appears on his album Hurry up Tomorrow and will be featured in their ...

The global touring landscape has a new benchmark. The Weeknd has officially set the record for the highest-grossing tour ever by a male solo artist with his After Hours Til Dawn Tour. This comes after ...

The Weeknd might as well be the face of Spotify at this point, having broken a another record on the music streaming platform. In a press release shared with Complex, it's been reported that the pop ...

On stage inside a sold-out AT&T Stadium, a cityscape is in decay. Between massive lighting rigs, gear for a band and more lasers than Star Wars, a once-powerful city skyline has turned to rubble, ...