The Weeknd

Canadian singer

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Gender	Male
Age	34
Web site	www.theweeknd.com
Date of birth	February 16,1990
Zodiac sign	Aquarius
Born	Scarborough
	Toronto
	Canada
Height	173 (cm)
Full name	Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
Genres	Contemporary R&B
	Pop Music
	R&B/Soul
	Alternative R&B
	Hip Hop Music
	Rhythm And Blues
Job	Singer
	Disc jockey
	Actor
	Record producer
	Songwriter
	Composer
	Lyricist
Education	West Hill Collegiate Institute
	Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute
Movies/Shows	Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall
	2015 American Music Awards
	2016 American Music Awards
	Mania
	iHeartRadio Music Festival
	Uncut Gems
	The Idol
	The Weeknd: His Life His Story
Official site	theweeknd.com
Parents	Samra Tesfaye
	Makkonen Tesfaye
Listen artist	www.youtube.com
Songs	2020
Albums	Dawn FM
	After Hours
	Starboy
	Beauty Behind the Mad...
Upcoming events	Assago Milanofiori Forum
List	Blinding LightsAfter Hours · 2020
	Save Your TearsAfter Hours · 2020
	Earned ItFifty Shades of Grey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2015
	Blinding LightsBlinding Lights · 2019
	You RightPlanet Her · 2021
	2019
	2020
	2018
Date of Reg.	2019-02-10 08:04:26
Date of Upd.	2023-11-07 14:30:24
ID	404526

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The Weeknd Life story

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. A prominent figure in contemporary popular music, he is noted for his unconventional music production, artistic reinventions, and his signature use of the falsetto register.

AI chief quits over 'exploitative' copyright row

Nov 17,2023 6:51 am

... A track featuring AI-generated voices of music artists Drake and The Weeknd was after it was discovered that it had been created without their consent...

Bad Bunny not happy about AI track using his voice

Nov 8,2023 7:01 am

... In April, Drake and The Weeknd by a creator known as >The song went viral online and later had to be after Drake said it was " the final straw"...

Ed Sheeran scores seventh straight number one album with Autumn Variations

Oct 6,2023 1:31 pm

... Jorja Smith s second full-length release, Falling or Flying, saw her land at number three; while the year s biggest-selling album, The Weeknd s greatest hits collection The Highlights, held firm at number five...

Spotify will not ban AI-made music, says boss

Sep 25,2023 8:51 pm

... Earlier this year the platform pulled a track featuring AI-cloned voices of the performers Drake and The Weeknd...

Usher to perform 2024 Super Bowl half-time show

Sep 25,2023 5:21 am

... The Weeknd headlined in 2021, with Shakira and Jennifer Lopez playing a joint set in 2020...

Katy Perry reportedly makes $225m by selling her music catalogue

Sep 19,2023 5:51 am

... " The company previously acquired Keith Urban s rights to his master recordings and a " portfolio" of tracks by songwriter Benny Blanco, who has worked with Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd, Rihanna and Britney Spears...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs returns lucrative music rights to Bad Boy Records artists

Sep 5,2023 8:21 am

... Album: Off the Grid is due out next week, with guest appearances from Justin Bieber, Burna Boy, The Weeknd, Mary J Blige, Busta Rhymes, Tayana Taylor and H...

The Idol: HBO show cancelled after one season

Aug 29,2023 6:01 am

... The music industry satire, starring Lily-Rose Depp and Abel " The Weeknd" Tesfaye, was blasted by critics when it was released...

Bad Bunny not happy about AI track using his voice

Aug 18,2023 5:11 am

By Riyah CollinsBBC Newsbeat

Rapper Bad Bunny has released a furious rant about a viral TikTok song that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to replicate his voice.

The Track NostalgIA has hundreds of thousands of views and also uses vocals from Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee .

In a post on his WhatsApp channel, Bad Bunny said anyone who liked The Song should leave The Group chat.

" You don't deserve to be My Friends , " The Singer wrote in Spanish. " I don't want them on The Tour either. "

The 29-year-old Puerto Rican Artist - Real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio - also used expletives to describe The Track in The Post on WhatsApp, where he has 19 million followers.

It was uploaded by a user under the name flowgptmusic, But this isn't The People behind the AI platform FlowGPT - which is powered in a similar way to ChatGPT.

The Monaco and Fina singer has More Than 83 million monthly listeners on Spotify and is rumoured to be in a relationship with model Kendall Jenner - But the pair haven't confirmed this publicly.

BBC Newsbeat has approached Bad Bunny 's Record Label for a comment about the AI track.

Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee haven't publicly commented on it, But Newsbeat has reached out to them too.

It's not the First Time stars have hit out at AI-generated tracks.

In April, Drake and The Weeknd by a creator known as >The Song went viral online and later had to be after Drake said it was " The Final straw".

The software works by analysing huge amounts of music in order to create Something New - But there are currently no clear laws in place about who owns the copyright.

However, Some People in the industry have said AI can be a useful tool for creating music and the technology should be embraced.

In an The Boss of Spotify said it wouldn't ban AI tracks from The Platform , But drew The Line at artists' voices being cloned.