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Everything you need to know about The Weeknd Wiki, Biography, Net Worth, Songs, Albums, Career, Wife, Girlfriend, and Children.

The Weeknd is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer who has won many Grammy Awards for his works. His music delves into themes of fantasy, love, and melancholy and is often influenced by his own life. The Weeknd has a strong Christian family background in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Canada and raised in a Christian household.

Starting off in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The Weeknd attended both West Hill Collegiate Institute and Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute for his secondary education. He, therefore, decided to forego further education in favor of a career in the working world. As a young boy, he also frequented the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church for worship. At the tender age of eleven, The Weeknd began experimenting with drugs, including ecstasy, oxycodone, Xanax, cocaine, psilocybin, and ketamine, in addition to smoking marijuana.

In 2009, The Weeknd began his career as a YouTuber by uploading a number of music videos on his channel. In 2010, he uploaded three songs to his YouTube page that he recorded with producer Jeremy Rose: “What You Need,” “Loft Music,” and “The Morning.” He also had an early career with American Apparel, a major clothing chain in the United States.

Along with Wassim Sal Slaiby and Amir Cash Esmailian, he established the XO record label in 2011. His first mixtape, named “House of Balloons,” was published that same year. His second mixtape, named Thursday, was released in August of 2010, and his third, dubbed Echoes of Silence, came out in December.

In the same year, The Weeknd appeared at a number of live performances. In addition, he has appeared on the track “Crew Love” from Drake’s Take Care album and contributed to the album’s title track.

Trilogy, a greatest hits CD, was published by him in 2012. In 2013, he released Kiss Land, the title tune from his first studio album. This year he also made an appearance on the score for the film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

In 2014, The Weeknd reworked Beyoncé’s “Drunk in Love” song. Together with Ariana Grande, he recorded the hit single “Love Me Harder” for her My Everything album that same year.

The Weeknd won a Grammy for his album Beauty Behind the Madness in 2015, which included the smash song “Can’t Feel My Face.” Starboy (2016), his follow-up album, also won a Grammy and includes collaborations with musicians like Daft Punk.

The Weeknd received a record-breaking seven nominations for the 2016 Grammys, taking home the awards for Best R&B Performance for “Earned It,” as well as Best Urban Contemporary Album. He got nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Earned It.”