By: Natasha Archary The Weeknd/ YouTube screenshot Canadian singer and songwriter, The Weeknd is considering changing his stage name, saying he's in his "Abel era." The Die For You hitmaker, whose real name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, created his performing name, The Weeknd at the start of his music career in 2009. In an interview with W Magazine, the 33-year old multi-Grammy winner said he's ready to close "The Weeknd […]
By: Natasha Archary Canadian singer and songwriter, The Weeknd has been named the world's most popular artist by Guinness World Records. Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, known professionally as the Weeknd, received the nod after Spotify data from prominent artists were analyzed. The multi-award winning artist had the most monthly listeners on Spotify with 111.4 million and is also the first artist to reach 100 million listeners. America artist Miley Cyrus follows […]
By Zuko Komisa The Weeknd cancelled his performance after losing his voice mid-show over the weekend. On his "After Hours til Dawn Tour," the Canadian musician performed live at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. .@TheWeeknd just lost his voice in the middle of a sold out show at SoFi Stadium. Came out and apologized and announced everyone would get their money back and left. pic.twitter.com/En7v16RbwV— Kenny Holmes (@KHOLMESlive) September […]
By: Natasha Archary Aaliyah's posthumous album, 'Unstoppable' is set to drop this month. The late singer and actress who died in a plane crash in 2001 has a new body of work which she had recorded before her death. Her uncle and former manager Barry Hankerson said in an interview that the collaborations include Drake, Ne-yo, Snoop Dogg as well as Chris Brown. The first song to be released […]
By: Poelano Malema The Weeknd is back with new music! This time around, he is featured on a song by Spanish singer Rosalía. The new single is titled, ‘La Fama’. READ: Elton John reveals The Weeknd’s writing style It comes out on Thursday, 11 November. In the song, The Weeknd sings in Spanish – something which he has done before on his previous song, ‘Hawai’. The song will be featured […]
By: Poelano Malema Grammy-award-winning artist, Elton John, says he is "fascinated" by The Weeknd's writing process. John says he met with The Weeknd when he was in Los Angeles when the pandemic began. The two stars met at the home studio of pop star Charlie Puth and ended up working on a song together. “I went in the studio and wrote something with the Weeknd when I was there,” Elton […]
By: Poelano Malema International star, The Weeknd, has announced that he will be making his way to Africa in 2022. This will be part of his 'After Hours Til Dawn' tour. The musician says the tour, which was scheduled to take place in January 2022, will be moved to later in the year. Watch: The Weeknd’s latest music video He says the postponement comes after there was a lot of […]
By: Poelano Malema R&B star, The Weeknd, has released his latest single and music video, ‘Take My Breath’. The video was released over the weekend. Like many of the star’s singles and albums, it is also topping the charts and trending on YouTube. Within days of release, it was already #1 on BB100. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Weeknd (@theweeknd) READ: The Weeknd to make […]
By: Natasha Archary Multi-award winning artist The Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye will make his acting debut in a new cult series, The Idol that will be landing on HBO. The star took to his Instagram to share the news with fans, and will not only be starring in the show but will be a co-writer and executive producer for series as well. View this post on Instagram A post […]
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