Biography

Allegedly "shrouded in mystery" despite a social media presence (with accompanying photos) on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Soundcloud, and YouTube, as well as major support from fellow Torontonian Drake, alternative R&B act the Weeknd — a solo outlet for vocalist Abel Tesfaye — surfaced in March 2011 with House of Balloons. A nine-track, 50-minute mixtape made available for free download on the Weeknd website, House of Balloons was based in morose ballads filled with drug references and sexual longing. Sonically, there were clear traces of radio-friendly contemporary R&B à la Trey Songz, Jeremih, the-Dream, and Drake, while also appealing to listeners who favored left-of-center, production-over-songcraft exponents like Spacek and Sa-Ra. The mixtape, made by Tesfaye in collaboration with producers Doc McKinney and Illangelo, among others, garnered widespread coverage — most of which was gushingly positive — within days of its March 21 release. A second mixtape, Thursday (August 19), preceded several appearances on Drake's album Take Care. Echoes of Silence (December 21), the third Weeknd mixtape, followed just before the end of the year. The following June, "Crew Love," off Take Care, reached the Top Ten of Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart. A few months later, he was featured on another charting single, Wiz Khalifa's "Remember You."

Top Albums
1. Trilogy	2. Kiss Land	3. House of Bal..	4. Kiss Land	5. Echoes of Si..
6. Thursday	7. Echoes of Si..	8. House of Bal..	9. Thursday	10. Drinks On Us..
11. Drinks On Us..	12. Often - Sing..	13. Often - Sing..

Top Songs
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Earned It (From The "Fifty Shade..	Fifty Shades of Grey (Origi..	4:10	$1.29
2.	Often	Often - Single	4:09	$1.29
3.	Love Me Harder	My Everything (Deluxe)	3:56	$1.29
4.	Wicked Games	Trilogy	5:25	$1.29
5.	Where You Belong (From The "Fift..	Fifty Shades of Grey (Origi..	4:57	$1.29
6.	High for This	Trilogy	4:07	$1.29
7.	Often	Often - Single	4:09	$1.29
8.	Morning	Trilogy	5:15	$1.29
9.	Zone (feat. Drake)	Trilogy	6:58	$1.29
10.	Next	Trilogy	6:00	$1.29
11.	D.D.	Trilogy	4:35	$1.29
12.	Twenty Eight	Trilogy	4:18	$1.29
13.	What You Need	Trilogy	3:16	$1.29
14.	Party & the After Party	Trilogy	7:39	$1.29
15.	Live For (feat. Drake)	Kiss Land	3:44	$1.29
16.	Wicked Games	House of Balloons	5:25	$1.29
17.	Wicked Games	House of Balloons	5:23	$1.29
18.	Rolling Stone	Trilogy	3:50	$1.29
19.	Gone	Trilogy	8:07	$1.29
20.	Birds, Pt. 1	Trilogy	3:34	$1.29
21.	Loft Music	Trilogy	6:04	$1.29
22.	Love Me Harder	My Everything	3:56	$1.29
23.	Morning	House of Balloons	5:15	$1.29
24.	High for This	House of Balloons	4:07	$1.29
25.	House of Balloons / Glass Table Girl..	Trilogy	6:47	$1.29

Top Music Videos
1. Earned I..	2. King of ..	3. Love Me ..	4. One of T..	5. The Zone..
6. Often	7. Or Nah (..	8. Wicked G..	9. Twenty E..	10. Live For..
11. Pretty	12. Love Me ..	13. Gifted (..	14. Belong t..

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