Tesfaye anonymously uploaded several songs to YouTube under the name "The Weeknd" in 2010
and released the critically acclaimed mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence in 2011. The mixtapes were later remastered and rereleased on the compilation album Trilogy (2012), after he signed with Republic Records and created his own record label XO.
Tesfaye describes his teenage years as the film "Kids without the AIDS". Tesfaye states he began smoking marijuana at age 11, and later moved on to harder drugs. Tesfaye claims he often shoplifted to supplement his use of ecstasy, oxycodone, Xanax, cocaine, psilocybin, and ketamine.
Tesfaye has credited his stage name as being inspired by his high school drop-out status, claiming "after [he] left one weekend and never came home", though producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his idea. The spelling was modified in order to avoid trademark problems with the Canadian band the Weekend
In his leisure time, he enjoys watching television and is an avid video game fan. Despite having worked in the Trump International Hotel and Tower (renamed by 2017) in Toronto, Tesfaye cancelled an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in May 2016 due to Donald Trump being present.Tesfaye has had three number-one releases (Beauty Behind the Madness in 2015, Starboy in 2016, and My Dear Melancholy in 2018) and another top-two release (Kiss Land in 2013) on the US Billboard 200.
The Weeknd Net Worth: $100 Million
Per Year: $20 Million
Per Month: $2 Million
Per Week: $500,000
Per Day: | Per Hour: | Per Minute: | Per Second: |
$70,000 | $3,000 | $50 | $1.00 |
Since you arrived on this page at The Weeknd Earned:
Over 10 M USD
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