The Weeknd released a duet ‘Love Me Harder’ along with Ariana Grande in the year 2014 and later went on to release the soundtrack of the film ‘Fifty Shades of Grey.’ The same year, The Weeknd made contributions to the film ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ and later went on Justin Timberlake’s ‘The 20/20 Experience World Tour’. Later in 2013, he released his debut studio album titled ‘Kiss Land’ which received a positive response from fans and critics. In September 2012, he signed a deal with Republic Records and released an album called ‘Trilogy’ in the following month. All the three mixtapes helped The Weeknd to gain a lot of fame and made him a star. The Weeknd released his third mixtape called ‘Echoes of Silence’ in December 2011 which also consisted of nine songs. He then released his second mixtape called ‘Thursday which contained nine tracks. The Weeknd then started to perform live within a couple of months and also started a collaborative work along with rapper Drake. In March 2011, he released a mixtape called ‘House of Balloons’ which consisted of 9 tracks. Soon, the songs became a hit and he earned popularity. The duo started working on an R&B album called ‘The Weeknd.’ In the year 2010, The Weeknd created his Youtube channel, having the username ‘The Weeknd’ and uploaded a few songs on it, which were created by him. He began his music career when he met Jeremy Rose, a music producer. The Weeknd is not only a Canadian singer but is also a songwriter and a record producer. The Weeknd later left his home and started living with his two friends in a one room house. However, he was removed from one while he took a drop from the other just after attending it for 6 months. He attended two schools: West Hill Collegiate Institute and the Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute. He is the only child and was brought up in Canada by his mother as well as grandmother as his father left the family when he was 1 or 2 years old. The Weeknd, real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, was born on February 16, 1990, in Ontario, California to Makkonen and Samra Tesfaye. The Weeknd ended up earning $92 million total that year, which landed him on the cover of Forbes.How did The Weeknd earn his money and wealth? Those streams led to a truly massive touring advance of $75 million, what experts call a nutso sum of money. *cries at bank balance*Ģ017 was The Weeknd’s highest-earning year thus far-and it’s all thanks to billions (that’s billions with a B) of streams. Abel’s net worth is massive thanks to billions of streams converting into millions of dollars, which has allowed him to do things like drop $7 million of his own money on the Super Bowl, and we’re breaking it down for you right here-while simultaneously having a breakdown, of course. And apparently, more streaming = more tours = more money. (take your pick), The Weeknd-aka Abel Tesfaye-continued to cement himself as one of the industry’s top streaming artists.
While 2020 was undoubtably the worst, a sh*tshow, a garbage fire, etc. Hey, you there, person who shamelessly forced their entire family to do the “Blinding Lights” challenge in quarantine: It probably had a huge impact on The Weeknd’s net worth.
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