favourite singer:

THE WEEKND
Work done by: 
Lucas Rodrigues n 16
Mariana Matos n 19

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 BIOGRAPHY:

Abel Makkonen TesfayeI is a canadian singer,

songwriter and record producer      
PLACE OF BIRTH:
•  16th February 1990, Toronto, Canada
• 32 years old
PARENTS:
• Samra Tesfaye e Makkonen Tesfaye

Pic.1- Abel Makkonen Tesfaye 2

WHY THE ARTISTIC
NAME IS THE
WEEKND?
In his 17 years old, he and a friend left home in the
weekend and never came back.

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THE HISTORY
OF THE
WEEKND
• He has descendents of Ethiopy.
• He had a problematic childhood 
• He grew up listening to a variety of
music genres such as soul, quiet
storm, hip hop, funk, indie rock
• When he left home, he moved into
an apartment in Toronto. The place
was basically surrounded by drug
dealers. 

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Pic.2- Abel in child
THE HISTORY
OF THE
WEEKND
• He survive with what he stole from
the supermarket and he even sold
drugs to get money to survive
• He landed a job at American
Apparel;
• Later, he start working with a young
singer Jeremy Rose. Their
collaboration yielded three
atmospheric songs 

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MUSIC
GENRE
• R&B and alternative R&B
• Pop
• Dream pop 

His songs are  about sex and drugs, mai
oritary about him.

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 CAREER

• In 2010, he had performed live as The Weeknd

for the first time;
2012:
• Toured the US and Europe for the first time;
• He performing at Coachella, Primavera Sounds
Festival and the Wireless Festival;
• He released his first album, titled “Trilogy”;

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Pic.3- The Weeknd in his first concert
CAREER

2013:
• He released his first
unreleased studio album,
“Kiss Land”.

Pic.4- Cover of " Trillogy" and "Kiss Land"

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 CAREER:
“The Hills”, Billboard Hot 100
Pic.5- Song "The Hills"
2015:
 “The Hills” , was one of this
most  successes debuted at #20
on the Billboard Hot 100, later
reaching the top , being the
singer's first track to reach that
mark.
2019:
This song It was certified
platinum and later became the
singer's first recording to be
diamond certified.
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 CAREER:
“Beauty Behind the Madness”
2015:
"Beauty Behind the
Madness", the
Canadian's second studio
album, debuted at
number one on the
Billboard 200. 

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Pic.6- Cover of "Beauty Behind the Madness"
 CAREER:
2016:
“Starboy”
• Release of
"Starboy"made Abel's
third number one on
the US and UK charts
• In addition to the title
track, the album
contains hits like “I
Feel It Coming”.

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Pic.7- Cover of "Starboy"
 CAREER:
“After Hours”
2019:
• He release "Blinding
Lights” the principal
single of the next album
"After Hours" released in
2020.

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Pic.8- Cover of "After Hours"
CURIOSITIES:

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 ARWARDS:
He received 79 awards of 199 indications. 
2015:
• He won the Grammy  of the best contemporary urban album and Best
performance of R&B, for his second album Beauty Behind the
Madness.
• He
2018:
•  Abel também ganhou outro Grammy de Melhor Álbum Urbano
Contemporâneo.

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THE LIFE OF THE WEEKND

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 WEBGRAPHY
• https://www.theweeknd.com/
• https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weeknd
• https://observador.pt/2015/09/07/the-weeknd-musico-passou-adoles
cente-problematico-estrela-mundial/
• https://lorena.r7.com/post/No-aniversario-de-The-Weeknd-relembre-
a-carreira-do-cantor
• https://stringfixer.com/pt/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received
_by_the_Weeknd

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