The Weeknd’s Net Worth, How Much Is The Weeknd’s Worth

Weeknd’s with a cup of coffee beside your cozy corner and the weekend’s music playing in the background are all that one could ask for. The weeknd is known for being one of the most successful musicians and singers of our time.

 He ranks first amongst the list of the most streamed artists on Spotify and has been presented with several reputed awards like Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, etc. He even bagged a rank in the list of 100 most influential musicians created by Elton John. For many, he is the star of pop, hip hop, and rhythm blues.

Personal Details:

Early life:

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye more popularly known as The Weeknd is a singer, songwriter, and record producer by profession. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, on February 16, 1990. His parents were Ethiopian migrants. His father Makkonen Tesfaye and mother Samra Tesfaye brought him up in Scarborough, Toronto. They divorced each other when he was a kid and Abel and his mother started living with his grandmother. 

While staying with his mother and grandmother, he learned Amharic and would converse with his mother in the same language. He was sent to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church where he offered his services. His father was absent from the most crucial years of his childhood. 

Talking about him he said that he saw him once when he was six years of age and after that when he was 12 years old. When he learned about his father’s new family and kids, it did hurt him a bit. But he never felt hateful towards his father. He never judged him, he was anything but an alcoholic, or abusive.

 He said that he just saw his father rarely, once in six seven years. He was just absent from his life and Abel didn’t even know where he lived. He even accepted doing drugs and marijuana when he was eleven years of age. He shoplifted several times to manage and procure his drugs. Describing his life, he called it quite similar to the movie “Kids without the AIDS”. 

Personal life:

In the early months of the year 2015, Tesfaye aka The Weeknd started dating the model Bella Hadid. Before Hadid starred in his music video “In the Night”, the couple were seen together in April at Coachella.  At the 2016 Grammy awards, the couple made their Red Carpet debut. 

Due to their conflicting schedules, the couple broke up in November 2016 before getting back together in May 2018. The Weeknd began dating actress and singer Selena Gomez in January 2017. In late September, the couple moved in together but broke up a month later. 

Tesfaye was also known to be consuming illegal substances and drugs such as ketamine, cocaine, MDMA, Magic Mushrooms, and even cough syrup during his early albums to get over his writer’s block. In December 2013, he said that Drugs are a “crutch” to him when it comes to writing music. 

Weeknd suffixed his first name on social media with the emoticon “xo” that is commonly used to represent hugs and kisses while Hermoine Hoby believed he was referring to the recreational use of ecstasy and oxycodone. He later renamed all his social handles as his stage name “The Weeknd” for the premiere of his music video ”StarBoy”.

Career:

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye is a singer, writer, and record producer who has been in the music industry ever since 2009. He has tried his hands at several forms of music like R&B, alternative R&B, pop, electropop, and synth-pop. 

He has collaborated with several artists like Ariana Grande, Belly, Daft Punk, DaHeala, Doc McKinney, Doja Cat, Drake, Illangelo, Lana Del Rey, Lil Uzi Vert, Max Martin, Nav, and Travis Scott. These collaborations led to some of the best music pieces in the world. 

In 2009, he released the music video of “Do it” on YouTube, which was received quite well. In 2010, he came across Jeremy Rose who was a producer, and he shared his idea of a dark contemporary R&B music project with Jeremy.

When they started working on the project, they also roped in Curtis Santiago, a musician by profession. Curtis and Jeremy played two of his instruments in the background, while Abel rapped to the beat.

Kiss Land which was released in 2013, Beauty Behind the Madness which was released in 2015, Starboy which released in 2016, and After Hours which released in 2020 are some of his most popular songs.

Appearance: 

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye is 31 years old. He is 1.69 meters tall and weighs 75 kgs. He has a tall stature and muscular physique. The color of his hair is black and he has black eyes. 

The Weeknd Net worth:

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye AKA The Weekends is a 31-year-old Singer, Rapper, songwriter, and record producer who has a net worth of $100 million. He is one of the most established artists in the music industry and is looked up to for the hard work with which he has achieved success.

EndNote:

An extremely popular and recognized singer in the industry, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye was born in Toronto, Ontario, on February 16, 1990. His father Makkonen Tesfaye and mother Samra Tesfaye divorced each other when he was a kid and Abel and his mother started living with his grandmother. His father was absent from the most crucial years of his childhood. In 2015, Tesfaye aka The Weeknd dated supermodel Bella Hadid. In 2017, he dated Selena Gomez. 

He has collaborated with several big names in the industry like Doc McKinney, Doja Cat, Drake, Illangelo, Lana Del Rey, Lil Uzi Vert, Max Martin, and Nav, to deliver some musical masterpieces. Kiss Land, Beauty Behind the Madness, Starboy, and After Hours are some of his most popular albums.