The Weeknd’s debut album, Dawn Fm, debuted at #1 on Apple Music and Spotify in the United States and 125 other countries. The total number of streams has topped 500 million. The artist has two rare albums in the top ten.
The song ”Sacrifice” from the album Dawn Fm appeared at #1 on Spotify globally, and also the song’s video debuted at #1 on Youtube Trending.
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How Does The Weeknd Surprise the Fans?
The Weeknd surprises fans with the release of Dawn Fm, giving them music during a hard time, the global pandemic, with his fourth studio album, After Hours. This is the second international album, and the first is After Hours, including the #1 All-Time Hot 100 smash ”Blinding Lights”, released in March 2020.
The Weeknd calls his new album a sonic experience, featuring Lil Wayne, Quincy Jones, Tyles, the Creator, Jim Carrey, and others.
The artist teased a possible release of the album on Instagram, a post with a screenshot of a text conversation between him and his best friend. After this post, the Weeknd messaged:
Everything feels chaotic again. Music can heal and that feels more important than another album rollout. Let’s just drop the whole thing and enjoy it with the people… XO.
On January 3, he announced the official title and released the album on January 7, and it is on top of Apple Music and Spotify.
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Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, known as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer. His music explores romance, escapism, and melancholia inspired by personal experiences. He started his career in 2009, and his first record was XO, releasing the mixtapes House of Ballons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence.
The Weeknd’s inspiration to start being a singer was Michael Jackson, referencing the lyrics to ”Dirty Diana”. Jean-Michael Basquiat partially inspires his hairstyle. In 2016, he cut his hair and suffixed his first name with,, xo”.
Where did the name The Weeknd come from?
The Weeknd’s stage name was chosen in tribute when he dropped out of school and took his mattress, “left one weekend and never came home.”
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