The Weeknd Abel Tesfaye
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- Canada 加拿大
艺人介绍
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中 文 名 阿贝尔·特斯法伊
外 文 名 Abel Tesfaye
别 名 The Weeknd
国 籍 加拿大
星 座 水瓶座
血 型 A型
出 生 地 加拿大安大略士嘉伯
出生日期 1990年2月16日
职 业 歌手，制作人 经纪公司 XO, Republic
代表作品 《Wicked Games》《Can't Feel My Face》《Earned It》《The Hills》等
流 派 R&B
中国戏称 盆栽精
艺人简介
Abel Tesfaye，埃塞俄比亚裔加拿大歌手，制作人，以艺名The Weeknd而被人们所熟知。
2010年底，Tesfaye以“The Weeknd”的名义在YouTube上上传了数首歌曲。在2011年，他发行了三张九首歌的混音带：《House Of Balloons》，《Thursday》以及《Echoes Of Silence》，受到了广泛的好评。2011年6月16日，《House of Balloons》被命名为入选2011北极星音乐奖提名。七月六日，这张专辑被命名为十个入围提名，但是最终输给了 Arcade Fire's The Suburbs，2012年，三张混音带再经过重新灌录后以合辑《Trilogy》的形式发行，2013年，The Weeknd发行了自己的首张录音室专辑《Kiss Land》，主打单曲包括《Kiss Land》以及《Live For》。2015年，他的第二张专辑《Beauty Behind The Madness》成为了他的首张登上公告牌专辑排行榜的专辑，其中包括单曲《Earned It》，《The Hills》和《Can't Feel My Face》。《Can't Feel My Face》这首歌同时在公告牌上的热门歌曲排行榜上排名三位，使他成为历史上第一位取得此成就的艺术家，他也是历史上17位艺术家中的3位在排行榜上有2首单曲。
The Weeknd在音乐界内受到了媒体广泛的称赞，Pitchfork，MTV，BET，Rolling Stone，XXL，以及The Source都给予了他高度评价。
2016年2月16日，获第58届格莱美音乐奖《最佳R&B歌手》奖，同时凭借《Beauty Behind The Madness》夺得第58届格莱美最佳当代城市音乐专辑。
早期生活
1990年2月16日，Teafaye出生在加拿大安大略士嘉伯，他身上带有埃塞俄比亚的血统，从小Teafaye便受到了多种音乐风格的熏陶，灵魂，嘻哈，放克，独立摇滚以及朋克都对他产生了很大的影响，Teafaye的父母在他幼年时很少照顾他，陪伴着Teafaye度过童年的是他的奶奶，正因为如此，Teafaye能说一口流利的埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉语，这也是他掌握的第一门语言。
17岁时Teafaye从高中辍学，随后他为自己取了“The Weeknd”这个艺名，灵感来源于“Left one week and never come home”，为了避免与加拿大乐队The Weekend发生版权纠纷，Teafaye采用了“Weeknd”的拼写。
音乐生涯
在多伦多，The Weeknd结识了音乐制作人Jeremy Rose，Rose有着一个制作暗黑R&B的概念，名字就叫“The Weekend”，在尝试着向Curtis Santiago推销这个概念时，The Weeknd与Jeremy Rose即兴演奏了一首歌曲，随后两人开始合作制作专辑，Rose制作了三首曲子《What You Need》，《Loft Music》以及《The Morning》，2010年11月，The Weeknd将这三首歌上传至YouTube，歌曲口口相传，吸引了许多人的注意，这其中包括多伦多饶舌歌手Drake，2011年9月21日，The Weeknd在个人网站上免费放出了包含九首歌的混音带《House Of Ballons》的下载，这张混音带由lllangel以及Doc McKinney制作，《House Of Ballons》受到了广泛的赞赏，并且获得了2012年北极星音乐奖的提名。
六月，The Weeknd在多伦多的Mob Club献上了他的首次现场演出，这一个半小时的表演使得他名声大噪，他的下一次表演则是在多伦多的Molson Canadian Amphitheatre，此外，The Weeknd还作为特别嘉宾出现在了Drake的现场表演中。The Weeknd像是个媒体绝缘体，他拒绝一切的采访要求，只通过自己的推特与外界交流。
The Weeknd的第二张混音带《Thursday》于2011年8月18发行，他在自己的网站上提供了免费的下载，3个月后，11月21日，The Weeknd的第三张混音带《Echoes Of Slience》放出，这两张混音带几乎获得了乐界的一致叫好，也为他赢得了大量的歌迷。
2012年4月，The Weeknd在Conchella音乐节上的表演掀开了他全美巡演的序幕，他走访了全美主要的大城市，纽约则是巡演的最后一战，在大苹果城两场表演的门票被一抢而空，Rolling Stone也对这两场演出给出了极高的赞誉，接下来，The Weeknd开始在欧洲参加各大音乐节的演出，其中包括在西班牙以及葡萄牙举行的Primavera Sound音乐节以及在伦敦举行的Wireless音乐节，在自己的英国首演中，The Weeknd翻唱了Micheal Jackson的《Dirty Dairy》，前来观看他表演的包括Katy Perry以及Florence Welch。
6月，《House Of Ballons》在网络上的的下载次数突破了800万次，有消息称晚些时候三张混音带将合辑的形式发行。7月，The Weeknd以及他的个人厂牌“XO”与Republic Records正式牵下了合约，随后他宣布经过重新灌录的合辑《Trilogy》将于11月发行，其中还包含了三首新增曲目，11月9日，BBC宣布提名The Weeknd为2013年度之声。2013年9月10日，The Weeknd首张录音室专辑《Kiss Land》正式发行，专辑首周售出了99，000张排名榜首，但获得的乐评褒贬不一。
2014年，与小天后ARIANA GRANDE 合作的单曲 LOVE ME HARDER在百强单曲榜最高排到第七名
2015年8月，发行专辑《Beauty Behind The Madness》，以31.5w实销，40余万的总销量（含流媒体）登顶Billboard Hot 200，此前，其专辑内单曲EARNED IT 在百强单曲榜达到#3名的高峰；CAN'T FEEL MY FACE登顶百强单曲榜；专辑发行几周后，专辑内的另一支单曲THE HILLS也在百强单曲榜登顶。除此以外，专辑周专辑内有11支单曲登陆百强单曲榜，包括与LANA DEL RAY合作的 PRISONER,和与 ED SHEERAN合作的 DARK TIMES。
2016年2月16日，获第58届格莱美音乐奖《最佳R&B歌手》奖，同时凭借《Beauty Behind The Madness》夺得第58届格莱美最佳当代城市音乐专辑。
Life and career
Abęl Makkonen Tesfaye (born 16 February 1990), known professionally by his stage name The Weeknd (pronounced "the weekend"), is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer.In late 2010, Tesfaye anonymously uploaded several songs to YouTube under the name "The Weeknd". He released three nine-track mixtapes throughout 2011: House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence, which were critically acclaimed.The following year, he released a compilation album Trilogy, thirty tracks consisting of remastered versions of the mixtape material and three additional songs. It was released under Republic Records and his own label XO.
In 2013, he released his debut studio album Kiss Land, which was supported by the singles "Kiss Land" and "Live For". His second album, Beauty Behind the Madness, which became his first number one album on the Billboard 200, included the top-five single "Earned It" and produced the number-one singles "The Hills" and "Can't Feel My Face". The songs have simultaneously held the top three spots on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart, making him the first artist in history to achieve this.The Weeknd has won two Grammy Awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award.
On 16 May 2013, The Weeknd premiered the title track to his debut studio album Kiss Land,which he said will be released on 10 September.It was also promoted by the singles "Belong to the World", "Live For" featuring Drake and The Weeknd's The Fall tour beginning in September.Kiss Land received generally positive reviews from music critics.Kiss Land debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 96,000 copies, just two thousand copies short of Keith Urban's Fuse, which took the number one spot that week.
The Weeknd also appeared on the soundtrack to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, contributing "Devil May Cry" and featuring on "Elastic Heart" by Sia, the second single from the soundtrack.In late 2013, The Weeknd joined Justin Timberlake on his The 20/20 Experience World Tour for six shows.In February 2014, he remixed the Beyoncé single "Drunk in Love". The remix was more of a cover, as The Weeknd tweaked the beat to fit better with his version of the song, that is told through the male perspective.
On 26 June 2014, The Weeknd announced that he will be headlining the King of the Fall tour, essentially a mini-tour across America in September and October 2014. ScHoolboy Q and Jhené Aiko were confirmed as support acts.The announcement came the day after The Weeknd released his new song, "Often", on SoundCloud, leading to speculation that the tour will unveil more new material from him.On 20 July 2014, The Weeknd released another track titled "King of the Fall" to promote his upcoming tour, which started in September. On 30 September 2014, the song "Love Me Harder" was released which is a duet between The Weeknd and Ariana Grande, the song went on to peak at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. On 23 December 2014, he released "Earned It", the song was released as a single from the 2015 film Fifty Shades of Grey, which has peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Weeknd performed a rendition of the song alongside Alicia Keys at the 2015 BET Awards.
On 27 May 2015, The Weeknd released a music video for a new song "The Hills".On 4 July, The Weeknd headlined FVDED in the Park in Surrey, BC, Canada.In Billboard's Hot R&B Songs chart for the week of 25 July 2015, The Weeknd held down all of the top three spots, with "Can't Feel My Face" at number one, "The Hills" at number 2 and "Earned It" at number 3.
On 28 August 2015, The Weeknd's second studio album, Beauty Behind the Madness, was released and debuted atop of Billboard 200 with first weeks sales of 412,000 equivalent album units earned (with 326,000 from pure album sales).On 24 August 2015, The Weeknd released a video for "Tell Your Friends", a song produced by Kanye West from the album.
On the week of 8 September 2015, The Weeknd became the first male artist in nearly seven years with two songs on the Hot 100's top three in the same week, with "Can't Feel My Face" at number 2 and "The Hills" at number 3, both as a lead act.As of 1 December 2015, Beauty Behind the Madness became the most-streamed album throughout 2015 with over 60 million listeners.It was also placed at number five on Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2015.
He also featured on the song "FML" from Kanye West's 2016 album, The Life of Pablo. The Weeknd also appears on Beyoncé's song "6 Inch" from her album Lemonade.
热门评论
- @bert：原来不只我一个看成weekend周末的。。 惭愧
- @电钻：听这个使盲僧厉害
- @李时珍珍珍珍：在我盆栽这里不要刷棒子[手势坏]
- @丁成萌：输入the weekend走错，于是输入盆栽精⋯⋯然后走对了´_>`
- @39 UniversaLove：这也能看见棒粉也是醉了，能不能滚回自己窝里去
最新简评（共884条）
- @tuckme(公狗咬人)：为什么弄成个木乃伊一样唱歌？
- @pks(不虚)：他的脸到底怎么了
- @Dandelion(温柔！)：占位
- @x(谢谢bye)：有abel的群吗
- @珊珊来迟(唯有音乐不离不弃)：The Weeknd – Blinding Lights (Major Lazer Remix) [feat. Major Lazer]
- @Hawk_Chen：虾米弟弟
- @珊珊来迟(唯有音乐不离不弃)：Saturday Night Live Cast – On the Couch (feat. The Weeknd) – Single [iTunes Plus AAC M4A]
- @Pablo(以后是流浪的虾米)：说是从4年前的starboy，唱成了现在的sadboy。不管怎么样，都是我的babyboy。
- @Pablo(以后是流浪的虾米)：继Radiohead后，第二次这么喜欢一个艺人，我想我的新阶段就要开启了。
- @多啦F梦：不上新专辑的吗？