The Weeknd
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Review by Mike Diver, bbc.co.uk, March 2011
A startling debut from a young Canadian RnB artist with huge potential. ...
Review by Mike Diver, bbc.co.uk, August 2011
EARLIER THIS YEAR, Canadian singer The Weeknd (aka Abel Tesfay) became a net sensation when his House of Balloons mixtape attracted the support of rapper ...
Review by Mike Diver, bbc.co.uk, November 2012
"YOU DON'T KNOW, what's in store." The opening line on this major-label compilation from Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, isn't entirely accurate. Trilogy does feature ...
Drake/The Weeknd: Manchester Arena
Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 12 March 2014
ABEL TESFAYE, aka the Weeknd, is receiving the kind of cheers you rarely hear for what is technically a support act. The fast-rising 22-year-old Toronto ...
With dark tales of sex and drugs, is the Weeknd the next face of R&B?
Report by Edward Helmore, The Observer, 2 August 2015
FOR SEVERAL YEARS, an introverted Canadian singer of Ethiopian descent, known to R&B lovers for his plaintive voice and atmospheric, after-party, comedown groove, has been ...
Overview Of A Vampire: A Closer Look At The Weeknd's Lyrics
Essay by John Calvert, The Quietus, 12 October 2015
John Calvert is a "guilt-ridden ultra-fan" of "misogynist" Canadian R&B star The Weeknd and here, instead of brushing the themes of his music under the ...
Trend of the Year: Weird R&B Goes Overground
Comment by Paul Lester, MOJO, January 2016
The success of The Weeknd saw a new weird kind of underground R&B enter the charts. Paul Lester charts its strange, slow, four-year rise. ...
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