Contemporary R&B icon The Weeknd achieved superstar status by experimenting with a new, risky sound that combines electro-pop, hip-hop instrumentation with R&B vocals. But while The Weeknd may stray ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Prince Williams/WireImage/Getty Images As the Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye has gone from ...

Critics and fans are often quick to dub a showy new act "the next Michael Jackson" - a lofty title that most fail to live up to. It's been foisted upon Chris Brown, Usher, Ne-Yo, Bruno Mars. On the ...

With “False Alarm,” the second single released off The Weeknd’s upcoming album Starboy, we’re getting a whole new take on R&B prophet Abel Tesfaye’s range. Tesfaye usually restricts himself to ...

When The Weeknd began his ascent fro a murky, underground mystery to a chart-topping megastar, he did so with a huge co-sign from his fellow Canadian Drake. He even sacrificed a few early tracks to ...

(AllHipHop News) Earlier this year, Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye found himself in the hot seat with a lot of R&B fans for comments he made about Usher Raymond. The Canadian vocalist appeared to suggest ...

Jeff Pearlman found the people who inspired the classic 1991 2Pac song, which has reverberated through hip-hop myth-making for decades. Additionally, he spoke about his impact on the modern R&B genre.

Reaching back to the sounds of the 1990s is a hot trend for today’s R&B and hip-hop artists, but Abel Tesfaye remains rooted in the ’80s. The Weeknd’s third studio album, Starboy, has garnered tons of ...

The Weeknd is quickly becoming recognized as an imminent stalwart in music through the popularity of his most recent album “Echoes of Silence”. Not much was known about the artist Abel Tesfaye when ...

We've got reason to believe Britney Spears can't feel her face. "It's different, it's a turn," he said. "The last few albums have been pretty straightforward pop. This is almost like if you can ...

My favorite music meme of the summer was this mix boiling down the Human League’s 1981 hit “Don’t You Want Me?” to its opening phrase: “You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar,” repeated in ...

Frequent collaborators turned frenemies, The Weeknd and Drake have had their ups and downs over the last half decade or so. But with the two finally back on good terms—for now—OVO Sound was the ...