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The Weeknd socials changed to Birth Name “Abel Tesfaye”

On his social media platforms, Canadian music sensation The Weeknd has gone back to using his own name, Abel Tesfaye.

The artist, who is well-known for his infectious pop songs like Blinding Lights, tweeted in April asking for feedback from his followers on whether he should make the switch. In a tweet that garnered more than 100,000 likes, he posed the question, “ABEL formally known as The Weeknd?” to his followers. The artist, who has won awards, told W Magazine that he intended to “kill The Weeknd” before making the name change. I’m currently on a cathartic journey, he declared. “At this point and time, I’m preparing to wrap up the chapter of The Weeknd.” 

The singer has previously claimed that his stage name was inspired by his decision to quit school and take his mattress with him, according to a report in the Daily Mail. However, he claimed in an interview with W Magazine that “As the Weeknd, I’ve said everything I can say.” His subsequent album would likely be his “last hurrah” as that person, he continued.

Tesfaye, a Toronto-born Ethiopian immigrant, rose to fame in 2010 after releasing his first music videos on YouTube. These tracks had an explicit, dark R&B style that explored drug use, casual sex, and loneliness. Drake, a Canadian rapper, then shared those early songs on his personal blog, which enabled Tesfaye to create the nine-song mixtape House of Balloons, which he made available for free download.

In addition to having more than 45 platinum singles and albums over his musical career, he also holds many other music records. He has won four Grammy awards. Due to the number of monthly listeners he had on Spotify in March 2023, Guinness World Records named him the most popular musician on the entire planet.

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The 33-year-old was the first artist to reach 100 million monthly listeners on the streaming service as of March 2023, and as of that date, he had 111.4 million monthly Spotify subscribers. They said in a news release that in terms of monthly listeners, The Weeknd currently has 82.4 million more than Miley Cyrus, who is in second place.

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