The Weeknd Net Worth

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The Weeknd Net Worth (Canadian Singer, Songwriter and Record Producer) The Weeknd Net Worth Abel Makkonen Tesfaye is a Canadian professional record producer, singer, and songwriter. The Weeknd was born on February 16, 1990, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Weeknd born name is Abel Makkonen Tesfaye and he has helped broadened R&B’s musical palette to incomplete its indie and electronic styles. The Weeknd work has been categorized and considered the alternative R&B tag. The Weeknd Net Worth is around $95 million according to current stats and figures which is increasing day by day because of his mainstreams success and stardom. The Weeknd got people attention when he uploaded several of his songs to YouTube under the name of “The Weeknd” in 2010. The Weeknd latter released his critically acclaimed mixtapes which include “House of Balloons”, “Thursday”, and “Echoes of Silence” in 2011. The Weeknd signed with Republic Records and remastered his mixtapes and released in the compilation album Trilogy in 2012, and later created his record label “XO”. The Weeknd is the only male singer in Canadian history who has 3 singles “Beauty Behind the Madness” in 2015, “Starboy” in 2016 and “My Dear Melancholy” in 2018 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and no 2 release “Kiss Land” on the US Billboard 200.

The Weeknd Early Life Abel Makkonen Tesfaye was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on February 16, 1990. The Weeknd was raised in the district of Scarborough in the east end of its city. The Weeknd was the only child of his parents. He migrated from Ethiopia to Canada in the late 1980s. His mother worked as a nurse and caterer in order to support his family. Tesfaye learned Amharic during his childhood years and attended Ethiopian Orthodox church services. The Weeknd stated in an


interview that his father abandoned the family when he was only 6 years old and he saw him vaguely and then again when he was 11 or 12 years old. He said that he had a new family and kids and he doesn’t know where his father lived. The Weeknd Net Worth is around $95 according to some credible sources.

The Weeknd states he began smoking at age 11 and later moved on to harder drugs. He admitted he was addicted to ecstasy, oxycodone, Xanax, cocaine, psilocybin, and ketamine. The Weeknd attended West Hill Collegiate Institute and Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute in Toronto. Tesfaye later moved to the Parkdale area of Toronto. How much is The Weeknd worth? Year 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

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