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The Weeknd
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
The Weeknd
Plays on LTZ: 3 across 3 shows (2023-03-09, 2024-05-16, 2026-03-26)
Tracks played
Blinding Lights — researched 2026-09-11
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12. The Weeknd — Blinding Lights
Release date: 20 March 2020 Track: 9 of 14 Key / BPM: Eb / 86
Blinding Lights became one of the most streamed songs in history, spending 57 weeks in the US Billboard Hot 100 top ten — a record at the time.
Built on an eighties synth-pop aesthetic. Influences cited include Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, and Phil Collins.
Sits at the centre of the synth bloc alongside Witch Post, Sjowgren, and James Blake — four tracks sharing a nocturnal electronic mood.
The Weeknd
Origin: Toronto (Scarborough), Ontario, Canada · born February 16, 1990 · active, solo artist
Members: Abel Makkonen Tesfaye — solo artist
Genre: R&B, alternative R&B, pop
Discography:
Kiss Land (2013) — Republic Records
Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) — Republic Records
Starboy (2016) — Republic Records
After Hours (2020) — Republic Records — includes "Blinding Lights," 57 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 top ten
Dawn FM (2022) — Republic Records
Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025) — Republic Records
Facts:
He took the stage name "The Weeknd" (dropping the second "e") after moving out to Parkdale, Toronto for a weekend as a teenager — the spelling was changed to dodge a trademark clash with the Canadian band Weekend.
His After Hours til Dawn Tour (2022–2026) became the highest-grossing tour by a male solo artist; he also became the first artist to have thirty songs each pass one billion Spotify streams.