Belly walks the streets of the burning city, while Esco. Directed by James Larese, The Weeknd sings his eerie hook from television screens scattered across a post-apocalyptic world. While promoting his third album "Starboy", Tesfaye also revealed Lana Del Rey, David Bowie, The Smiths, Bad Brains, Talking Heads, 50 Cent, Wu-Tang Clan and Eminem as influences. Fresh off the release of his See You Next Wednesday, Belly premieres the LP’s epic music video featuring The Weekend and Nas. On this follow-up's fourth track, a blithe midtempo cut where Tesfaye takes a swipe at pretenders while boasting about drinking codeine out of one. AllMusic's Andy Kellman categorizes him as an "alternative R&B act". The extent of the 2015 Weeknd commercial rebound, symbolized by platinum certifications for Beauty Behind the Madness and all four of its singles, didn't merely embolden Abel Tesfaye. Abel has helped broadened R&B's musical palette to incorporate indie and electronic styles his work has been categorized with the alternative R&B tag. He grew up listening to a variety of music genres, including soul, hip hop, funk, indie rock, and post-punk. He also said his high-flying vocal style was influenced by habesha singers like Aster Aweke.
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He has attributed Jackson's music as key in spurring him to be a singer, referencing the lyrics to "Dirty Diana" as an example. Tesfaye cites Michael Jackson, Prince and R. TheWeeknd - Trilogy1.High For This2.What You Need3.House Of Ballons / Glass Table Girls Explicit4.The Morning Explicit5.Wicked Games Explicit6.The Party. He has sold over 70 million records worldwide. He has won three Grammy Awards, eight Billboard Music Awards, two American Music Awards, nine Juno Awards, and has been nominated for one Academy Award. Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (born February 16, 1990), better known by his stage name The Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer.