Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. In 2015, The Weeknd secured back-to-back chart-toppers with “Can’t ...

Not even a severe storm in Atlanta could rain on The Weeknd’s parade. Over the past 15 years, the artist has transformed himself from a little-known R&B crooner to one of the biggest stars on the ...

Abel Tesfaye, the enigmatic artist known globally as The Weeknd, stands at the precipice of music industry history. Sources close to negotiations reveal that the performer is engaged in preliminary ...

The Weeknd's After Hours Til Dawn tour landed at San Antonio's Alamodome with the scale and spectacle fans have come to expect, but this night carried an extra weight. For months, Abel Tesfaye has ...

Three albums by The Weeknd — Beauty Behind the Madness, The Highlights, and After Hours — all return to the same chart, while The Highlights reaches a huge milestone. ATLANTIC CITY, NEW ...

Including sales figures for his upcoming 2026 dates across Mexico, Brazil, Europe and the UK, the tour has now sold more than 7.5 million tickets and grossed over $1 billion across 153 dates. The tour ...