Beauty Behind the Madness doesn’t sacrifice creativity for accessibility; Abel Tesfaye is still managing to push himself as he’s become a chart-topper. Not much more anyone can ask of the guy ...

Abel Tesfaye, also known as the The Weeknd, is back after casually redefining pop music in one fell swoop. Tesfaye’s second full-length album, “Beauty Behind the Madness,” combines ’80s ...

There’s no better way to sum up the Weeknd than to defer to Abel Tesfaye himself, who reveals on the Kanye West-produced “Tell Your Friends” that he’s the guy “with th… ...

On “Beauty Behind the Madness,” Tesfaye’s musical ambition matches — and reflects — his drive for success. Having broadened his crew of longtime creative partners to include the likes of ...

On Beauty Behind the Madness, Abel Tesfaye sheds the fat from his disappointing major label debut, Kiss Land. The album plays like a victory lap, with Tesfaye revisiting past glories and ...

This time, Tesfaye brings more beauty to his madness. He elaborates the tunes, magnifies the arrangements, speeds the pace in places and even hires writers as pop-friendly as Max Martin.

Abel Tesfaye, more commonly known by his stage name, The Weeknd, possesses one such voice. ... (2013), provided plenty of glimpses into what The Weeknd may one day become, his new release, “Beauty ...

Tesfaye has gone from hermetic genius to genuine pop star, and judging by Beauty Behind the Madness, his third proper album, he’s still adjusting to the arc of his own career.The 25-year-old has ...

Abel Tesfaye — the mysterious pop innovator who records as the Weeknd — set a weird new standard for gloomy self-indulgence in R&B when he came out of Canada a few years back. He was like ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - When you deliver three of the biggest singles of 2015 and an album built in the mold of "Thriller" and "Purple Rain," The Grammys take notice. The Weeknd delivered on all the ...

“It’s all about me trying to feel something else besides what I’ve been feeling the past four years,” The Weeknd told a reporter from The New York Times Magazine, referring to his highly ...

Is there a more unlikely pop ascent than that of the Weeknd? The Canadian R&B sensation (born Abel Tesfaye) began as a mixtape phenomenon, grew into an indie favorite, and is now dominating the ...