Why did The Weeknd become famous?

Why did The Weeknd become famous?

The songs, credited to The Weeknd, were uploaded as audio files to the video-sharing Web site YouTube in late 2010; their popularity grew exponentially after they were posted to the blog of Canadian rapper Drake.

How did The Weeknd become so rich?

How does The Weeknd have such a big net worth? Music has been Bella Hadid’s ex’s main source of income as he’s been making top tunes for around a decade. ‘Starlight’, ‘Beauty Behind the Madness’ and ‘After Hours’ have all been huge successes for him.

When did The Weeknd get discovered?

When most of us first discovered The Weeknd, in the early months of 2011, it was in an atmosphere of vagueness and secrecy. Those early songs and that debut mixtape, House of Balloons, sounded genuinely, astonishingly new, and as if to drive home just how unique the style felt, it seemed to materialize out of nothing.