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Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Artist
Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Song
Billboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Artist
Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Album
MuchMusic Video Award for Video of the Year
American Music Award for Favorite Album Soul/R&B
Billboard Music Award for Top Streaming Songs Artist
Billboard Music Award for Top Radio Songs Artist
Billboard Music Award for Top Song Sales Artist
American Music Award for Favorite Male Artist Soul/R&B
Billboard Music Award for Top Streaming Song (Audio)
Juno Award for Single of the Year
MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video
Juno Award for Songwriter of the Year
Juno Award for Album of the Year
BET Centric Award
Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Juno Award for Artist of the Year
Soul Train Music Award for Album/Mixtape of the Year
Juno Award for R&B/Soul Recording of the Year
iHeartRadio Music Award for R&B Artist of the Year
iHeartRadio Music Award for R&B Song of the Year
People's Choice Award for Favorite R&B Artist
MuchMusic Video Award for Most Buzzworthy Canadian Artist
MuchMusic Video Award for Best Pop Video
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Male Artist
MuchMusic Video Award for iHeartRadio Canadian Single of the Year
NRJ Music Award of Honor
MuchMusic Video Award for Best Director
YouTube Music Award
The Weeknd Life story
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, known professionally as the Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. A prominent figure in contemporary popular music, he is noted for his unconventional music production, artistic reinventions, and his signature use of the falsetto register.
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Ed Sheeran scores seventh straight number one album with Autumn Variations
By Paul GlynnEntertainment reporter
Ed Sheeran has secured his seventh straight UK Number One album with the seasonally-fitting Autumn Variations.
It means all of The Singer 's albums, from his 2011 Debut + to his latest collection, have reached The Summit .
But He Said the latest achievement " means More Than any other award I've had" as this is the First Time he's released an album on his own label.
Autumn Variations, a collaboration with The National 's Aaron Dessner , is The Star 's second album of 2023.
As with its predecessor, - (Subtract), it finds Sheeran in reflective mode, surveying The Personal crises and upheavals his friends went through in 2022.
The 32-year-old Said the record was loosely inspired Edward Elgar , whose 1899 Enigma Variations also featured 14 sketches of his wife, friends and colleagues.
It received mixed reviews - both tricks and treats, to continue the October theme - on its release last week.
, Saying it was-" as flat and dull as a grey sky".
" Plodding, genre-hopping songs all end up as unimaginative ballads, their dreary lyrics littered with gibberish - though Sheeran's hooks remain strong, " she wrote.
for " a pumpkin-spiced snoozer".
" Four months after the soul-baring Subtract, Sheeran returns with a cloying, seasonal-themed endeavour, " He Said .
, Who Said : " There's no standout tune on here to match Elgar's Nimrod, of course, but there's enough soupy seasonal sentimentality to fill The Royal Albert Hall . "
while Saying Sheeran " has a way of taking mundane aspects of life and imbuing them with real feeling within a melody that sticks in the mind. " He added: " For all his apparent normality, that really is a rare skill".
Sheeran has shrugged off critics, telling their opinions are redundant in the streaming era.
" Why do you need to read a review? Listen to it. It's freely available! " He Said .
" Make Up your own mind. I would never read an album review and go, 'I'm not gonna listen to that now. '"
Instead, He Said it had been " amazing to get reconnected with the fans" over the summer, and promised a follow-up album next year.
One fan, Kari, was even treated to a surprise home visit from The Star who performed The Album 's lead single American Town for her and her friend in her Living Room .
Video of The Stunt was shared on Social Media during the week.
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The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.Autumn Variations sold The Most vinyl of any record in the UK over The Past Seven Days , too, relieving Kylie's Tension of top spot, and also keeping Olivia Rodrigo 's Guts at bay in second place.
Jorja Smith 's second full-length release, Falling or Flying, saw her land at Number Three ; while the year's biggest-selling album, The Weeknd 's Greatest Hits collection The Highlights, held firm at Number Five .
Meanwhile, US Rock Band Haim saw their Debut album return to The Top 20 for the First Time since 2013, thanks to a 10Th Anniversary reissue.
There could be more movement on next week's chart, after Canadian star Drake dropped his long-awaited eighth album, For All The Dogs, on Friday.
Elsewhere, in This Week 's singles chart, Doja Cat was able to Paint The Town Red for a fifth consecutive week at The Top .
Her rap track, which samples Dionne Warwick 's classic Walk On By, was The Most -streamed song of the week in the UK, with over five million plays.
Not far behind though was newcomer Kenya Grace with her vibey drum and bass breakthrough, Strangers.
BTS member Jung Kook also became The First K-pop solo artist to achieve two UK Top Five singles with his Jack Harlow collaboration, 3D.
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