The Weeknd
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance
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Billboard Music Award for Top Hot 100 Artist
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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
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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
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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
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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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The Idol: HBO show cancelled after one season
TV drama The Idol - which had some of the worst reviews of the Year - has reportedly been cancelled.
The Music Industry satire, starring Lily-Rose Depp and Abel " The Weeknd " Tesfaye, was blasted by critics when it was released.
Rumours of The Show 's cancellation began before its finale had even aired, but were challenged by studio HBO.
However, The Company 's since The Idol won't be getting a second season.
It quoted an HBO spokesperson, Who Said The Show was one of its " most provocative original programmes" and it had been " pleased by the strong audience response".
They added that The Company , creators and producers had agreed " not to proceed" with a second season, and thanked all involved for " their incredible work".
Many people thought The Idol was doomed when HBO cut its original six-episode Run Down to five, although The Company issued a
The Fall of The IdolThe Idol - created by Euphoria mastermind Sam Levinson - was met with excitement when it was first announced.
It Follows The Story of Jocelyn, a popstar Played By Lily-Rose who gets involved with mysterious nightclub boss figure, Tedros, Played By The Weeknd , who also co-created The Show .
But The Hype turned sour when reports of production troubles and a " toxic atmosphere" on set emerged.
The Cast was forced to defend The Show at a pre-release press conference where Levinson told reporters The Idol would be the biggest show of the summer.
That prediction turned out to be a little optimistic. When it finally landed, the response to The Show was almost universally bad.
It was called " the worst programme ever made" " toe-curlingly naff" and criticised for alleged misogyny and shallow characters.
It currently has a 19% critic rating on.
Sam Levinson and The Cast haven't yet commented on news of The Show 's cancellation.
The Weeknd has been back to his day job, performing gigs at stadiums around The World .
Lily-Rose Depp is due to appear in the upcoming vampire film Nosferatu.
As for Levinson, he's been working on season 3 of Euphoria, but it's unclear when it will be released due to Hollywood strikes and the death of Fezco actor Angus Cloud .
BBC Newsbeat has contacted HBO for comment.
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