The Weeknd Drops Stage Name, Reverts to Real Name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye on Social Media

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  • Four-time Grammy Award winner The Weeknd has reverted to using his official name on his social media accounts
  • The musician disclosed that he is at a place where he is ready to close his stage name's chapter in his career
  • He noted that he has thoroughly expressed himself through his stage name, and his next album could potentially be his last with the moniker

The Weeknd has officially dropped his famous stage name, opting to go by his birth name.

The Weeknd reborn

The superstar changed his stage name from his social media accounts and will now go by his real name Abel Makkonen Tesfaye.

According to CNN, Tesfaye's social media profiles have already been updated to reflect the name change.

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“It’s getting to a place and a time where I’m getting ready to close the Weeknd chapter. I’ll still make music, maybe as Abel, maybe as The Weeknd. But I still want to kill The Weeknd. And I will. Eventually. I’m definitely trying to shed that skin and be reborn,” said Tesfaye in an interview with W Magazine.

Daily Mail reported that Tesfaye shared that his forthcoming album could potentially be his final project under the moniker The Weeknd.

Expressing a sense of finality, Tesfaye said:

"The album I'm currently working on is likely to be my last hurrah as The Weeknd. This is something I feel compelled to do. As The Weeknd, I believe I have expressed everything I possibly can."

World's most popular artiste

On Wednesday, March 22, Legit.ng reported that The Weeknd made history by becoming the most popular artist in the world after his top achievements on the streaming platform Spotify.

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Guinness World Records announced that the star was the most popular artist on Earth.

The Grammy Award-winning star had the highest number of monthly listeners and became the first singer to reach 100 million monthly listeners on the music streaming platform.

The ranking, however, did not sit well with social media users who expressed their reservations about the Guinness World Record, saying The Weeknd isn't that popular.

Source: TUKO.co.ke

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