The Weeknd

R&B superstar and stadium-tour record-breaker · age 36

life in chapters

6 milestones from birth to now, with The's age at every one.

2011 age 21 Release

Releases debut mixtape House of Balloons
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The free nine-track mixtape, released anonymously online, launched the mysterious XO era and made him an overnight critical obsession.
2015 age ~25 Career milestone

Beauty Behind the Madness becomes his first No. 1 album
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His second studio album, carrying "Can't Feel My Face" and "The Hills", debuted atop the Billboard 200 in August 2015.

2021 age 30 Career milestone

Headlines the Super Bowl LV halftime show
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He performed the Super Bowl LV halftime show in Tampa at the peak of the After Hours era.
2025 age 34 Release

Sixth album Hurry Up Tomorrow debuts at No. 1
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The final chapter of his trilogy opened with 490,500 first-week units, later spawning a companion film of the same name.
2025 age ~35 Career milestone

After Hours Til Dawn passes $1 billion, a male solo artist record
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The stadium tour surpassed $1 billion in global grosses with 7.5 million tickets sold across 153 shows, the highest-grossing tour ever by a male solo artist.