The Weeknd is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has recorded material for five studio albums, one soundtrack album, one live album, three mixtapes and nine extended plays (EP), as well as contribute to other artist's respective albums. He began his recording career in 2009 by anonymously releasing music on YouTube. Two years later, he co-founded the XO record label and released his first three mixtapes House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence. ^[1] He collaborated with different producers, primarily Doc McKinney and Illangelo. ^[2]

The alternative R&B projects were met with widespread acclaim for its dark lyrical content that explored the Weeknd's drug usage and romantic experiences. ^[3] They were also praised for its diverse musical styles, which incorporated elements of soul, trip hop, hip hop, dream pop, indie rock, downtempo and post-punk. ^{[4] [5]}

After signing with Republic Records in 2012, the Weeknd re-released his three mixtapes in the compilation album Trilogy. ^[6] Preceding the album was the release of his debut single " Wicked Games", an alternative R&B and quiet storm track that he co-wrote with McKinney and Illangelo. ^[7] Follow-up singles included " Twenty Eight" and " The Zone" featuring Drake. ^[8] The Weeknd's debut studio album Kiss Land was released in September 2013. It was supported by six singles, including the lead single of the same name and " Belong to the World". ^[9] Primarily a R&B and dark wave album, the Weeknd worked with new collaborators for Kiss Land such as Belly, DaHeala and DannyBoyStyles. ^[10]

The Weeknd's second studio album Beauty Behind the Madness was released in August 2015. ^[11] He reunited with Belly, DaHeala, DannyBoyStyles and Illangelo, and worked with new collaborators such as Max Martin and Kanye West. The album was supported by five singles, including " The Hills", an alternative R&B and trap song that incorporates Amharic lyricism, ^[12] and " Can't Feel My Face", a pop, disco and funk track. ^[13] Both singles reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. ^[14] Beauty Behind the Madness featured guest appearances from Ed Sheeran, Labrinth and Lana Del Rey. In November 2016, the Weeknd released Starboy, ^[15] a R&B, pop and trap record that included the lead single of the same name and " I Feel It Coming", with both singles featuring first-time collaborators Daft Punk. ^{[16] [17]} The album featured guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Future and Lana Del Rey.

In March 2018, the Weeknd released his first EP My Dear Melancholy, which combined contemporary and alternative R&B with electropop. ^[18] Primarily produced by Frank Dukes, the EP contained contributions from Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Mike Will Made It, Starrah and Skrillex. ^[19] It was supported by one single, " Call Out My Name", ^[20] and featured a guest appearance from Gesaffelstein. In March 2020, the Weeknd released his fourth studio album After Hours, which served as a re-introduction of new wave and dream pop sounds combined with electropop and synth-pop sounds. ^[21] The album was supported by four singles, including " Heartless" and " Blinding Lights". Both singles reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, with the latter becoming the longest-charting single in the chart's history at the time of its release. ^{[22] [23]} Lyrically, After Hours contains themes of promiscuity, overindulgence and self-loathing. In January 2022, the Weeknd released his dance-pop inspired fifth studio album Dawn FM. ^[24]

In addition to his studio work, the Weeknd has recorded songs for film soundtracks, including featuring on Sia's single " Elastic Heart" from The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), ^[25] " Earned It", a chamber pop and R&B track from Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), ^[26] and " Pray For Me", a pop-rap track with Kendrick Lamar for Black Panther (2018). ^[27]

Commercially released songs

For this article, a song is considered released commercially if it was released under a record label.

Credited as artist

The following table lists all commercially released works by or with The Weeknd, where he is credited as performer (main or featuring artist). For the original versions of the songs, the songwriter(s), performer(s) and parent album(s) are mentioned. The mentioned release date is of the first release where the song was part of (single, album or non-album release). The "other releases" mentioned do only mention other versions of that song, also released commercially by the artist. New versions of re-released songs on other (compilation) albums are left out on purpose. As of April 15, 2024, The Weeknd is a credited artist on 187 different song titles (298 songs counting all versions), either as lead or featuring artist. He also has writing credits on almost all of his songs.

Credited as vocalist

As of April 12, 2024, The Weeknd was part of 6 commercially released songs, where he was not credited as artist but is credited for his vocals. This includes credited background vocals as well.

Credited in other ways

As of April 15, 2024, The Weeknd was part of 16 commercially released songs, where he was credited in other ways than for being a performing artist or his vocals. This covers mainly writing and/or producing credits.

Non-commercially released songs

As of April 12, 2024, The Weeknd was part of 17 non-commercially released songs under his name. This thus includes songs that were not released under a record label, but were officially put out by the (lead) artist. The following table mentions the other credits Tesfaye has for the songs as well.

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