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The Weeknd
Solo artist Scarborough Canada Canadian R&B singer
The Weeknd is an artist from Scarborough. The Weeknd has 12 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 6 stations on RockLists, spanning 2015–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Blinding Lights”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #71. The station that charted The Weeknd most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2015.
Abel Tesfaye grew up in Scarborough, Ontario, started putting out music anonymously in 2009, and let the mystery do the work. As the Weeknd, he co-founded the XO label and dropped three mixtapes in 2011, House of Balloons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence, all smoky falsetto and after-hours dread. Republic gathered them up as Trilogy in 2012, and Kiss Land, his first proper album, came the following year.
Then he went for the pop jugular. Beauty Behind the Madness in 2015 and Starboy in 2016 both debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, and "Can't Feel My Face", "The Hills" and "Starboy" all hit number one on the Hot 100, dark R&B dressed up for the dance floor. That bleakness set in glitter is his whole trick: the voice floats, the lyrics sulk, the beat keeps moving.
After Hours, in 2020, opened a trilogy of albums and leaned into dream pop and new wave, and "Blinding Lights" rode its synth-pop gallop further than any song in the long life of the Hot 100. Dawn FM followed in 2022 with "Take My Breath", and Hurry Up Tomorrow closed the trilogy in 2025. Along the way came a Grammy for Best Progressive R&B Album, a place on Canada's Walk of Fame, and a record-setting run on the road with the After Hours til Dawn Tour.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Weeknd on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blinding Lights | 4 | #71 | – | 2019 | |
| 2 | Gasoline | 2 | #31 | – | 2022 | |
| 3 | Can't Feel My Face | 1 | #9 | – | 2015 | |
| 4 | Starboy | 1 | #10 | – | 2016 | |
| 5 | The Hills | 1 | #19 | – | 2015 | |
| 6 | I Feel It Coming | 1 | #41 | – | 2016 | |
| 7 | In Your Eyes | 1 | #53 | – | 2020 | |
| 8 | Take My Breath | 1 | #53 | – | 2021 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 419 | Blinding Lights | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) |
| 2023 | 818 | Blinding Lights | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time |
| 2022 | 31 | Gasoline | Impact 89FM Top 89 Songs of 2022 |
| 2022 | 61 | Gasoline | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2022 |
| 2022 | 212 | Blinding Lights | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) |
| 2021 | 53 | Take My Breath | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2021 |
| 2020 | 53 | In Your Eyes | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020 |
| 2019 | 71 | Blinding Lights | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019 |
| 2016 | 10 | Starboy | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2016 |
| 2016 | 41 | I Feel It Coming | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2016 |
| 2015 | 9 | Can't Feel My Face | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015 |
| 2015 | 19 | The Hills | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2015 |
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