In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: ...

An eerily synth-laden beat gives rise to the killer introduction of The Weeknd’s music video for his single, “Starboy.” Literally, the metaphor for The Weeknd’s self-reinvention is as subtle as ...

Riding high on the historic success of “Blinding Lights,” Abel Tesfaye, known globally as The Weeknd, became the highest-paid musician of 2025. His financial triumph was capped off in late 2025 by a ...

In this article, Pulse examines one of the most instructive wealth-building stories in the modern pop culture: the financial evolution of Abel Makkonen Tesfaye. The origin story of the man behind The ...