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List of awards and nominations received by the Weeknd

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List of awards and nominations received by the Weeknd
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The following list contains awards and nominations received by Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd.

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After co-founding the XO record label in 2011, he rose to prominence following the release of his critically acclaimed mixtapes, House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence. House of Balloons was one of the ten shortlisted nominees for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize, while Echoes of Silence was a longlisted nominee for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize.

In 2012, the Weeknd signed with Republic Records and re-released his three mixtapes in the compilation album, Trilogy (2012). His debut studio album, Kiss Land (2013), was released to generally positive reviews. For the single "Earned It" from the soundtrack to the film, Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), the Weeknd received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance. He gained major critical and commercial success with his second studio album, Beauty Behind the Madness (2015), which won the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album, and received a nomination for Album of the Year. He won a second Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album in 2018 for his third studio album, Starboy (2016). His 2021 Super Bowl Halftime performance earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Variety Special (Live).

His other accolades include an additional two Grammy Awards, twenty-two Billboard Music Awards, twenty-two Juno Awards, six American Music Awards, and five Guinness World Records.

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World records

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Notes

  1. Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
  2. 60 million unique listeners on Spotify between December 1, 2014, and December 1, 2015.
  3. 45 consecutive weeks on top 10 between March 7, 2015, and January 9, 2016, for the singles "Earned It", Can't Feel My Face and The Hills".

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