The Weeknd - An amazing artist

A few weeks ago, I stumbled across an artist called 'The Weeknd'. I was watching many of Amy Gaertner's amazing dance videos and one in specific was choreography to a song called Next. So I looked up this song to get a cleaner version to listen to properly. I thought this artist was super talented and wondered why I'd never heard of him before. It turned out he is featured on some of Drake's tracks. Still I don't know why non of his own music has been entered into any of the charts. My musical taste is quite broad, but the music which I'd say I'm 'into' is generally Hip Hop and RnB. From the age of 11 when I first properly got into music, it was all about Hip Hop for me, specifically Eminem. Now even though I'd still state Hip Hop as being my favourite genre of music, as I grew older and also became fond of and quite good at street dancing my music taste shifted towards the likes of RnB, a genre of music which I would class as a type based on Hip Hop but with more flow that you can dance to. So through my University years, I was listening to a lot more RnB than Hip Hop. Now I'm at a stage in my life where this sort of music is still my favoured, but I am now very keen on artists with pure talent and possessing a good strong, deep soulful voice. The Weeknd fits this description perfectly. Darren Hayes of the pop/rock band Savage Garden I can safely say has a lot of talent, from his song writing to the perfect sound his voice makes, being both beautiful and soulful. The Weeknd is the perfect combination of RnB and a voice like Darren Hayes. 

The Weeknd has a number of amazing tracks with clever meaningful lyrics. The music is slow paced but with so much power, mainly from the punchy bass which gives it the RnB vibe. I could listen to the Weeknd all day and not get bored. His albums Kiss Land and the Trilogy (3 CD album) have an endless amount of listening. I don't know why it has taken me this long to find him, but I'm glad I finally have. His top 5 tracks are as follows:

1. The Morning
2. Next
3. Wicked Games
4. Montreal
5. Pretty

So listen to them to be intoduced. Then if you like it, I urge you to go out and buy or download his album and have hours of listening pleasure. Whether it be driving music or just music to chill to. I guarantee it to be both pleasurable and relaxing.