His vocal range reaches its extreme low at the bass F (F2), and its peak high at the tenor G♯ (G♯5), with a natural tessitura within the upper fourth octave.
(meta data) TITLE: The Weeknd | The Range Place The Weeknd # The Weeknd (12,175 views) New Posts « Prev1Next » The Weeknd Range Advisor Posts: 473 Join date: June 2017 Likes: 545 Favourite voice: Ariana Grande, Benjamin Burnley The Weeknd Apr 3, 2018 3:09:14 GMT | To Top reb, molandfreak, and 8 more like this Born: Abel Tesfaye (February 16, 1990 - )Vocal Range: F2 - G♯5Significant High Notes:G♯5 ("False Alarm")G5 ("Call Out My Name","Can't Feel My Face", "Dark Times", "D.D", "Reminder", "Ordinary Life")F♯5 ( "Angel", "Adaptation","High For This", "The Knowing", "Loft Music", "Tell Your Friends")F5 ("In The Night", "Prisoner","Reminder", "Tears In The Rain", "Ordinary Life")E5 ("Adaptation", "Dark Times", "Heaven Or Las Vegas", "House Of Balloons / Glass Tables Girls", "Life Of The Party", "Lonely Star", "Pretty", "Rockin'", "Tell Your Friends")E♭5 ("Belong To The World","Call Out My Name", "The Fall", "False Alarm", "The Hills", "Hurt You", "I Was Never There", "Next", "Shameless","Tears In The Rain", "Tell Your Friends","The Town", "The Zone")D5 ("Acquainted", "As You Are","Belong To The World", "The Birds Pt. 1", "Can't Feel My Face", "Coming Down", "D.D", "Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)", "False Alarm", "Gone", "House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls", "In The Night", "King Of The Fall", "The Knowing", "Life Of The Party", "Lonely Star", "Losers", "Ordinary Life", "Prisoner", "Pretty", "Professional", "Rockin'", "Rolling Stone", "Thursday")C♯5 ("Angel", "Adaptation", "Belong To The World", "Call Out My Name", "Die For You", "Echoes Of Silence", "Heaven Or Las Vegas", "High For This", "House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls", "King Of The Fall", "The Knowing", "Loft Music", "Love Me Harder", "Nothing Without You", "Montreal", "Next", "Rolling Stone", "Shameless", "The Town", "Try Me", "Valerie", "Wanderlust", "Wicked Games", "The Zone" )C5 ("A Lonely Night", "Acquainted", "Adaptation", "As You Are", "Belong To The World", "The Birds Pt. 1", "Can't Feel My Face", "Dark Times", "D.D", "The Hills", "Hurt You", "The Fall", "I Feel It Coming", "In The Night", "I Was Never There", "Gone", "Life Of The Party", "Lonely Star", "Losers", "Love In The Sky", "Lust For Life", "Montreal", "Outside", "Prisoner", "Reminder", "Rockin'", "Tears In The Rain", "Thursday", "XO / The Host")B4 ("A Lonely Night", "Adaptation", "As You Are", "Attention", "The Birds Pt. 2", "Coming Down", "Dark Times", "Die For You", "Echoes Of Silence", "False Alarm", "House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls", "King Of The Fall", "Loft Music", "Lonely Star", "Life Of The Party", "Love In The Sky", "Next", "Pray For Me", "Pretty", "Privilege", "Professional", "Six Feet Under", "Starboy" SNL 2016, "The Town", "Try Me", "Valerie", "Wanderlust", "Wicked Games", "XO / The Host")B♭4 ("All I Know", "Angel", "Call Out My Name", "Coming Down", "D.D", "The Fall", "The Hills", "Hurt You", "Losers", "Lust For Life", "Montreal", "Next", "Nothing Without You", "Prisoner", "Rolling Stone", "Shameless", "Stargirl Interlude", "True Colors", "Try Me", "Twenty Eight", "Valerie", "Wasted Times", "The Zone")A4 ("A Lonely Night", "Acquainted", "Attention", "The Birds Pt. 2", "Can't Feel My Face", "Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)", "Heaven Or Las Vegas", "High For This", "I Was Never There", "In The Night", "King Of The Fall", "Loft Music", "Love To Lay", "Outside", "Pray For Me", "Rockin'", "Secrets", "Starboy", "Til Dawn (Here Comes The Sun)", "What You Need", "XO / The Host")Significant Low Notes:F3 ("Coming Down", "The Fall", "Hurt You", "I Feel It Coming", "I Was Never There", "Love To Lay", "Ordinary Life", "Outside", "The Party & The After Party", "Privilege", "Rolling Stone", "Same Old Song", "Starboy", "Tears In The Rain", "Thursday", "Wasted Times", "XO / The Host") E3 ("Attention", "The Birds Pt. 1", "House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls", "Kiss Land", "The Knowing", "Life Of The Party", "Loft Music", "Love Me Harder", "Pray For Me", "Pretty", "Professional", "Secrets", "Six Feet Under", "Wanderlust", "Wicked Games", "XO / The Host")E♭3 ("As You Are", "Belong To The World", "Call Out My Name", "I Was Never There", "Rolling Stone", "The Party & The After Party", "Party Monster", "Same Old Song", "Tears In The Rain", "True Colors", "Twenty Eight", "The Zone") D3 ("A Lonely Night", "The Birds Pt. 2" "Coming Down", "Earned It (Fifty Shades Of Grey)", "High For This", "House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls", "Kiss Land", "Life Of The Party", "Love To Lay", "Montreal", "Outside", "Professional", "Rockin'", , "Wicked Games", "XO / The Host")C♯3 ("Kiss Land", "The Morning", "Next") C3 ("As You Are", "Belong To The World", "The Birds Pt. 1", "The Fall", "House Of Balloons / Glass Table Girls", "The Hills", "Losers", "Love To Lay", "Outside", "Rockin'")B2 ("High For This", "Kiss Land", "The Morning", "Pretty")B♭2 ("Acquainted", "The Fall", "Losers")A2 ("The Morning", "Pretty", "Rockin'", "Tell Your Friends")G2 ("Acquainted", "Losers")F♯2 ("Tell Your Friends")F2 ("The Fall")SPOILER: Click to show{Questionable Notes}The entirety of "Initiation": The song is pitch-shifted throughout the length of it. So I aired on the safe side and didn't count any notes from this song. SPOILER: Click to show{Credits}Thread originally by reb .....................................................................Italics mark non-melodic notes. Underlines mark obscured notes. Blue marks falsetto notes Baby, your time is up. One Octave Member Posts: 17 Join date: August 2017 Likes: 2 The Weeknd Apr 3, 2018 15:25:15 GMT | To Top Johnny Rose likes this There are a falsetto G5 at the end of D.D. and some full C5s Range Advisor Posts: 473 Join date: June 2017 Likes: 545 Favourite voice: Ariana Grande, Benjamin Burnley The Weeknd Apr 3, 2018 18:42:10 GMT | To Top via mobile reb and prete like this The thread isn't finished ☺ Baby, your time is up. One Octave Member Posts: 32 Join date: May 2018 Likes: 1 The Weeknd May 11, 2018 0:16:04 GMT | To Top via mobile Die for you has a tons of F#4 and G#4, E4 Range Advisor Posts: 473 Join date: June 2017 Likes: 545 Favourite voice: Ariana Grande, Benjamin Burnley The Weeknd May 11, 2018 1:08:39 GMT | To Top via mobile All of those notes are beneath the threshold and will not be included. Baby, your time is up. One Octave Member Posts: 32 Join date: May 2018 Likes: 1 The Weeknd May 15, 2018 21:41:47 GMT | To Top via mobile Why red note? Range Advisor Posts: 473 Join date: June 2017 Likes: 545 Favourite voice: Ariana Grande, Benjamin Burnley The Weeknd May 15, 2018 22:02:29 GMT | To Top What? Baby, your time is up. Two Octave Member Posts: 77 Join date: February 2017 Likes: 36 Favourite voice: Richard Manuel The Weeknd Jun 18, 2018 12:53:29 GMT | To Top I personally appreciate that this thread is frugal with bolded notes. Five Octave Member Dreaming of Pink Posts: 610 Join date: September 2016 Likes: 479 Favourite voice: Mimi, Bey, LISA CIMORELLI The Weeknd Jun 18, 2018 15:43:44 GMT | To Top via mobile Mikale likes this Quick E3 in "Love Me Harder" Johnny Rose Two Octave Member Posts: 53 Join date: August 2017 Likes: 21 The Weeknd Jun 25, 2018 19:49:20 GMT | To Top So apparently the reports that the highest note he'd hit (without falsetto at least) was a B4 are false. Thanks. But oh that magic feeling, nowhere to go, nowhere to go... One Octave Member Posts: 13 Join date: November 2018 Likes: 5 The Weeknd Jun 18, 2019 3:17:59 GMT | To Top youtu.be/ZGDGdRIxvd0?t=43Falsetto C5 in the backgroundwww.youtube.com/watch?v=o_v2r8rdGM8Falsetto A4, Bb4, B4's in the choruswww.youtube.com/watch?v=Fyd51Govuy0A4 at around 1:33www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJMho9qocHUBrief B4 at 1:45 on the word "drama" New Posts « Prev1Next » The Weeknd
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Tesfaye cites Michael Jackson, Prince, and R. Kelly as his main musical inspirations. He has attributed Jackson's music as key in spurring him to be a singer, referencing the lyrics to "Dirty Diana" as an example. He also said his high-flying vocal style was influenced by habesha singers like Aster Aweke. He grew up listening to a variety of music genres, including soul, hip hop, funk, indie rock, and post-punk. 
 Tesfaye's songs are "built around a fogged, crepuscular production", and feature slow tempos, rumbling bass, and forlorn echoes. Tesfaye often sings in a falsetto register, exhibiting an enticing tone.  J. D. Considine finds his singing's "tremulous quality" similar to Michael Jackson, but writes that he eschews Jackson's "strong basis in the blues" for a more Arabic-influenced melisma. Tesfaye possesses a wide light-lyric tenor vocal range, which spans over three octaves.