--- title: "The Weeknd on Hits Radio Canada | Airplay & Songs | Hits Radio Canada" description: "Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was 17 years old, when, along with his friend La Mar Taylor, he dropped out of high school, took his mattress, and \"left one weekend and never came home\". However, his estranged former producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his idea." canonical_url: "https://myhitsradio.ca/artists/the-weeknd" meta: "og:description": "Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was 17 years old, when, along with his friend La Mar Taylor, he dropped out of high school, took his mattress, and \"left one weekend and never came home\". However, his estranged former producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his idea." "og:image": "https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/artist/581693b4724a7fcfa754455101e13a44/1000x1000-000000-80-0-0.jpg" "og:title": "The Weeknd on Hits Radio Canada | Airplay & Songs" "twitter:description": "Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was 17 years old, when, along with his friend La Mar Taylor, he dropped out of high school, took his mattress, and \"left one weekend and never came home\". However, his estranged former producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his idea." "twitter:image": "https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/artist/581693b4724a7fcfa754455101e13a44/1000x1000-000000-80-0-0.jpg" "twitter:title": "The Weeknd on Hits Radio Canada | Airplay & Songs" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://myhitsradio.ca/llms.txt) **#35 Most Played This Month ** # **The Weeknd** Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was 17 years old, when, along with his friend La Mar Taylor, he dropped out of high school, took his mattress, and "left one weekend and never came home". However, his estranged former producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his idea. **Songs in Rotation****8** **Last Played On-Air** **Today****5:06 PM** ## Songs in Rotation(8) **#1** ![Save Your Tears by The Weeknd](https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/c38bf7ca439210f24ec6-600.jpeg) ### **Save Your Tears** **4 plays**•Last played Today at 5:06 PM [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Weeknd%20Save%20Your%20Tears) [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/search?term=The%20Weeknd%20Save%20Your%20Tears) [YouTube](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=The%20Weeknd%20Save%20Your%20Tears) **#2** ![Blinding Lights by The Weeknd](https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/e0edf88ef36f12818417-600.jpeg) ### **Blinding Lights** **3 plays**•Last played Yesterday at 2:58 PM [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Weeknd%20Blinding%20Lights) [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/search?term=The%20Weeknd%20Blinding%20Lights) [YouTube](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=The%20Weeknd%20Blinding%20Lights) **#3** ![Pray For Me (with Kendrick Lamar) by The Weeknd](https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/2c94cd1c574957ad33a1-600.jpeg) ### **Pray For Me (with Kendrick Lamar)** **3 plays**•Last played Yesterday at 12:41 PM [Spotify]() [Apple Music]() [YouTube]() **#4** ![Call Out My Name by The Weeknd](https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/b33aba3a44ed38465662-600.jpeg) ### **Call Out My Name** **3 plays**•Last played Oct 28, 11:04 AM [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Weeknd%20Call%20Out%20My%20Name) [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/search?term=The%20Weeknd%20Call%20Out%20My%20Name) [YouTube](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=The%20Weeknd%20Call%20Out%20My%20Name) **#5** ![Moth To A Flame (with The Weeknd) by The Weeknd](https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/61424e6b8c7868168660-600.jpeg) ### **Moth To A Flame (with The Weeknd)** **2 plays**•Last played Oct 27, 6:07 PM [Spotify]() [Apple Music]() [YouTube]() **#6** ![Can't Feel My Face by The Weeknd](https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/036cf035349331ed6d21-600.jpeg) ### **Can't Feel My Face** **1 play**•Last played Oct 26, 6:12 PM [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Weeknd%20Can't%20Feel%20My%20Face) [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/search?term=The%20Weeknd%20Can't%20Feel%20My%20Face) [YouTube](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=The%20Weeknd%20Can't%20Feel%20My%20Face) **#7** ![Crew Love by The Weeknd](https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/128aa1751e4490023c8a-600.jpeg) ### **Crew Love** **1 play**•Last played Oct 23, 8:47 AM [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Weeknd%20Crew%20Love) [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/search?term=The%20Weeknd%20Crew%20Love) [YouTube](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=The%20Weeknd%20Crew%20Love) **#8** ![Love Me Harder by The Weeknd](https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/0e445a42898c40c0c4be-600.jpeg) ### **Love Me Harder** **1 play**•Last played Oct 22, 4:24 PM [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Weeknd%20Love%20Me%20Harder) [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/search?term=The%20Weeknd%20Love%20Me%20Harder) [YouTube](https://music.youtube.com/search?q=The%20Weeknd%20Love%20Me%20Harder) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"Listen live to Hits Radio Canada, your 24/7 online Top 40 and pop radio station streaming chart-topping hits and new music.","name":"Hits Radio Canada","url":"https://myhitsradio.ca/","publisher":{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/#identity"}},{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/artists/the-weeknd#webpage","@type":"WebPage","description":"Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was 17 years old, when, along with his friend La Mar Taylor, he dropped out of high school, took his mattress, and \"left one weekend and never came home\". However, his estranged former producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his idea.","name":"The Weeknd on Hits Radio Canada","url":"https://myhitsradio.ca/artists/the-weeknd","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/#website"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://myhitsradio.ca/artists/the-weeknd"]}],"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/#logo"}},{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/#identity","alternateName":"Hits Radio","broadcastTimezone":"-05:00","description":"Canada's premier online radio station for top 40 hits, global pop, and chart-topping music. Stream live 24/7 with trending songs and new releases from artists worldwide.","inLanguage":"en-CA","name":"Hits Radio Canada","slogan":"Your Hits, Your Radio","url":"https://myhitsradio.ca","@type":["Organization","RadioBroadcastService"],"additionalProperty":[{"type":"PropertyValue","name":"Music Genres","value":"Top 40, Pop, K-Pop, Hip Hop, Dance, EDM"},{"type":"PropertyValue","name":"Broadcast Type","value":"Online Streaming"}],"areaServed":{"type":"Country","name":"Canada","sameAs":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada"},"audience":{"audienceType":"Top 40 and Pop Music Fans","geographicArea":{"type":"Country","name":"Canada","sameAs":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada"}},"image":{"type":"ImageObject","url":"https://myhitsradio.ca/og-image.jpg","width":1200,"height":634},"potentialAction":[{"type":"ListenAction","name":"Listen Live","target":"https://myhitsradio.ca"},{"type":"FollowAction","name":"Follow on Social Media","target":["https://facebook.com/myhitsradio","https://www.instagram.com/myhitsradio","https://x.com/hitsradiocanada","https://www.tiktok.com/@myhitsradio"]},{"type":"InteractAction","name":"Request a Song","target":"https://myhitsradio.ca/request"}],"sameAs":["https://facebook.com/myhitsradio","https://www.instagram.com/myhitsradio","https://x.com/hitsradiocanada","https://www.tiktok.com/@myhitsradio"]},{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/#/schema/music-group/1","@type":"MusicGroup","description":"Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, popularly known as The Weeknd (born February 16, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is a Canadian R&B/hip-hop musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He chose his stage name in tribute to when he was 17 years old, when, along with his friend La Mar Taylor, he dropped out of high school, took his mattress, and \"left one weekend and never came home\". However, his estranged former producer Jeremy Rose claims the name was his idea.","name":"The Weeknd","url":"https://myhitsradio.ca/","image":{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/#/schema/image/1"},"track":[{"@type":"MusicRecording","name":"Save Your Tears","image":"https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/c38bf7ca439210f24ec6-600.jpeg","byArtist":{"@type":"MusicGroup","name":"The Weeknd"}},{"@type":"MusicRecording","name":"Blinding Lights","image":"https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/e0edf88ef36f12818417-600.jpeg","byArtist":{"@type":"MusicGroup","name":"The Weeknd"}},{"@type":"MusicRecording","name":"Pray For Me (with Kendrick Lamar)","image":"https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/2c94cd1c574957ad33a1-600.jpeg","byArtist":{"@type":"MusicGroup","name":"The Weeknd"}},{"@type":"MusicRecording","name":"Call Out My Name","image":"https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/b33aba3a44ed38465662-600.jpeg","byArtist":{"@type":"MusicGroup","name":"The Weeknd"}},{"@type":"MusicRecording","name":"Moth To A Flame (with The Weeknd)","image":"https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/61424e6b8c7868168660-600.jpeg","byArtist":{"@type":"MusicGroup","name":"The Weeknd"}},{"@type":"MusicRecording","name":"Can't Feel My Face","image":"https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/036cf035349331ed6d21-600.jpeg","byArtist":{"@type":"MusicGroup","name":"The Weeknd"}},{"@type":"MusicRecording","name":"Crew Love","image":"https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/128aa1751e4490023c8a-600.jpeg","byArtist":{"@type":"MusicGroup","name":"The Weeknd"}},{"@type":"MusicRecording","name":"Love Me Harder","image":"https://media.radio.co/artwork/saa5b8fb4d/0e445a42898c40c0c4be-600.jpeg","byArtist":{"@type":"MusicGroup","name":"The Weeknd"}}]},{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/#logo","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Hits Radio Canada","contentUrl":"https://myhitsradio.ca/img/hits-radio-logo-1000px-1000px.webp","height":1000,"inLanguage":"en-CA","type":"ImageObject","url":"https://myhitsradio.ca/img/hits-radio-logo-1000px-1000px.webp","width":1000},{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/#organization","@type":"Organization","logo":"https://myhitsradio.ca/img/hits-radio-logo-1000px-1000px.webp","name":"Hits Radio Canada","url":"https://myhitsradio.ca","sameAs":["https://facebook.com/myhitsradio","https://www.instagram.com/myhitsradio","https://x.com/hitsradiocanada","https://www.tiktok.com/@myhitsradio"]},{"@id":"https://myhitsradio.ca/#/schema/image/1","@type":"ImageObject","contentUrl":"https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/artist/581693b4724a7fcfa754455101e13a44/1000x1000-000000-80-0-0.jpg","inLanguage":"en-CA","url":"https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/artist/581693b4724a7fcfa754455101e13a44/1000x1000-000000-80-0-0.jpg"}]} ``` ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](https://myhitsradio.ca/sitemap.md) for all pages.