Back in the game! The Weeknd surprised fanatics together with his efficiency at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, May 23.
Henry Golding introduced the musician are living from an undisclosed location in downtown L.A. The Weeknd then arrived on scene in the again of a pink convertible automotive to sing a wonderful rendition of his hit, “Save Your Tears.”
The “I Feel It Coming” crooner wore a black trench coat, white blouse, black pants and black sneakers as he was pushed round an abandoned parking zone in the City of Angels. He later got out of the automotive before white big rig vans raced by means of him. The Weeknd capped off his performance by belting out the lyrics whilst being turned around via purple and white cars.
The 31-year-old singer was the most-nominated artist at this 12 months’s show. He earned 16 nods, including Top Artist, Top Male Artist and Top R&B Artist, bringing his Billboard Music Awards occupation nominations to 53. He took home 10 trophies on Sunday, including to his nine earlier wins as of 2020.
While accepting the award for Top 100 Song, the artist teased a possible new record, saying, “The After Hours are executed and the daybreak is coming.”
The “Elastic Heart” singer could also be handiest the second artist in historical past to have three No. 1 singles from the same album, 2020’s After Hours, on the Billboard Hot One hundred in 3 other years. He is the first male artist to succeed in this.
The Canadian crooner’s explosive performance got here just weeks after he sang “Save Your Tears” at the 2021 BRIT Awards and 3 months after he headlined Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida.
During the 14-minute display in February, The Weeknd took the crowd on a musical journey via his occupation, including a medley of “The Hills,” “I Feel It Coming” and an orchestral version of the Fifty Shades of Grey song “Earned It.”
This showstopping concert also featured his hits “Starboy,” “House of Balloons” and “Blinding Lights,” which capped off the enjoy — entire with fireworks at the stadium.
One week ahead of he took the Super Bowl level, the three-time Grammy winner spoke out against the Grammys and the Recording Academy after being snubbed for the 2021 ceremony.
“I exploit a sucker punch as an analogy. Because it simply roughly hit me out of nowhere,” The Weeknd informed Billboard in his January quilt story. “I no doubt felt … I felt things. I don’t know if it was unhappiness or anger. I feel it was just confusion. I simply sought after answers. Like, ‘What took place?’ We did everything proper, I believe.”
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Despite receiving vital acclaim for After Hours, the musician didn’t receive a single nomination for the 2021 Grammys, which were announced in November 2020. He informed Billboard in January that he brushed off complaint for his reaction to the snub, pronouncing, “People told me I was going to get nominated. The world advised me. Like, ‘This is it. This is your yr.’ We had been all very at a loss for words.”
The “Heartless” musician noted that he didn’t care about the awards show anymore, revealing that his previous Grammy trophies “imply nothing” to him now. He then pointed out that there's a bigger factor inside the Recording Academy, pointing out, “In the remaining 61 years of the Grammys, handiest 10 Black artists have gained Album of the Year. I don’t wish to make this about me. That’s only a reality.”
Recording Academy chair and meantime president/CEO Harvey Mason Jr. up to now responded to The Weeknd’s feedback, telling the Rolling Stone in November 2020, “I was shocked and can empathize with what he’s feeling. His music this yr used to be excellent, and his contributions to the music community and broader international are worthy of everyone’s admiration.”
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