Tesfaye began his career by anonymously uploading several songs to YouTube under the name "The Weeknd" in 2010. A year later, he released the positively reviewed mixtapes "", "", and "". The mixtapes were later remastered and re-released on the compilation album "Trilogy" (2012), after he signed with Republic Records and created his own record label XO. His debut album, "Kiss Land", was released in September 2013. In 2015, Tesfaye released "Beauty Behind the Madness." It ended up being one of the top-selling albums of 2015. That same year, Tesfaye became the first artist to hold the top three positions on the "Billboard" Hot R&B Songs chart at the same time, with "Can't Feel My Face", "Earned It", and "The Hills". His third album was released in 2016. It was called "Starboy" and was also very successful. The song of the same name reached the number-one spot in many countries. He released his first EP, "My Dear Melancholy", in 2018. It topped the Billboard 200 and Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums charts in the US, the Canadian Albums Chart, and also topped charts in the UK, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and South Korea. 