Starboy
by The Weeknd

Starboy by The Weeknd
Year: 2016
Release date: 2016-11-25
Overall rank: 2,867th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 217 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2016 (39th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (476th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,867th)

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The Weeknd bestography

Starboy is ranked 5th best out of 13 albums by The Weeknd on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Weeknd is House Of Balloons which is ranked number 923 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,875.

The Weeknd album bestography « Higher ranked (1,877th)
Beauty Behind The Madness
This album (2,867th)
Starboy
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Starboy

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Starboy track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Starboy rankings

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Overall rank: 2,867th | 2010s rank: 476th | 2016 rank: 39th

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Starboy ratings

Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 217 votes)
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60/100
 
01/11/2026 16:13 Slewkey  Ratings distribution  27980/100
 
70/100
 
01/03/2026 23:11 CharlieBarley  Ratings distribution  3,25181/100
 
40/100
 
12/29/2025 17:15 mutant  Ratings distribution  1,67156/100
 
65/100
 
12/03/2025 19:14 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,71370/100
 
80/100
 
11/03/2025 07:13 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,93669/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.7/100, a mean average of 68.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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Rating:  
80/100
From 05/04/2023 21:33 | #296615
Why is this ranked so low? I don't understand..it's Rockin!!!
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65/100
From 06/16/2022 21:05 | #286439
Straboy is a banger. I also love the features along the way. King Kendrick Lamar is a highlight, and also the last song, I feel it Coming. His 3. best, after Dawn FM/After Hours. New Weeknd>Old Weeknd
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95/100
From 05/31/2018 01:43 | #215814
Out of the three studio albums from Abel, this to me is my favorite. To the point of being better than Kissland. Also came a year after BBTM and is miles better than that album. Alternative R&b mixed with R&B and Synth Funk made this a concoction to die for and wish to achieve. Songs like the title track, Rockin, Secrets, I Feel It Coming and plenty of others made this a memorable and enjoyable experience. Thank you Abel and crew.
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Rating:  
100/100
From 02/21/2018 05:16 | #209052
Great, wacky album. He has a great voice!
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Rating:  
95/100
From 01/28/2017 00:40 | #184410
Much better than I expected. When the album dropped, every track on it went into Billboard's Hot 100. "A Lonely Night" wasn't one of the big hits from the album, but it was the most soulful song on the Hot 100 in 2016.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 01/18/2017 17:27 | #183250
this album is too long, but I Feel it Coming is one of my favorite tracks in the last couple years. Such an uplifting pop song, it is virtually perfect. there are 4 or 5 other elite songs however.
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From 12/30/2016 04:18 | #181284
Definitely weaker than Beauty Behind the Madness as an album. A few alright songs here and there but most didn't stick out to me.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 12/22/2016 14:48 | #180721
Like others have said, the only problem here is the length. There are some killer tracks - the opener is the best thing he's done and Secrets is also incredible. Wish he'd trimmed it down but otherwise it's my favorite of his.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 12/03/2016 00:54 | #179492
Kind of disappointing
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Rating:  
75/100
From 11/29/2016 13:08 | #179337
There is some really great sounding tracks on here
The second half lags down a little compared to the first tho tbh
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