Starboy
by The Weeknd

Starboy by The Weeknd
Year: 2016
Release date: 2016-11-25
Overall rank: 2,893rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 217 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2016 (42nd)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (482nd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,893rd)

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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 After Hours which is ranked number 804 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,153.

The Weeknd album bestography « Higher ranked (1,912th)
Beauty Behind The Madness
This album (2,893rd)
Starboy
Lower ranked (3,058th) »
Trilogy

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  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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Overall rank: 2,893rd | 2010s rank: 482nd | 2016 rank: 42nd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 217 votes)
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05/12/2026 18:38 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,55070/100
 
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01/03/2026 23:11 CharlieBarley  Ratings distribution  3,27180/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.7/100, a mean average of 68.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.


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Rating:  
70/100
Half of this album is really good! If he cut it down to 10 songs, it would have packed a real punch and been a really great album.
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75/100
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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Rating:  
95/100
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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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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95/100
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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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