Thursday
by The Weeknd

Thursday by The Weeknd
Year: 2011
Release date: 2011-08-18
Overall rank: 9,584th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 126 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2011 (204th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (1,884th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,584th)

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The Weeknd bestography

Thursday is ranked 10th 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 929 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,865.

The Weeknd album bestography « Higher ranked (8,361st)
Hurry Up Tomorrow
This album (9,584th)
Thursday
Lower ranked (15,074th) »
My Dear Melancholy,

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Thursday rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 9,584th | 2010s rank: 1,884th | 2011 rank: 204th

Thursday collection

Thursday ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 126 votes)
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01/12/2026 00:26 iann97  Ratings distribution  2,02074/100
 
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12/11/2025 16:54 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,29370/100
 
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08/19/2025 10:37 Bjartmar03  Ratings distribution  65659/100
 
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07/10/2025 00:07 alexrock1999  Ratings distribution  4975/100
 
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07/01/2025 04:36 Nacho212  Ratings distribution  1,88172/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 70.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.4.

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90/100
From 02/14/2025 21:38 | #307603
Album Rating: 83.67
(753/9)

The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Thursday

18.08.2011

1. The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Lonely Star. 89
2. The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Life Of The Party. 78
3. The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Thursday. 76
4. The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - The Zone (Feat. Drake). 83
5. The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - The Birds Part One. 99
6. The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - The Birds Part Two. 91
7. The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Gone. 72
8. The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Rolling Stone. 84
9. The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Heaven Or Las Vegas. 81

Ranked in order:

* The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - The Birds Part One. 99
* The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - The Birds Part Two. 91
* The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Lonely Star. 89
* The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Rolling Stone. 84
* The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - The Zone (Feat. Drake). 83
* The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Heaven Or Las Vegas. 81
*The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Life Of The Party. 78
* The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Thursday. 76
* The Weeknd (Thurs - CAN - Aug 11) - Gone. 72
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From 06/23/2017 03:07 | #193065
A more expirimental effort from Mr. Tesfaye, Thursday falls a bit short.
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From 03/17/2014 19:56 | #106602
Fantastic!
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