Beauty Behind The Madness
by The Weeknd

Beauty Behind The Madness by The Weeknd
Year: 2015
Release date: 2015-08-28
Overall rank: 1,916th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 250 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2015 (27th)
Award Top albums of the 2010s (307th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,916th)

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The Weeknd bestography

Beauty Behind The Madness is ranked 4th best out of 13 albums by The Weeknd on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Weeknd is After Hours which is ranked number 855 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,036.

The Weeknd album bestography « Higher ranked (1,246th)
Dawn FM
This album (1,916th)
Beauty Behind The Madness
Lower ranked (2,928th) »
Starboy

(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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Beauty Behind The Madness rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,916th | 2010s rank: 307th | 2015 rank: 27th

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Beauty Behind The Madness ratings

Average Rating: 
71/100 (from 250 votes)
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05/12/2026 18:30 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,38670/100
 
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03/13/2026 22:04 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,32474/100
 
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03/08/2026 17:43 Yannlebrac  Ratings distribution  18385/100
 
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From 05/20/2025 05:41 | #309069
Shortlisted for album of the year at the 2016 Grammys. The winner was 1989 by Taylor Swift
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55/100
From 06/16/2022 21:01 | #286438
The Hills and Cant feel my face are the two highlights. Otherwise it's consistant, but not his best. just in front of House of Balloons for me
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60/100
From 02/11/2021 21:03 | #266186
One unquestionably great song and some fun production here and there, but I was having a hard time liking this persona enough to spend over an hour with it.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 02/08/2020 08:11 | #247592
He should watch out not to sound like an MJ cover band, but somehow it only becomes apparent how much he sounds like MJ when you pay attention to it. He always manages to add that Weeknd magic to it, that makes it unique.
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Rating:  
100/100
From 02/21/2018 05:20 | #209053
Great, wacky album. He has a great voice!
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From 06/23/2017 03:19 | #193067
The Weeknd sounds like a somewhat Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy here.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 04/30/2016 04:21 | #164874
this is Abel's transition to pop music, while it's better than the usual radio-friendly songs. Kind of catchy, at the cost of a more generic sound. It's still a downgrade of his previous works. But it doesn't mean it's bad, he is truly one of the best male voices on the industry, and really remains you to MJ.
Is better to listen to The Weeknd 24/7 on the radio, than anything else.
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Rating:  
70/100
From 03/25/2016 16:16 | #162491
Two very different singles from this record have launched The Weeknd into the American mainstream: the dark and gritty "The Hills" and the funky pop charmer "Can't Feel My Face." The artist has been known for the dark and dreary tunes than can alienate people from becoming fans, but the fun of "Can't Feel My Face" may be the light at the end of that dark tunnel.

Still, those dreary tunes flood this album and keep it from being listenable all the way through. I think more collaborations with talented artists could really lift his music and make it more appealing than his current loner DIY approach.

If he can channel more groove and charm into his music he could very well deliver some more great singles or even a solid album in the next few years. I will definitely be watching for more from this Toronto native.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 12/03/2015 00:11 | #153818
Something more than average coming out of Mainstream Pop/R&B
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75/100
From 11/09/2015 15:49 | #152701
Can't Feel My Face is one of the catchiest tunes of the year. The rest of the album is decent but the subject matter of the songs gets repetitive real quick
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