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On June 8, 2017, Starboy was certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales, streaming and track-sales equivalent of two million units.Ībel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye Thomas Bangalter Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Martin McKinney Henry Russell Walter Jason Quennevilleĭaft Punk Doc McKinney Cirkut The Weeknd In the US, it was the third-largest debut sales week of 2016, the second-biggest week for album streams ever (behind Drake's Views), and is The Weeknd's second number one album. Starboy debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 348,000 album-equivalent units, of which 209,000 were pure album sales. : Joint stereoīit rate mode.: Variable (VBR=0)