Love or hate him it’s hard to deny that Justin Bieber has had an amazing career. Since the young age of 15 he’s been landing hits on charts worldwid becoming a pop icon and helping to define the genre throughout the 2010s. In this article we’ll go over 21 of the best and most successful songs Justin Bieber has ever released.
Sorry served as the second single released from Justi Bieber’s Purpose album in 2015 that was a plea from Bieber for the chance to apologize to his ex Selena Gomez. The sad lyrics juxta pose the warm and breezy music that goes along with most of the rhythms but that adds complexity rather than undermines the song’s point. It was an international hit, topping the charts in 13 countries and spending three weeks atop the US Billboard Hot 100. Sorry was replaced by Bieber’s Love Yourself at the number one spot in the US Hot 100 and UK Singles chart making him the 12th and third respectively act in history to self replace at number one on those charts.
Justin Bieber teamed up with Skrillex and Diplo to produce Where Are Ü Now where he supplies all of the vocals. It ended up being the second single from the EDM power duo’s debut studio album Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü and was included on Bieber’s Purpose album all in 2015. Initially a piano ballad by Bieber the two electronic dance maestros turned it into an electronic dance song of course but that didn’t take away any of the longing or emotion in the song. Where Are Ü Now would go on to win a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording and break into the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number eight.
Love Yourself was a bit of a goodbye to Bieber’s ex and one he was more than happy to go after being done wrong in his mind. It ended up being one of the most successful songs of 2016, spending 24 non consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 and earning the title of best performing song of the year on that chart. It was another international hit for the young Bieber topping charts in 15 countries and earning two Grammy nominations for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.
You dreaded it and I know you did. Yes Baby is one of Justin Bieber’s greatest songs ever no matter how overplayed it was no matter how dumb it sounded to you back then and no matter how much you can’t stand it now. The lead single from Bieber’s My World 2.0 album took over radio and streaming when it was released in 2010 defining pop music for years to come. Internationally it was one of the year’s most successful songs topping the charts in two countries and breaking the top 10 in a further 11. In the US Baby debuted at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and nearly broke four million digital downloads by 2013.
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