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Justin Bieber’s ‘SWAG’ Tops Streaming Albums & Songs Charts With His Biggest Streaming Week Ever

The set debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums while the SWAG track "Daisies" bows at No. 1 on Top Streaming Songs.

Justin Bieber’s ‘SWAG’ Tops Streaming Albums & Songs Charts With His Biggest Streaming Week Ever

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Renell Medrano

Justin Bieber takes over both Billboard’s Top Streaming Albums and Streaming Songs charts (dated July 26) thanks to his surprise album SWAG.

The set debuts at No. 1 on Top Streaming Albums while the SWAG track “Daisies” bows at No. 1 on Top Streaming Songs.


On Top Streaming Albums, SWAG — which was released July 11 after little warning — starts with 155,000 streaming-equivalent album units earned in the United States in the week ending July 17, according to Luminate. That 155,000 unit sum equals 198.77 million on-demand official streams of SWAG’s tracks in its first week – marking Bieber’s single-largest streaming week ever for an album.

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Bieber’s previous largest streaming week for an album was the opening frame of Justice, which logged 119,000 streaming-equivalent album units in its opening frame (week ending March 25, 2021), equaling 157.02 million on-demand official streams of its songs.

Further, on the 50-position Streaming Songs chart, “Daisies” delivers Bieber his seventh No. 1. He ties Kendrick Lamar for the third-most leaders on the list. Only Taylor Swift, with nine, and Drake, with 21, have more No. 1s on Streaming Songs.

A total of 11 SWAG tracks dot the Streaming Songs chart — all debuts. Here’s a recap: “Daisies” (No. 1), “Yukon” (No. 7), “Go Baby” (No. 8), “All I Can Take” (No. 10), “Way It Is” (with Gunna, No. 17), “Things You Do” (No. 20), “Walking Away” (No. 22), “Butterflies” (No. 27), “Devotion” (with Dijon, No. 40), “Sweet Spot” (with Sexyy Red, No. 41) and “First Place” (No. 46).

The 50-position Top Streaming Albums chart ranks the most-streamed albums of the week in the U.S., as compiled by Luminate. Titles are ranked by streaming-equivalent album (SEA) units, where each SEA unit equals 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. If an artist has multiple albums containing the same song, SEA units for that song are generally assigned to whichever album sells the most by traditional album sales in a given week.

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This article was first published by Billboard U.S.

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