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Purpose is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer Justin Bieber. It was released on November 13, 2015, by Def Jam Recordings and School Boy Records. The album serves as the follow-up to Justin's third studio album Believe. The album was preceded by the release of the lead single "What Do You Mean?", which it had reached at number one on several music charts, and the record-breaking second single "Sorry". The third single, "Love Yourself" also met chart success, by reaching at number one in seven countries, while reaching the top five in the United States.[6]

The album debuted at number-one on the US Billboard 200, selling 522,000 copies in its first week of release, giving Bieber the largest first-week sales of his career.[6] Following the release of Believe Acoustic, it gave Bieber his sixth number-one album in the United States.[6] The album also topped the charts in several other countries including Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Ireland, New Zealand, and Norway.[6]

Singles

"What Do You Mean?" was released as the album's first single on August 28, 2015.[7] Upon release, the single became Bieber's first number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, debuting at number one on the week listed on September 19, 2015, replacing The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face" for one week.[8]

"Sorry" was announced as the album's second single on October 16, 2015. It was released on October 23, 2015. It was produced by Skrillex with the collaboration of DJ and producer Blood Pop. The song is an uptempo dance-pop song with lyrical material about a troubled relationship and Bieber asking for forgiveness.[9] The song peaked at number 1 on the United States and on on the Canadian charts. It also peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart five weeks after its release. Moreover, the single has peaked within the top five in almost every other market, including number one in Ireland and New Zealand.

"Love Yourself" entered several national charts after the release of Purpose, and had become a huge success around the globe prior to its release as a single, so far peaking at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the charts in Australia, Sweden, Ireland, New Zealand, Denmark and the United Kingdom. The song was announced as the third official single on December 7, 2015.[10]

Promotional singles

"I'll Show You" was released as the first promotional single on November 2, 2015, accompanied by a music video.

Other songs

The album also features Bieber's collaboration with Jack Ü, "Where Are Ü Now", originally released as a single from the latter's album, Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü.

Eight songs from the album charted in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart the same week that the album was released (November 13-November 19). They were, in order of chart appearance, "Sorry", "Love Yourself", "What Do You Mean?", "I'll Show You", "Company", "Where Are Ü Now", "Mark My Words" and "The Feeling". Bieber set a record for having the most simultaneous top 40 entries from a living artist.[11] In addition to this, every song from Purpose (standard edition and deluxe edition bonus tracks included) charted within the top 100, also within the same week.[12]

Bieber has claimed three consecutive number one singles from the album in Ireland, New Zealand, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom, with "What Do You Mean?", "Sorry", and "Love Yourself" all reaching the summit in the duration of just three months.

Promotion

Bieber debuted the track "What Do You Mean?" during the MTV Video Music Awards on August 30, 2015.[13] This was followed by a number of other televised performances, including The X Factor, The Today Show, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and the 2015 Think It Up telecast. On October 16, 2015, Purpose was made available to pre-order. A remixed version of "What Do You Mean?" with additional vocals from Ariana Grande was made available to those who pre-ordered the album on iTunes.[14]

Purpose was initially banned in various Middle Eastern countries and Indonesia due to the cover art's heavy Christian references, most prominently Bieber's cross tattoo and his praying stance, which were deemed "too provocative".[15] An alternate cover was issued for these countries, depicting Bieber atop a cliff, looking out over a shore.

On October 28, 2015, Bieber announced the album track listing through a series of tweets that displayed each title graffitied on a wall in various countries.[16]

On November 11, 2015, Bieber announced that he will embark on a tour supporting the album called Purpose World Tour. The tour will start in Seattle, Washington on March 9, 2016.[17]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100[18]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[19]
Billboard[20]
The Guardian
Slant Magazine[21]
The Telegraph
Música Nueva[22]
NME

Purpose received mixed to positive reviews by music critics. According to Metacritic, the album received an average score of 63/100 based on 20 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[18] Kenneth Partridge of Billboard magazine gave the album four out of five stars, praising the album for "[boasting] a consistent palette of lush, low-key electro-dance sounds", also commending the use of "sun-warped synths, chipmunk accent vocals, rattling trap hi-hats, and loads of bass."[23] Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly also complimented Purpose for featuring "a skittering, metallic synthesis of dance music and modern R&B", arguing that this new musical direction "probably owes a lot to new-school collaborators Diplo and Skrillex, as well as the lesser-known production wizard Poo Bear."[24] Similarly, Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph gave the album four out of five stars, complimenting the album for being "less of a mainstream crowd pleaser" but more of a "quirky, atmospheric electro R'n'B concoction with sci-fi sounds and offbeat vocal samples." He argued that this sound "[focuses] attention on the star's soft, supple and seductive singing." McCormick concluded that "despite the presence of EDM star Skrillex amongst the production credits, surprising restraint is exercised throughout, with tracks rarely developing into full tilt techno anthems."[25]

Al Horner of NME magazine gave the album three out of five stars commenting that Purpose "[is] certainly a start at reinvention" and that "plenty of good choices have been made here."[26] Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian gave the album three out of five stars, noting that "the musical direction owes much to co-producer Skrillex, whose unexpectedly subtle electronic palette complements Bieber's affectedly breathy voice," arguing that "the voice soon palls, but the songs are often interesting."[27] Jon Caramanica of The New York Times argued that "even though Mr. Bieber is younger than all of the men of One Direction, he sounds exponentially more experienced, and exponentially more fatigued on Purpose," complimenting the album for showing that it proves that Bieber is "the best singer of the bunch, and the one with a clear vision for his sound, even if he's being largely denied it here."[28]

Commercial performance

Purpose topped the charts in over 100 countries.[29] In the United States, the competition between Bieber and One Direction began when the British boy band announced the release date of Made in the A.M., set to be their last album before their hiatus in March 2016,[30] which was the same date as Bieber's comeback album. Putting the album on iTunes pre-order one month earlier than Bieber, One Direction started the first week with a 60,000 unit lead.[31] Many compared the "war" between the two pop forces to 50 Cent and Kanye West's 2007 battle for number one.[32][33][34] However, Bieber's Purpose debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart for the week ending November 19, 2015, with 649,000 equivalent album units, of which 522,000 were pure album sales. It marked Bieber's sixth number-one album and largest sales week. It also surpassed his previous high, logged with Believe, which sold 374,000 units in 2012. Additionally, Purpose's debut marked the largest weekly unit total for an album since the Billboard 200 began tracking popularity based on overall equivalent units earned in 2014 and beat the debut week of Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late (which sold 535,000 equivalent units in 2015). Also, Purpose's 522,000 mark the largest sales week since Taylor Swift's 1989 debuted with 1.29 million (November 2, 2014) and the largest for a male artist's album since Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2 sold 792,000 (November 3, 2013).[35] Purpose also broke the global and US streaming record for an album in its first week of release with 205 million global streams and 77 million in the United States.[36] In its second week, Purpose earned 290,000 units (down 55 percent). It sold 184,000 in traditional album sales (down 65 percent) and was beaten to the top by Adele's 25, which debuted at number one with a record-breaking 3.38 million.[37] As of December 2015, the album surpassed the 1 million mark in US sales, becoming Bieber's fifth million-selling album.[38] Eventually, the album was announced as the third best-selling album of 2015 in the US, with sales of 1,269,000 copies.[39]

Purpose debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 90,596 in its first week, marking the second highest first-week figures of 2015, at the time, behind One Direction's Made in the A.M. (2015), which debuted at number one the same week with 93,189 chart sales.[40] In its second and third week on sale it stayed at number three.[41][42] Purpose was the fifth best-selling album of 2015 in the UK with combined sales of 645,000 copies.[43]

Track listing

Purpose – Standard edition[44][45]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Mark My Words"
Blood2:14
2."I'll Show You"
3:19
3."What Do You Mean?"
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Mason "MdL" Levy
3:25
4."Sorry"
  • Blood
  • Skrillex
3:20
5."Love Yourself"
Benny Blanco3:53
6."Company"
3:28
7."No Pressure" (featuring Big Sean)
4:46
8."No Sense" (featuring Travis Scott)
4:35
9."The Feeling" (featuring Halsey)
  • Skrillex
  • Kirkpatrick
4:04
10."Life Is Worth Living"
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Mark "The Mogul" Jackson
  • The Mogul
  • Bieber[a]
3:54
11."Where Are Ü Now" (featuring Diplo and Skrillex)
  • Skrillex
  • Diplo
4:02
12."Children"
  • Skrillex
  • Blood
  • Maejor
  • Hartikainen
3:43
13."Purpose"
3:30
Total length:48:13
Purpose – iTunes Store pre-order edition (bonus track)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."What Do You Mean? (Remix)" (featuring Ariana Grande)
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Levy
3:24
Total length:51:37
Purpose – Spotify edition (bonus track)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."What Do You Mean?" (Acoustic)
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Levy
3:24
Total length:51:37
Purpose – Deluxe edition (bonus tracks)[44]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Been You"
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Josh Abraham
  • Green
  • Oliver "Oligee" Goldstein
  • Saul Alexander Castillo Vasquez
3:19
15."Get Used to It"
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Green
  • Josh Abraham
  • Ely Weisfield
  • Hartikainen
  • Gudwin
  • Vasquez
  • Abraham
  • Hartikainen
  • Maejor[a]
  • A.C.[a]
3:58
16."We Are" (featuring Nas)
  • Harris
  • Boyd
  • DK The Punisher[a]
3:22
17."Trust"
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Jackson
  • Jackson
  • DJ Tay James[a]
3:23
18."All in It"
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Jackson
  • Levy
  • Gudwin
3:51
Total length:66:06
Purpose – Japanese edition (bonus tracks)[44][46]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
19."Hit the Ground"
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Tucker
  • Moore
  • Andrew Watt
  • Louis Bell
  • Brian Lee
3:48
20."The Most"
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Rubin Brutus
  • Ware
  • Wallace Joseph
  • Ware
  • Brutus
3:20
21."Home to Mama" (with Cody Simpson)
  • Strahle
  • Gudwin[a]
3:23
22."What Do You Mean?" (music video)
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Levy
  • MdL
  • Bieber
 
23."What Do You Mean?" (lyric video)
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Levy
  • MdL
  • Bieber
 
Purpose – Walmart edition (bonus tracks)
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
19."Hit the Ground"
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Tucker
  • Moore
  • Watt
  • Bell
  • Lee
3:48
20."The Most"
  • Bieber
  • Boyd
  • Brutus
  • Ware
  • Joseph
  • Ware
  • Brutus
3:20
Total length:73:14
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • "Get Used to It" was mislabeled as "Get Used to Me" on early CD pressings.[47]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[93] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[94] Platinum 15,000*
Belgium (BEA)[95] Gold 15,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[96] 2× Platinum 120,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[97] 3× Platinum 240,000^
Chile[98] Platinum 10,000 
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[99] Platinum 20,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[100] Gold 2,000^
Italy (FIMI)[101] Gold 25,000*
Japan — 52,040[102][103]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[104] 2× Platinum 120,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[105] Platinum 15,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[106] Gold 10,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[107] Gold 7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[108] Gold 20,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[109] Platinum 40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[110] 2× Platinum 645,000[92]
United States (RIAA)[112] Platinum 1,300,000[111]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions and reference
Region Date Format(s) Label Edition(s) Ref.
Worldwide November 13, 2015
  • Standard
  • deluxe
  • UO Exclusive clear vinyl
 [44][113]

Notes

  1. ^ See [1][2][3] The alternative cover was reportedly created by Bieber's team after several Muslim nations across the Middle East, as well as Indonesia, took issue with Bieber being shirtless in the artwork and flaunting his cross tattoo, promoting Christianity.[4]

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  101. ^ "Italian album certifications – Justin Bieber – Purpose" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved December 21, 2015. Select "2015" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Type "Purpose" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
  102. ^ "Oricon Album Chart - 2015 December Monthly" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  103. ^ "Oricon Album Chart - 2015 November Monthly" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 7, 2016.
  104. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas.
  105. ^ "New Zealand album certifications – Justin Bieber – Purpose". Recorded Music NZ.[dead link‍]
  106. ^ "Wyróżnienia – Złote płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2016 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
  107. ^ AT LEAST ONE OF certyear OR id MUST BE PROVIDED for Portuguese CERTIFICATION.
  108. ^ "Spanish album certifications – Justin Bieber – Purpose". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España.
  109. ^ certweek IS REQUIRED FOR SWEDISH CERTIFICATIONS.
  110. ^ id MUST BE PROVIDED for UK CERTIFICATION.
  111. ^ Trust, Gary (January 11, 2016). "Justin Bieber's 'Sorry' Dethrones Adele's 'Hello' Atop Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  112. ^ "American album certifications – Justin Bieber – Purpose". Recording Industry Association of America.
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