Justin Bieber Has Just Got His FIRST UK Number One!
Congratulations are in order for the fittest Canadian in existence (apols The Weeknd), as Justin Bieber has just secured his first-ever UK number one with ‘What Do You Mean’.
Or should that be, 'WHAT DO YOU MEAN HIS FIRST NUMBER ONE IN THE UK? WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF HIS BACK CATALOGUE OF HITS!?’
You go, Glen Coco. Copyright: [Instagram]
Yes kids, we were as shocked as you are now when we realised that the Biebs had never topped the charts on these fair isles – the closest he’s ever come in the past was with 2012’s 'Boyfriend’, which as you may recall featured on pretty much every 'Netflix and Chill’ playlist going at the time.
And we’re speaking from personal experience there.
The reformed 'bad boy’ of pop has only had three solo top ten songs over here, with the number one spot, until now, always eluding our fair prince.
Shirley Carter’s looking well. Copyright: [Instagram]
Anyway, after debuting the track at last weekend’s MTV VMA’s, the song has been absolutely friggin’ everywhere, selling 84,000 copies so far and being streamed over 3.2 million times (beating One Direction’s record of 2.03 million for 'Drag Me Down’).
Globally, it’s been streamed 21 million times on Spotify – which has set a new world record for the service.
HOW ABOUT THAT, EH?
Earlier this week, Justin spoke to Jimmy Fallon about his on-stage breakdown at the VMA’s, saying that the outpouring of support for him was just too much:
“It was so overwhelming,” he told The Tonight Show. “I missed some cues so I was a bit disappointed about that.”
“But just the support … I didn’t expect them to support me in the way they did,” he continued.
“Last time I was at an awards show, I was booed.”
OH HUN. Come and have a glass of Lidl Prosecco with us and we’ll celebrate in style. xoxo
