Those estimates would yield a respectable debut, particularly given that Swag’s week one numbers likely won’t include any physical sales. Justice, Bieber’s next-most-recent album, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart back in 2021 with 154,000 equivalent units, including 30,000 physical sales.

NEW YORK (AP) — Never say never! Justin Bieber surprised fans Friday by releasing Swag, his seventh studio album, hours after he teased it on billboards and social media posts. It is his first album since 2021’s Justice and his first since becoming a father last year.

Justin Bieber fans, Beliebers as some say, have been wondering if he's been doing ok. His mental status is hard to judge sometimes, considering his frequent cryptic social media posts and their captions,