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\n\tJustin Bieber<\/a> returned to the album charts after four years with surprise album Swag<\/a><\/em>, and for the first time, his LP did not debut at Number One, instead bowing at Number Two. But that only tells part of the story: Swag <\/em>still marks the singer\u2019s biggest streaming debut of his career. <\/p>\n \n\tSwag <\/em>was a highly anticipated album, to say the least. Despite announcing the record mere hours before its release, the hype for new music had been building for quite some time. Not only did it mark his first album in four years, but it came amid a tumultuous period in Bieber\u2019s life. In June 2022, his face was left\u00a0partially paralyzed<\/a>\u00a0following a\u00a0Ramsay Hunt Syndrome<\/a>\u00a0diagnosis, which forced him to halt his Justice<\/em> tour and then\u00a0cancel it entirely<\/a>.<\/span> In early 2023, he sold his publishing and recorded music rights<\/a> to Hipgnosis Songs Capital, which covered his entire back catalog. More recently, Bieber officially split with his\u00a0longtime manager Scooter Braun<\/a>, after rumors of both personal and financial tension between the two<\/span>. Last year, he and his wife Hailey had\u00a0their first child. <\/p>\n \n\tA\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/em>\u00a0review\u00a0<\/a>of the album lauded the musician for processing his \u201cadult reality\u201d in \u201csome of the most creative and wide-ranging music of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tBut while Swag<\/em> didn\u2019t land in the top spot \u2014 that distinction belonged to Travis Scott\u2019s Jackboys 2<\/a><\/em> \u2014 it came pretty damn close. According to Variety, Scott\u2019s project came in with 232,000 equivalent-album units, while Bieber had 163,000. It was also a personal win for Bieber: The album enters the chart with a stronger showing than 2021\u2019s Justice<\/em>, which did debut Number One at the time. Swag <\/em>earned 163,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate, which was 9,000 more than his previous LP earned. On Monday, Billboard reported that an impressive 16 songs of the album\u2019s 21 tracks charted in the Hot 100.<\/p>\n