Justin Bieber’s ‘Ghost’ Tops Pop Airplay Chart – Billboard

Justin Bieber returns to a well-known hang-out — No. 1 on Billboard‘s Pop Airplay chart — as “Ghost” ascends to the highest of the rating dated Feb. 26.

The music is Bieber’s milestone tenth Pop Airplay No. 1, pushing him previous Bruno Mars for essentially the most amongst solo males for the reason that listing launched in October 1992.

Amongst all artists, Bieber turns into the fourth artist to achieve a double-digit whole of Pop Airplay No. 1s. Maroon 5, Katy Perry and Rihanna share the lead with 11 leaders every.

(The Pop Airplay chart displays whole weekly performs, as tabulated by MRC Knowledge, amongst its reporting panel of over 150 mainstream prime 40 stations.)

Right here’s a recap of Bieber’s 10 Pop Airplay No. 1s:

• “What Do You Imply,” two weeks at No. 1, starting Oct. 24, 2015
• “Sorry,” three, Jan. 2, 2016
• “Love Your self,” 5, Feb. 13, 2016
• “Chilly Water,” Main Lazer feat. Bieber & MØ, one, Oct. 1, 2016
• “Despacito,” Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Bieber, 5, July 22, 2017
• “I Don’t Care,” Ed Sheeran & Bieber, three, July 27, 2019
• “Intentions,” Bieber feat. Quavo, one, June 27, 2020
• “Peaches,” Bieber feat. Daniel Caesar & Giveon, 4, Could 22, 2021
• “Keep,” The Child LAROI & Bieber, 13, Sept. 4, 2021
• “Ghost,” one to-date, Feb. 26, 2022

In Bieber’s earlier Pop Airplay coronation, with The Child LAROI, “Keep” logged essentially the most weeks at No. 1 for a music by solo artists within the chart’s historical past. General, its 13-week command trails solely the 14-week reign of Ace of Base’s “The Signal” in 1994 (throughout which Bieber was born).

“Ghost” is the second Pop Airplay No. 1, after “Peaches,” from Bieber’s Raymond Braun/Def Jam Recordings album Justice, which in April 2021 debuted as his eighth Billboard 200 No. 1.

The Pop Airplay chart, and all rankings dated Feb. 26, will replace Wednesday (Feb. 23) on billboard.com.