Justin Bieber's 10 Most Popular Songs, Ranked (According To Spotify)

Justin Bieber is one of the most successful male artists in the realm of pop music. Bieber has had his fair share of ups and downs in his career from controversial videos depicting him saying offensive things to his on-and-off again relationship with Selena Gomez, but he's come out of it for the better, settling down with wifey Hailey Baldwin in Canada and even making big moves by selling his entire music catalog.

In that catalog are some of Justin Bieber's most profitable songs that have garnered a global fanbase for the Canadian singer. Some of them are so popular that they rank pretty impressively on Spotify, and they've got the stream count to prove it.

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Updated May 2024: The list of the most popular songs from Justin Bieber is constantly being updated. At the time of publication, the most recent standings and number of streams are notated. The list has only changed slightly since the previous update, with "Ghost" and "Cold Water" swapping spots. All songs have had an increase in streams as well.

10 STAY

Spotify Streams: 3.081 Billion (Total); 1.321 Million (Daily)

Spotify listeners can't seem to get enough of "Stay", a song on which Bieber collaborated with Australian rapper and singer the Kid Laroi. The song, which banks off of a unique hybridization between new wave and pop punk, centers around the speaker begging for a former lover to return despite his toxic behavior. Laroi and Bieber first connected when the Canadian "Baby" singer reached out to express his admiration for Laroi's music. Their collaboration on the chart-topping single was not the first time the duo collaborated, either. The pair had also previously collaborated on the track "Unstable," which became a part of Justin's album 2021 Justice.

Impressively, "Stay" remained on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for seven non-consecutive weeks. At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the song won the ARIA Award for Best Pop Release, which resulted in Laroi and Bieber both winning the ARIA Award for Best Artist. At the APRA Music Awards of 2022, the song won the award for Song of the Year.

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9 Love Yourself

Spotify Streams: 2.407 Billion (Total); 844,855 (Daily)

In 2015, Justin Bieber dropped "Love Yourself," leaving fans wondering which one of his exes he wrote the song about and why his "momma" didn't like them. "Love Yourself" is still a popular song today among Spotify listeners, and we get it: it's a kiss-off to a narcissistic ex that is laid over a relaxed electric guitar with a surprising trumpet cameo. The song is written by Ed Sheeran, Benny Blanco and Justin Bieber and surprisingly, "Love Yourelf" was intended for Sheeran's 2017 album Divide.

In the United States, the song debuted at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Bieber's first chart-topper on the Adult Contemporary chart. "Love Yourself" finished at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Year-End of 2016 released in December 2016, becoming Bieber's highest-charting song on Hot 100 Year-End to date, surpassing "Boyfriend" on the Hot 100 Year-End of 2012. This made him the youngest artist to date to receive a No. 1 single on a Hot 100 Year-End chart in Billboard's history.

8 Let Me Love You

Spotify Streams: 2.129 Billion (Total); 992,668 (Daily)

Justin Bieber lent his vocals to the song "Let Me Love You" by French DJ and electronic music producer DJ Snake. The song was an instant hit when it was released. In the United States, "Let Me Love You" debuted at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated August 27, 2016. The single opened at number-one on Digital Songs with 113,000 downloads, becoming DJ Snake's first and Bieber's sixth number-one on the chart.

While the song was a chart-topper when it was released, there was drama brewing behind the scenes of the catchy tune. What some fans may not know is that "Let Me Love You" almost became a collaboration between Justin Bieber and his former girlfriend, Selena Gomez. In fact, Selena had also recorded a version of "Let Me Love You" before Justin Bieber released the song in collaboration with DJ Snake. As per several reports, she played the excerpts from the song on her Snapchat handle in 2016. DJ Snake also became a fan as he released excerpts of the demo on his social media accounts. It wasn't until the actress released her documentary, My Mind & Me, that Selena Gomez touched on the subject.

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7 Sorry

Spotify Streams: 2.074 Billion (Total); 765,566 (Daily)

"Sorry" was a masterpiece birthed between the collaboration between Justin Bieber and American DJ and music producer, Skrillex and Diplo. Bieber enlisted Skrillex to produce some of his songs on his fourth studio album, Purpose. The pair had previously collaborated on the song "Where Are Ü Now" which had become a worldwide hit and helped revamp Justin Bieber's career back in 2015. During an appearance on Ellen DeGeneres' show in November 2015, Justin Bieber confirmed that "Sorry" was indeed about Selena Gomez.

Justin Bieber's popular song, "Sorry" debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated November 14, 2015, with 277,572 downloads sold and 23.1 million US streams in its first week, becoming Bieber's second consecutive top-10 debut and his eighth top-10 Billboard single overall. Casey Dienel, a singer/producer who records as White Hinterland, had filed suit against Bieber and Skrillex claiming that the duo used a prominent element of her single “Ring the Bell” without permission or compensation.

6 I Don't Care

Spotify Streams: 1.810 Billion (Total); 280,831 (Daily)

"I Don't Care" being one of Justin Bieber's most popular songs on Spotify lends truth to the proverb, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," as it features two things that the Canadian pop star often utilizes: Ed Sheeran and dancehall-influenced vibes. Compositionally, the song utilizes tropical, reggae elements, while the lyrics allude to the singer being able to endure anything so long as their lover is by their side.

On Spotify, the catchy tune garnered an astonishing 16.241 million streams in the first 24 hours of its release, debuted with 10.977 million daily global streams, breaking the streaming platform's single-day streaming record and subsequently topping the previous record of 10.819 million, set by Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You".

It debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 the first week of its release. The song also became Sheeran's fourth number one on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40, while it marked Bieber's sixth number one on the chart. On Billboard's Dance/Mix Show Airplay, it became the second number one for Sheeran and the fifth chart-topper for Bieber.

5 Despacito - Remix

Spotify Streams: 1.708 Billion (Total); 240,543 (Daily)

When Justin Bieber joined Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee on the remix to "Despacito", it became 2017's biggest hit. Bieber's name alongside the Puerto Rican artists allowed the already global hit to rise to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for 16 consecutive weeks. The sweltering pop reggaeton-love ballad hybrid became a fast-favorite among Justin Bieber fans that year, broadening the song's listener demographic, opening doors for more Spanish songs to play on English radio. It became the first Spanish-language song to reach No. 1 in the U.S. since the “Macarena” in 1996

While the remix to "Despacito "garnered much praise, not all were pleased with Justin Bieber's addition to the popular song. Many people admonished the Canadian singer's butchering of the Spanish language on the song.

4 Peaches

Spotify Streams: 1.603 Billion (Total); 455,951 (Daily)

Justin Bieber's popular song "Peaches" allowed him to flex his abilities in the realm of R&B alongside Canadian singer-songwriter Daniel Caesar and American singer-songwriter Giveon. Bieber started to write the chorus of "Peaches" while hanging out with fellow Canadian singer Shawn Mendes and producer Andrew Watt at the latter's house. "Peaches" was the fifth single off Bieber's sixth studio album Justice.

Billboard critic Jason Lipshutz ranked it as the second-best song on the album, writing: "'Peaches' flips the script with vivacious R&B energy" and "levitates off the ground with Giveon and Daniel Caesar along for the top-down ride".

"Peaches" debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100, giving Bieber his seventh number-one hit on the chart, while it gave both Caesar and Giveon their first number-one.

3 What Do You Mean?

Spotify Streams: 1.590 Billion (Total); 469,275 (Daily)

Justin Bieber's song "What Do You Mean?" is still ever-popular among the Bieber's listeners. The song banks on the combination between Bieber breathy vocals and tropical synths to usher in the singer's confusion with being able to figure out the opposite sex for the sake of romantic clarity. On The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Canadian singer confirmed that the song was in fact about Selena Gomez.

"What Do You Mean" was featured in several year-end lists of best songs of 2015. Commercially, the song topped the charts in several countries, including Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and Norway. In Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, "What Do You Mean?" was Bieber's first number-one single. The song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making Bieber the youngest male artist to enter atop of the chart.

2 Ghost

Spotify Streams: 1.567 Billion (Total); 1.03 Million (Daily)

Justin Bieber's popular song "Ghost" is a pop rock and synth-pop ballad song that lyrically describes dealing with grief caused by the absence of a loved one. Jon Bellion wrote the song with Bieber and produced it with the Monsters & Strangerz (Jordan K. Johnson and Stefan Johnson), alongside Michael Pollack. While Bellion cited his late grandmother as the inspiration behind the lyrics, many of Justin Bieber's fans speculate that the "Ghost" is about Selena Gomez.

For the music video, Bieber cast actress Diane Keaton as his grandmother. Keaton had previously expressed that she wasn't a fan of Bieber before she appeared in his video, and that she didn't even know who he was. Upon the release of Justice, "Ghost" charted at number 41 on the Billboard Global 200. In the United States, the song debuted at number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 as one of the 11 new entrances off Justice. On the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated February 19, 2022, "Ghost" rose to number nine in its 20th charting week, garnering 62 million airplay impressions, 7.9 million streams, and 3,400 sales.

1 Cold Water

Spotify Streams: 1.536 Billion (Total); 474,277 (Daily)

Justin Bieber struck gold again when he offered his vocals on Major Lazer's "Cold Water". Major Lazor, a Jamaican-American electronic dance music and DJ trio, consists of DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums as well as record producer Diplo. The latter had received a message from Bieber via Twitter about wanting to collaborate on the song. Diplo agreed and soon after, announced that the song would be a collaboration with Bieber as well as Danish singer MØ.

"Cold Water", a mid-tempo song, includes dancehall and Euro club music influences. The lyrics have been described to depict trying to help a friend who's struggling with depression. It peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100.