Bieber also lands his first No. 1 Hot 100 credits as a producer and writer.
He co-produced "Mean" with Mason"MdL" Levy and co-wrote it with Levy and Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd.
Levy previously co-wrote "Boyfriend" (with Bieber and two others), as well as Maroon 5's "Daylight" (No. 7, 2013); he also co-produced those hits.
Boyd likewise boasts two prior Hot 100 top 10s as a writer (back before Bieber had entered his teens): 112's "Peaches & Cream" (No. 4, 2001), and "Caught Up" by Bieber mentor Usher (No. 8, 2005).
Bieber notches his first Hot 100 No. 1 with his 47th entry on the chart.
That's the longest a Hot 100-topping artist had to wait for a first No. 1, just passing Swift, who finally first reigned in 2012 with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," her 46th charted title.
(Of course, both Bieber and Swift are tallying entries in an era where album cuts are eligible to hit the Hot 100, a rule not invoked until 1998, or 40 years after the Hot 100 originated.
Viewed another way, Swift waited only less than six years and Bieber slightly more than six before hitting No. 1 at last.
And, this stat covers only artists that have led the Hot 100; the cast of Fox's Glee, with a record 207 appearances, James Brown, Nicki Minaj, Jackie Wilson, Tim McGraw, Brook Benton and Kenny Chesney have all tallied at least 47 Hot 100 entries, but no No. 1s.)
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