Four singles were released from the album: 'What Do You Mean?', 'Sorry', 'Love Yourself' and 'Company'. Elsewhere, it reached the top of the charts in other eleven countries.
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 522,000 copies in its first week of release, giving Bieber the largest first-week sales of his career and his sixth number-one album in the United States. Other critics, however, criticized its lyrical content, felt that the album focused excessively on his requests for forgiveness. The album received generally favorable reviews from most critics, who praised its sound and deemed it his best album to date. Purpose was described as a mix of dance-pop and EDM music as well as including influences of tropical house in some tracks and live instruments such as acoustic guitars in some others, while lyrically addressing subjects such as apologies and faith. Bieber found the record's sonic direction and worked with Skrillex on a handful of the album's songs. While working with producers Skrillex and Diplo on their album Jack Ü, Bieber released the top 10 single 'Where Are Ü Now' (2015). With the help of his personal friend and frequent collaborator Jason Boyd, Bieber started writing and recording with the idea of making an inspirational album that could encourage people through uplifting messages during a period of all his media scrutiny and his involvement in various misdemeanours, as well as his relationship with his former girlfriend Selena Gomez. The album features guest vocals from Travis Scott, Big Sean and Halsey, and production help from Skrillex and Diplo. Bieber has stated that the sound and the lyrical content of the album were heavily inspired by Chris Brown's 2012 album Fortune. The album was created over a period of two years, in which Bieber struggled to find a musical direction for recording, scrapping each of these tracks many times. It serves as the follow-up to Bieber's third studio album Believe (2012), and it was developed after the release of his collection Journals (2013), which saw him in a more R&B direction. It was released on Novemby Def Jam Recordings and School Boy Records. Purpose is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter Justin Bieber. Standard edition cover in several countries in the Middle East and Indonesia
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