Since his debuts, Justin Bieber is known as being one of the most streamed artists. Is it true or is it a popular belief due to the fact that Baby was the most seen video on YouTube in 2011?

Justin Bieber streaming review – the method

Streaming is made up of audio and video streams. Our CSPC methodology now includes both to better reflect the real popularity of each track. The main source of data for each avenue is respectively Spotify and YouTube.

To factor in the growing impact of multiple Asian countries where these platforms aren’t always the go-to site for music streaming, more sources have been added.

In order to account for their real popularity in each relevant country, the below sources have been used along with the mentioned ratios that reflect the market share of each area.

Audio Streams
– South Korea: Genie streams * 2.20 (consistent with Gaon streaming numbers)
– Japan: AWA streams * 68 / 4 (AWA has 4% of the Japanese streaming market, and 32% are already considered through Spotify’s extrapolation)
– Arabic world: Anghami streams
– Sub-Saharan Africa: Boomplay + Audiomack streams
– Elsewhere: Spotify streams * 649 / 406 (649 million subscribers of global platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, etc. against 406 million from Spotify itself) + Genie streams * 2.20 (uses Genie rather than Spotify to extrapolate markets like Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam)

Video Streams
– China* : QQ video streams * 50 if the song is available for audio stream, QQ video streams * 5 elseway (scale built based on known figures for several major artists)
– Elsewhere : Youtube views increased by 10% to account for various local platforms

*since Chinese streaming platforms are mostly video streaming platforms, their streams are weighted on par with YouTube streams.

Audio Stream value – 1,500 plays equal 1 album unit
Video Stream value – 6,750 views equal 1 album unit

Equivalent Albums Sales (EAS) = ( Spotify * 649/406 + Genie * 2.20 * 2 + AWA * 68 / 4 + Anghami + Boomplay + Audiomack ) / 1500 + ( QQ views* 50(or 5) + YouTube * 1.1 ) / 6750

Please be aware that when the artist is regarded as the lead act, he is rewarded with 100% of these units, while featured acts share among them a 50% piece of the totals.

Justin Bieber streaming review – the results

Total: 47,322,029 EAS

Justin Bieber: Most streamed tracks (EAS)

1. Sorry [Purpose] – 2,795,000
2. Love Yourself [Purpose] – 2,689,000
3. Stay [Orphan] – 2,523,000
4. Let Me Love You [Features] – 2,516,000
5. What Do You Mean? [Purpose] – 2,211,000
6. I Don’t Care [Orphan] – 1,960,000
7. Peaches [Justice] – 1,557,000
8. Where Are Ü Now [Purpose] – 1,385,000
9. Baby [My Worlds] – 1,271,000
10. Intentions [Changes] – 1,216,000
11. 10,000 Hours [Orphan] – 1,061,000
12. Despacito [Features] – 991,000
13. Stuck with U [Orphan] – 989,000
14. Yummy [Changes] – 989,000
15. 2U [Features] – 970,000
16. Holy [Justice] – 783,000
17. Beauty And A Beat [Believe] – 743,000
18. Friends [Orphan] – 730,000
19. Lonely [Justice] – 709,000
20. As Long As You Love Me [Believe] – 703,000

Sources: Spotify, YouTube, AWA (app), QQ, Genie, Anghami, Audiomack, Boomplay.