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Justin Bieber's 'Beauty and a Beat' remains a top global hit months after Coachella
Driven by strong international streaming, the 2012 song featuring Nicki Minaj has outlasted other tracks from his festival catalog resurgence.
The short version
- Justin Bieber's 2012 single "Beauty and a Beat" remains in the top five of Billboard's global charts more than four months after his headlining Coachella performances in April.
- The song's sustained popularity is driven heavily by international listeners, who account for 83% of the track's total global streams.
- While 16 of Bieber's other post-Coachella charting hits have completely fallen off the global charts, "Beauty and a Beat" has outperformed its original 2012 peak in multiple countries.
Key facts
- For the week ending August 20, "Beauty and a Beat" rose to No. 5 on the Billboard Global 200 with 30.4 million official worldwide streams.[Billboard]
- The song held at No. 4 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart, marking its 19th consecutive week in the top 10 on that specific ranking.[Billboard]
- International listeners accounted for 24.9 million streams—or 83% of the global total—during the week ending August 20.[Billboard]
- Between the weeks ending April 9 and April 23, following Bieber's Coachella appearance, global streams for the track surged by 824%.[Billboard]
- The song has reached No. 1 this year in several international markets, including Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, and Romania, far surpassing its original 2012 local chart peaks.[Billboard]