Justin Bieber tops global charts

A 2012 pop hit is suddenly the biggest song in the world again. That sounds like a glitch, but it isn’t. Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj’s “Beauty and a Beat” just hit No. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts for the week dated May 9, 2026, after a sharp post-Coachella streaming spike. (billboard.com) ### Why is an old song back? Because live moments still move streaming in a huge way. Bieber performed at Coachella on April 11 and April 18, and that set off a catalog surge big enough to send “Beauty and a Beat” back onto major charts for the first time in years. Two weeks ago it re-entered the U.S. Hot 100 and debuted high on the global rankings. Now it has gone all the way to the top. (billboard.com) ### What exactly did it top? Two different worldwide Billboard charts. The Global 200 includes U.S. activity plus the rest of the world. Global Excl. U.S. strips America out and measures everywhere else. So when a song is No. 1 on both at once, the signal is pretty clean — this wasn’t just one market overperforming. It was broad, cross-border demand. (ca.billboard.com) ### How big was the jump? Outside the U.S., “Beauty and a Beat” pulled 65.4 million streams in one tracking week, up 93% from the week before, when it first reached No. 1 on Global Excl. U.S. Billboard’s earlier chart coverage also showed Bieber placing three songs in that top 10 after Coachella, which tells you this wasn’t a one-off fluke tie(ca.billboard.com) the most. (billboard.com) ### Why this song in particular? Turns out it was the cleanest fit for the moment. “Beauty and a Beat” was already one of Bieber’s most recognizable early dance-pop records, and it also carries Nicki Minaj’s feature, which gives it a second fan base and a second nostal(billboard.com)t peak for Minaj on those rankings. (forbes.com) ### Is this normal chart behavior now? More normal than it used to be. Streaming has made the back catalog much more liquid — a big performance, a viral clip, or a cultural flashpoint can reactivate an old song almost overnight. But the catch is that most revivals flare up and level (forbes.com)tained repeat listening at scale. (billboard.com) ### What does this say about Bieber right now? It says his catalog is still enormous leverage. He didn’t need a brand-new single to dominate the week’s biggest global charts. A festival appearance was enough to send older material racing past fresh releases. That is useful context if y(billboard.com)he week’s top song. (billboard.com) ### And what’s the bottom line? Basically, this is a reminder that the streaming era doesn’t separate “old” music from “new” music the way radio once did. If a moment hits hard enough, the catalog behaves like a new release. This week, Bieber and Minaj proved it with a 14-year-old song that beat everything else in the market. (billboard.com)