Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Justin Bieber’s “Swag” Album Drops Out of iTunes Top 50 After 8 Tough Weeks, Sold Just 170 Downloads This Week

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Say goodbye to “Swag.”

Justin Bieber’s latest album has been a dud, dropping out of the iTunes top 50 after just 8 weeks.

“Swag” last week sold just 170 paid downloads. Another 29,000 units came from streaming.

But today, with many new releases, “Swag” is outta here. The single, “Daisies,” lingers in the mid part of the top 100 on iTunes.

“Swag” was dropped without notice in late June. The Bieber team didn’t bother to make CDs or LPs, and had little marketing. Bieber made no promotional appearances, and of course, there was no tour.

Is Bieber washed up at 31? If he ever decides to tour again, he’ll be a greatest hit act. But even that will require marketing to get him into nostalgia realm.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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