Bieber beats Presley's US chart record
Justin Bieber's seventh album, Changes, has debuted near the top of the united states Billboard chart - beating an archive set by Elvis Presley 59 years back. The Canadian singer is now the youngest solo artist to accomplish seven number 1 albums, at age 25 years. Elvis was 26 when he scored his seventh chart-topper, with Blue Hawaii in 1961. A change, which is Bieber's first album in four years, sold 231,000 copies the other day to reach number 1.
It also topped the united kingdom chart the other day. Inside Justin Bieber's (slightly odd) album playback The album finds the star reflecting on teen stardom as he enters adulthood, with many of the tracks dedicated to his new wife, model and actress Hailey Baldwin. It has enjoyed a warmer reception from US critics than from their UK counterparts; with the brand new York Times praising Bieber's "soothing, tender" vocals and "tonally cool R&B".
The Independent newspaper was more scathing, saying that the lyrics about Baldwin "are so uninspired that [Bieber] may as well be declaring his love for children appliance". "Bieber often veers into cliché," agreed The Slant, but "there's a genuine charm to the songs that rest so deeply [on] trust and commitment."
BTS are coming for the crown Billboard, which compiles the united states chart, confirmed that Bieber had beaten Elvis's chart record - but added that, if groups were considered, all members of The Beatles were younger than Bieber if they scored their seventh number 1. The band's oldest member, Ringo Starr, was 25 when Rubber Soul hit the charts in 1966; as the youngest member, George Harrison, was just 22.
