Justin Bieber has raced his way to the top of the Vevo charts and cracked the 10-billion view mark, the first of any artist on the video hosting service. The 22-year-old pop singer achieved the impressive feat in just over six years and the final four billion views have come just in the last six months.
The strength of Bieber's videos for "Sorry" (1.1. billion views) and "What Do You Mean" (889 million views) off his latest album, "Purpose," launched him over the milestone number as did the Beliebers who can't get enough of his most-watched video, "Baby," which he put out six years ago. The lead single from his album "My World 2.0," has more than 1.3 billion views and ranks eighth for most-watched YouTube video of all time.
Bieber was the youngest artist to crack the 1 billion mark in 2014 with "Baby." He is the only male artist with two videos over a billion views. Taylor Swift and Katy Perry also have two videos that have racked up the massive number.
Take a look at Bieber's Top 5 music videos that put him on top.
"Baby" (Feb. 19, 2010)
"Baby," featuring Ludacris, was the third music video (fourth video overall) that Bieber released on Vevo following "One Time" and "One Less Lonely Girl." The video has more than 1.3 billion views and was filmed at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles. It takes place in a bowling alley and shows Bieber trying to woo back an old girlfriend.
"Sorry" (Oct. 22, 2015)
The "Purpose: The Movement" video for "Sorry" featuring the dancers of ReQuest Dance Crew has amassed an incredible 1.1-plus billion views. Bieber also released a lyrics video for the song, his second single from "Purpose."
"What Do You Mean" (Aug. 30, 2015)
Bieber recruited feature director Brad Furman ("The Lincoln Lawyer") to helm his first video from the "Purpose" album. The video also stars actor John Leguizamo and Moldovan fashion model, Xenia Deli. It's likely to pass the billion mark in the next few weeks, now sitting at 889 million views and counting.
A lyrics video featuring skateboarders Ryan Sheckler and Chelsea Castro was also produced as was another "Purpose: The Movement" video with the ReQuest Dance Crew.
"Beauty and a Beat" (Oct. 12, 2012)
Bieber set up his fourth most popular video as if the footage had been stolen and leaked online. The video takes place at a waterpark and features Nicki Minaj rapping her verse with Bieber near the pool. It has accumulated more than 616 million views.
"Never Say Never (May 27, 2010)
Jaden Smith spits a few rhymes on this track that was used as the theme song for his 2010 movie, "The Karate Kid," co-starring Jackie Chan (and a pre-"Empire" Taraji P. Henson). Bieber featured scenes from the film in the video spliced with scenes of him and Smith in the recording studio. The video has racked up more than 550 million views.
