2017-2019: Collaborations: Billboard Hot
2017-2019: Collaborations: Billboard Hot
On January 28, 2017, Bieber starred in the 2017 NHL Celebrity All-Star Game as a participating
player, coached by Wayne Gretzky.[160] On April 17, 2017, Puerto Rican singers Luis
Fonsi and Daddy Yankee released a remix for their song "Despacito" featuring Bieber. It was the first
song by Bieber in which he sings in Spanish.[161] The remix became a worldwide success and broke
major chart records around the world. The song reached number one in the US and joined
"Macarena" (1996) as the only English/Spanish songs to reach number one on the Billboard Hot
100.[162] It tied the then-record for the most weeks at number one in Billboard Hot 100 history. The
song spent a record 56 weeks at number one on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart and broke the
then-record for most weeks at number one on the Digital Songs Sales chart. The remix is the most
viewed song of all time on the crowdsourced media knowledge base Genius, with 23.3 million views.
[163]
The song earned Bieber his first career Latin Grammy.[164] As of September 2021, "Despacito"
holds the number-one position on the Greatest of All Time Hot Latin Songs chart and number-five on
the Greatest of All Time Songs of the Summer chart by Billboard.[165][166]
Bieber, along with rappers Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne, provided vocals on DJ
Khaled's single "I'm the One", released on April 28, 2017. The song debuted at number one on
the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Bieber's second number-one debut and his fourth song to top the
chart.[167] One week later, "Despacito" topped the charts in the US, which became his fifth number-
one single and made Bieber the first artist in history to notch new No. 1s in back-to-back weeks.
[168]
"I'm the One" also reached number one on Billboard's Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop
Songs charts.[169] On June 9, 2017, French DJ David Guetta released "2U", in which Bieber was
featured. The first music video for "2U" features Victoria's Secret models lip synching to the song.[170]
[171][172]
On August 17, 2017, Bieber released the single "Friends" with American record producer and
songwriter BloodPop. Songwriters Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter, having previously worked with
him on "Sorry" in 2015.[173] At the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, "Despacito" received three
nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Pop Duo/Group
Performance respectively.[174] Bieber did not attend the show to perform the nominated song, claiming
that he would not make any award show appearances until his next album was finished. [175] Bieber
was a participating player in the 2018 NBA Celebrity All-Star Game, marking his second appearance
at the event.[176] In July 2018, Bieber reunited with DJ Khaled in "No Brainer", co-featuring again with
Chance the Rapper and Quavo. The single peaked in the top five of the Hot 100 and reached
number one on Billboard's Hot R&B Songs chart.[177] He was also featured in the accompanying
music video.[178]
On April 21, 2019, Bieber delivered a surprise performance at the 2019 Coachella music festival,
marking his first live performance in two years, and teased his return to music with a new album.
[179]
On May 10, 2019, British singer Ed Sheeran and Bieber released the single "I Don't Care", from
Sheeran's album No.6 Collaborations Project (2019). The pair had previously collaborated, with
Sheeran co-writing Bieber's 2015 song "Love Yourself", and 2016 song "Cold Water" with Major
Lazer. "I Don't Care" became a worldwide hit, reaching number-one in 26 countries, while peaking at
number two in the United States.[180] Bieber later featured on a remix of Billie Eilish's breakthrough
single "Bad Guy", which was released on July 11.[181] On October 4, 2019, Bieber and country music
duo Dan + Shay released the song "10,000 Hours", which peaked at number four on the
US Billboard Hot 100.[182][183] It became the highest-charting non-holiday country song in the history of
the Billboard Streaming Songs chart and spent 21 weeks at number one on Billboard's Hot Country
Songs chart. As a result, Bieber became the first act in history to reach number one on seven multi-
metric charts: Hot 100, Hot Country Songs, Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, Hot Latin Songs, Hot R&B
Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and Hot Rap Songs.[184] It earned Bieber his second Grammy
Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.[13] On October
14 2019, Bieber became the youngest solo male artist to spend 200 cumulative weeks in the top 10
of the Billboard Hot 100.