SWAG also garnered Bieber his highest streaming week ever for an album after earning 163,000 equivalent album units in its first week, with streaming accounting for 155,000 of those units. The album also debuted at No. 2 on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and the Billboard 200 charts.

The pop star's six-album streak of No. 1 debuts ended, but his surprise release showed a strong start after a hiatus.

Justin Bieber returned to the album charts after four years with surprise album Swag, and for the first time, his LP did not debut at Number One, instead bowing at Number Two. But that only tells part of the story: Swag still marks the singer’s biggest streaming debut of his career.