"Swag" is Justin Bieber's first album since becoming a father last year, and his first since "Justice," which was released in 2021.

Justin Bieber releases new album 'Swag' as his first full-length LP in four years, following up 2021's hit-boasting 'Justice.'

Justin Bieber shared photos of himself snuggling with his 10-month-old son Jack Blues on the beach while on an Italian getaway with Hailey Baldwin Bieber to celebrate his new album, 'Swag.'

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Those estimates would yield a respectable debut, particularly given that Swag ’s week one numbers likely won’t include any physical sales. Justice, Bieber’s next-most-recent album, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart back in 2021 with 154,000 equivalent units, including 30,000 physical sales.

Justin Bieber fans condemned his former manager Scott “Scooter” Braun for sharing high praise for Bieber’s newest album, Swag, on Saturday, one day after the album dropped. “This is, without a doubt,

Justin Bieber shocked the world this past weekend by releasing his new album Swag on the same day Clipse shared their highly anticipated Let God Sort Em Out, leading many to theorize Def Jam did this intentionally to overshadow their former signees. The 31-year-old inadvertently fanned those flames by sharing a slanderous Instagram story this week.

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