Love yourself

Love yourself
Justin Bieber
publication	November 8, 2015
length	3:53
Genre (s)	Acoustics pop
Author (s)	Ed Sheeran , Benny Blanco , Justin Bieber
Label	Def Jam
album	Purpose

Love Yourself is a song by Justin Bieber and the third single from his fourth studio album Purpose . The single was released on November 8, 2015 and has since sold over 11 million times.

Creation and publication

Ed Sheeran originally wrote Love Yourself for his third album ÷ .

In September 2015, Bieber announced in an interview that British singer Ed Sheeran had written him a song for his new studio album. In another interview with Capital FM, Bieber revealed a few things about the song. He said, “It's just me and a guitar. Basically that's how I started, playing on the street with a guitar. "Regarding Ed Sheeran, he said:" I think he's one of the most talented writers in the game right now, so just to have his input and his stories and our stories and match them up together and say 'What have you been through ?,' and telling the same story. "

Love Yourself first appeared on Apple's Beats 1 .

Music video

The music video for Love Yourself was released on November 14, 2015 via Vevo on Bieber's YouTube channel and has been viewed over 1.4 billion times since then (as of October 2018). The video begins with Bieber saying, "Love isn't 'do this for me and I'm going to do this for you.' That's not what love is. Love is just 'I'm gonna do this for you because I wanna do this for you.' "Then the married couple Keone and Mari Madrid dance through their house. The video ends with the woman waking up and finding a note on the man's pillow that says Love Yourself .

Chart successes

Germany

Love Yourself entered the German single charts at number seven in the 47th calendar week. In the weeks that followed, the song first fell to number 11, before it reached the highest position in the 6th calendar week in 2016 with number 3, where it could only stay for one week. In total, the song stayed in the German charts for 48 weeks. It was awarded three gold records for over 600,000 sales.

United States

Love Yourself debuted at # 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 . With this, Bieber reached his ninth top 10 single and his third top 10 single from his album Purpose . It also made it to number 2 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs and number 4 on the Billboard Streaming Charts. The single sold over 140,000 times and was streamed around 17.4 million times. The following week it then fell to number 7. In the 6th week of 2016, Bieber pushed Sorry from the top of the charts with Love Yourself . Love Yourself became his third single at number 1 in a row. Purpose became the first album since Justin Timberlake's FutureSex / LoveSounds to produce three number one singles.

The song sold over 2.8 million copies in the United States and was awarded six platinum records.

Chart placements
DE	AT	CH	UK	US	CA
3 × 3Triple gold (48 weeks)	2 gold (39 weeks)	4 (58 weeks)	1 × 3Triple platinum (64 weeks)	1 × 7Seven times platinum (41 weeks)	1 × 7Seven times platinum (47 weeks)
Annual charts 2015
98	-	-	24	-	-
Annual charts 2016
12	13	9	8th	1	2

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	6 × platinum	420,000
Belgium (BEA)	2 × platinum	60,000
Denmark (IFPI)	4 × platinum	240,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	600,000
Italy (FIMI)	6 × platinum	300,000
Canada (MC)	7 × platinum	700,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	9 × gold	270,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	5 × platinum	75,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Poland (ZPAV)	3 × platinum	60,000
Sweden (IFPI)	9 × platinum	360,000
Spain (Promusicae)	3 × platinum	120,000
United States (RIAA)	7 × platinum	2,721,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	2,400,000
All in all	3 × gold 61 × platinum	8,341,000

Main article: Justin Bieber / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Global Music Report 2017 . In: IFPI . Retrieved January 7, 2018.
2. ↑ Ed Sheeran Wrote Song for Justin Bieber's New Album, but Not One Direction's . In: ABC News Radio . October 1, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
3. ↑ Eliza Thompson: Listen to Justin Bieber's New Song, Cowritten by Ed Sheeran . In: Cosmopolitan . November 9, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
4. ↑ Justin Bieber - Love Yourself (PURPOSE: The Movement) . In: YouTube . Vevo. November 14, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
5. ↑ The Ultimate Ranking of Justin Bieber's New Music Videos . In: Beautycon . November 21, 2015. Archived from the original on November 28, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
6. ↑ Kristina Rodulfo: Who Is the Incredible Dancing Couple In Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself" Music Video? . In: Elle . November 16, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
7. ↑ Justin Bieber - Love Yourself . In: German single charts . GfK Entertainment . November 20, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2017.
8. ^ Gary Trust: Adele Tops Hot 100 for Fourth Week; Justin Bieber, Alessia Cara Hit Top 10 . In: Billboard . November 23, 2015. Accessed January 7, 2018.
9. ^ Gary Trust: Adele's 'Hello' Leads Hot 100 for Fifth Week . In: Billboard . November 30, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
10. ^ Gary Trust: Justin Bieber Replaces Himself at No. 1 on Hot 100 With 'Love Yourself' . In: Billboard . February 1, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
11. ^ Paul Grein: The Best-Selling Singles of 2016 . In: Yahoo Music . December 20, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
12. ↑ Gold & Platinum: Justin Bieber - Love Yourself . December 9, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
13. ↑ Chart sources:
    • Love yourself . (DE)
    • Love yourself . (AT)
    • JUSTIN BIEBER - LOVE YOURSELF . (CH)
    • LOVE-YOURSELF . (UK)
    • Love Yourself - Justin Bieber . (US)
    • JUSTIN BIEBER . (CA)
14. ↑ Chart sources:
    • TOP 100 SINGLE YEAR CHARTS 2015 . (DE)
    • The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2015 revealed . (UK)
15. ↑ Chart sources:
    • TOP 100 ANNUAL CHARTS 2016 . (DE)
    • Ö3 Austria Top 40 - Singles Charts 2016 . Archived from the original on December 28, 2016. (AT)
    • SWISS ANNUAL HIT PARADE 2016 . Archived from the original on January 6, 2017. (CH)
    • The Official Top 40 Biggest Songs of 2016 . (UK)
    • HOT 100 SONGS . (US)
    • CANADIAN HOT 100 . (CA)