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Summary The album will secure the Bieber his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200.
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber notched the years biggest debut so far as his latest album, Believe, sold 374,000 copies in its first week, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan on Tuesday.Believe will secure the 18-year-old singer his fourth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 when the chart is officially published on Wednesday. It follows 2009s My World, and 2011s Never Say Never: The Remixes, and his holiday set, Under The Mistletoe.The new album knocked off last weeks chart-topper, Looking 4 Myself, by Biebers mentor Usher.Believe outsold Madonnas MDNA, which debuted with 359,000 copies earlier this year. But it was unable to top the years best sales week for an album, which went to Adeles 21, selling 730,000 copies in the week following her six Grammy Award wins in February.Bieber embarked on a worldwide tour and filmed his first TV special to promote Believe. But a TV special about the singer - All Around The World - aired over two nights on NBC last week, did worse than expected and pulled in less than 3.5 million viewers each night.The full Billboard 200 album chart will be released on Wednesday.
