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"Heartbreaker" is a song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber, taken from his second compilation album Journals (2013). It was released on October 7, 2013, and produced by T-Minus, Maejor Ali, Justin Bieber, and Chef Tone. The song is the first in Bieber's series Music Mondays, where he released a new single every week for 10 weeks until December 9, 2013.

"Heartbreaker"
Single by Justin Bieber
from the album Journals
Released	October 7, 2013 (2013-10-07)
Recorded	2013
Length	4:22
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Justin Bieber Brandon Green Tyler Williams Tony Scales Xavier Smith
Producer(s)	Bieber Maejor Ali T-Minus Chef Tone
Justin Bieber singles chronology
"Lolly" (2013) "Heartbreaker" (2013) "All That Matters" (2013)

Background

Before collaborating with Bieber on the song, Maejor Ali had featured him on the single "Lolly" earlier in 2013.[1] Maejor Ali recalled "real harps, guitar players" being brought in for the recording of "Hearbreaker" and stated that those in the studio "tried to create a masterpiece" with the song.[1] He continued, explaining that Bieber and his team "wanted to make this music the most honest as possible" and that "all the conversations in the studio are heard in the song."[1] Maejor Ali, along with co-producers T-Minus and Chef Tone, was responsible for the "strung-out emotion" added to it.[2] Bieber also contributed production to the song.[3]

In the song's description on iTunes, Bieber wrote: "It's a song for people going through a heartbreak -- like I was when I wrote it."[4] The description also included Bieber expressing pride for the song and referencing its connection to his fans; he later posted the description to Twitter.[4][5] The song marked a difference in sound from previous singles by Bieber, with his manager Scooter Braun explaining that "Heatbreaker" and the other tracks from Journals differentiated from his past work as "very R&B-driven, personal songs, not necessarily songs that he was thinking of as radio records," and dubbed Bieber's performance on the song as him "pouring his heart out."[5]

Commercial performance

After "Heartbreaker" topped the iTunes chart in 56 countries worldwide, Bieber tweeted in reference to its success.[6] The track eventually became a chart topper on iTunes in 63 countries.[6] It debuted at number 77 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and climbed 64 places to number 13 on the chart the following week despite a lack of airplay, due to sales and streams.[5][7] The track sold 182,000 downloads after being on sale for eight days and lasted for two weeks on the Hot 100.[7] On the UK Singles Chart, "Heartbreaker" entered at number 14.[8]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[3]

• Justin Bieber − songwriting, production
• Maejor Ali − songwriting, production
• Chef Tone − songwriting, production
• Xavier Smith − songwriting
• T-Minus − songwriting, production

Charts

Chart performance for "Heartbreaker"

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[9]	30
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[10]	18
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[11]	8
Belgium Urban (Ultratop Flanders)[12]	2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[13]	15
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[14]	15
Denmark (Tracklisten)[15]	1
Finland Download (Latauslista)[16]	1
France (SNEP)[17]	26
Germany (Official German Charts)[18]	32
Greece Digital Songs (Billboard)[19]	3
Hungary (Single Top 40)[20]	12
Italy (FIMI)[21]	7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[22]	5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[23]	21
Norway (VG-lista)[24]	5
Scotland (OCC)[25]	21
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[26]	4
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[27]	47
UK Singles (OCC)[28]	14
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[29]	3
US Billboard Hot 100[30]	13

Certifications

Certifications for "Heartbreaker"

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[31]	Gold	500,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release date and format for "Heartbreaker"

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	October 7, 2013	Digital download	Island	[32]

References

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