What Justin Bieber Did At Coachella 2026

Bieber opened his 90-minute headlining set with 11 tracks from Swag and Swag II before shifting into a stripped-down, improvisational interlude that unfolded onstage with a laptop and archival clips from his early career. At one point, he scrolled through YouTube on a laptop, taking song requests from fans before singing along to old videos of himself performing "Beauty and a Beat," "Never Say Never," "All That Matters," and more. He also played footage of himself walking into a glass door, falling through a hole onstage, and his viral "standing on business" standoff with paparazzi.

He also brought out The Kid LAROI for "Stay," and later Tems, WizKid, Dijon, and Mk.gee, who played guitar as Bieber closed the show with “Daisies.”

Critics were divided on the show’s deliberately low-key structure. Variety's Chris Willman described it as feeling like "Personal Time With Justin," noting its emphasis on mood over spectacle. But the streaming numbers told a different story.

Justin Bieber's Coachella Streaming Numbers Are Staggering

Justin Bieber’s music was streamed 24.6 million times in the United States on April 12 — the day after his Coachella set — according to preliminary data from Luminate. That marked a 54% increase over April 11 and a 74% surge over April 10. Compared to the previous Sunday, April 5, his catalog earned a 211% gain.

Globally, Bieber’s catalog surpassed 77 million streams in a single day, his biggest streaming day of the year. He reached number 1 on Spotify's Global Top Artist chart, with 21 of his songs entering Spotify's Global Top 200 — the most of any artist following a festival set.

His song catalog also sold 3,000 digital downloads on April 12, up 297% from 1,000 the day before.

Why "Beauty And A Beat" With Nicki Minaj Is Number One Right Now

The song that climbed highest was not from Swag or Swag II. It was a track from 2012.

"Beauty and a Beat," Bieber’s collaboration with Nicki Minaj, debuted at number 1 on the Worldwide Apple Music Song Chart following the Coachella performance, with other tracks including "Baby" and "Daisies" following at fifth and sixth place respectively. April 16 saw the track reach #1 on the global Apple Music singles chart for the first time ever, per Chartdata.

On Spotify’s Global Daily chart, "Beauty and a Beat" reached 1.2 million streams on April 12 alone, up 76% — the top-performing non-Swag song in his catalog that day.

The song was produced by Zedd and released in October 2012 as part of Bieber's album Believe. It peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time of its release. It is now charting again in 2026, fourteen years later, because a 32-year-old played it off a YouTube tab at a desert music festival.

Nicki Minaj And Hailey Bieber Both Reacted

The milestone was celebrated on social media by Hailey Bieber, who shared a screenshot on her Instagram Stories, and by Nicki Minaj in a series of posts on X. "We didn’t know it then but this was the golden age for a certain generation," Nicki wrote alongside a clip from the music video. "Every song felt this big and magical. The writers, producers, artists, labels, everyone took this genuine, unquantifiable energy for granted."

The Broader Justin Bieber Catalog Effect

"Beauty and a Beat" was not alone. Spotify reported a global surge of around 250% across Bieber’s full catalog following the set. "U Smile" climbed 600%, "One Love" rose 550%, "Never Say Never" was up 320%, "As Long As You Love Me" up 340%, and "Favorite Girl" — which Bieber had not performed live in over a decade — jumped 310%.

Bieber placed 13 songs on the Spotify Daily Top Songs U.S. chart, with "Daisies" in the top 25 and "Yukon" in the top 40. SWAG album consumption in the U.S. was up 80% week-to-date, pacing toward its biggest week of 2026.

Justin Bieber will headline Coachella weekend 2 on Saturday, April 18.