<P> In the United Kingdom, "What Do You Mean?" debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart for the week ending September 10, 2015, with a combined sales total of 84,000 units . It surpassed his previous best sales week of 55,000, which "Boyfriend" had sold in April 2012, and marked Bieber's first chart - topping song in Britain . The track broke the highest first - week streams record in the country with 3.2 million streams, surpassing the stream tally of 2.03 million set by One Direction's "Drag Me Down". In its second week, the song descended to number two, however, it broke the country's all - time streaming record, with 3.87 million streams in seven days, later surpassed by Adele's "Hello" (which streamed 7.32 million times in November 2015, almost doubling the record). After three weeks since its release, the song remained as the most streamed track in the country and returned to the number one spot for another two weeks . On October 2, the song was knocked off the top spot by Sam Smith's "Writing's on the Wall", but a week later, it returned to the number one spot for another two weeks . This means that it has spent five non-consecutive weeks at number one in the UK Singles Chart . Bieber became only the fourth person to have the same single reach number one on the UK Singles Chart on three separate occasions . The other songs to top the chart three separate times are Frankie Laine's "I Believe", Guy Mitchell's "Singing the Blues" and Pharrell Williams' "Happy".' What Do You Mean?' was the ninth best - selling single of 2015 in the UK with combined sales of 988,000 copies . </P> <P> In Australia, "What Do You Mean" debuted atop the ARIA Singles Chart on September 5, becoming Bieber's first number - one single on the chart . The song spent four consecutive weeks on top of the chart, becoming the second - longest running chart - topping track for 2015 and gaining a platinum certification from the Australian Recording Industry Association . On October 3, Bieber was knocked off the top by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's "Downtown". "What Do You Mean" also debuted at the top of the charts in both New Zealand and Ireland, becoming his first number - one single in both countries . It spent seven consecutive weeks at number one in Ireland, and eight consecutive weeks at number one in New Zealand . </P> <P> A lyric video for "What Do You Mean?", directed by Laban and featuring skateboarders Ryan Sheckler and Chelsea Castro, was released on August 28, 2015 . The music video, directed by Brad Furman and starring John Leguizamo and Xenia Deli, premiered on August 30, 2015 following the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards . As of July 2018, the video has amassed over 1.9 billion views on YouTube, making it the 26th most viewed video on the site . </P> <P> The video starts off with a man (played by Leguizamo) waiting at a stop sign in front of a motel in the rain . A dark hooded figure (revealed to be Bieber) walks to the man . It is realized that Bieber is in debt to him, and then gives him money and is promised to do one job: protect a girl, who is his love interest, as Bieber then walks away . As the song begins, it cuts to a neon - lighted hotel room, where the girl that was mentioned earlier is . Bieber knocks on the door, is let in, and they end up making love . As Bieber sings the second verse of the song, a group of masked men burst in . They tie, then kidnap the two . It then cuts to the pair tied up in an abandoned warehouse . They eventually use a lighter to burn the rope and escape . When the masked men discover they've escaped they chase after them . They open a door, only to find themselves peering at the road below . With the men nearing, Bieber jumps out, then the girl . They land safely on an inflatable mat . We then see Leguizamo, who reveals himself as the leader of the masked men, as he's greeted by Bieber . They're now in an underground skating party, as Bieber sings the rest of the song . The video ends with Bieber standing alone in the dark, in the skatepark . </P>

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