<P> On April 16, 2017, Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee released a remix for their song "Despacito" featuring Justin Bieber . The song was Justin's first release in 2017 and the first in which he sings in Spanish . The remix boosted the original song to the Hot 100's Top 10, being the first mostly Spanish language top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 since Macarena in 1996 . The remix is the most viewed song of all time on the crowdsourced media knowledge base Genius, with 21.2 million views . </P> <P> He, along with Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne provided vocals on DJ Khaled's single "I'm the One", released on April 28, 2017 . The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 . One week later, Despacito topped the charts in the U.S., making the single the first mostly Spanish - language Hot 100 No. 1 in more than 20 years, becoming his fifth number one single and it made Bieber the first artist ever to notch new No. 1s in back - to - back weeks . On June 9, 2017, French DJ David Guetta's single "2U", in which Bieber was featured, was released . The music video to "2U" is Victoria's Secret models lip synching to the song . </P> <P> On August 17, 2017, Bieber released the single "Friends" with American record producer and songwriter BloodPop . Songwriters Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter reunited with Bieber to construct the song, just as they helped create his single "Sorry" in 2015 on his studio album Purpose . Bieber did not attend the 2018 Grammy Awards Show to perform the nominated song "Despacito", claiming that he would not make any award show appearances until his next album was finished . </P> <P> Bieber's music is mainly pop, while he also incorporates elements of R&B . In 2010, Jody Rosen of Rolling Stone asserted that the content of his music was "offering a gentle introduction to the mysteries and heartaches of adolescence: songs flushed with romance but notably free of sex itself ." But since then, Bieber gradually altered his artistry, with Peter Gicas of E! Online describing "PYD" as "sexed - up". After his hit in 2015 on Jack Ü's track Where R Ü Now, Bieber released the EDM - fueled album Purpose a collaboration with Diplo, DJ Snake and Major Lazer . </P>

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