Justin Bieber scores new record with acoustic album

Justin Bieber has become the youngest artist ever to land five number one albums in the U.S. after charting high with his new release Believe Acoustic on Wednesday (06Feb13).

The pop superstar has debuted the album at number one on the Billboard 200 countdown with 211,000 copies sold.

The album has also topped iTunes downloads charts in 63 countries.

Bieber is one of only nine artists in Billboard history to have a number one album for four consecutive years.

Opera star Andrea Bocelli also debuts high on the new chart - his 14th studio album, Passione, puts him at number two on the countdown, while Canadian sister act Tegan & Sara enter at three with Heartthrob, and R&B singer Charlie Wilson makes it a one-two-three-four of debuts at four with Love, Charlie.