"Believe" secures the 18-year-old singer his fourth No. 1 album.

It follows 2009's "My World," 2011's "Never Say Never: The Remixes," and his holiday set, "Under The Mistletoe."

The new album knocked off last week's chart-topper, "Looking 4 Myself," by Bieber's mentor Usher.

"Believe" also outsold Madonna's "MDNA," which debuted with just under 360,000 copies earlier this year.

However, it was unable to top the year's best sales week for an album, which went to Adele's "21," selling 730,000 copies in the week following her six Grammy Award wins in February.