Justin Bieber Wants Kehlani to Know He Had the First No. 1 R&B Album of 2020

Bieber attempted to correct Kehlani after she called on her fans to help make her sophomore album the first "strictly R&B" effort to top the charts this year.

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Kehlani's sophomore album, It Was Good Until It Wasn't, is racking up impressive numbers within its first week. Early projections indicate the effort has a strong chance of debuting at No. 1, but is in a tight race with Nav's Good Intentions and Drake's Dark Lane Demo Tapes. So, in an effort to gain an edge, Kehlani called on her fans to continue streaming the album, and help make it the first R&B project to top the charts "in a long time."

"Last day to stream to get the first strictly RNB first week #1 album in a long time," she wrote on Instagram. "Our genre isn’t dead, our genre deserves! ... stream awayyy!"

Shortly after Kehlani shared the post, Justin Bieber took to the comments section with a correction: "Changes was rnb ;)"

Kehlani asks fans to continue supporting ‘IT WAS GOOD UNTIL IT WASN’T’ in order to get a strictly R&B album to #1 on the Billboard 200.

Justin Bieber comments that his ‘Changes’ album was R&B, sparking a conversation about what defines the R&B genre. pic.twitter.com/osLRW6lPuE

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) May 14, 2020

Though many consider Bieber a pop artist, his 2020 studio album, Changes, has been classified as R&B. The project, which included a guest appearance by Kehlani, not only debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, it also earned Bieber his first No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Top R&B Albums charts. But despite this fact, not everyone is convinced Changes deserves the R&B designation. You can read some of the reactions to Biebs' comment below.

Kehlani posted about hoping to get the first #1 R&B album in a long time and Justin Bieber in the comments talking about “Changes was R&B”

Was it? pic.twitter.com/K6HgQZNnbK

— Jarrell Brown (@JarrellBrownn) May 14, 2020

I don’t care what Justin Bieber thinks no music he makes is R&B. NONE

Just because he says it don’t make it so - 😂😂😂

— Brandon Michael (@BrandnMichael) May 15, 2020

Justin Bieber really said his latest album was r&b... to who babes...

— Nia 🦦 (@NIAAAA21) May 14, 2020

This is bullshit for Bieber to do. Even if you do categorize your album as R&B, don’t hop on her socials to downplay what’s she’s doing and promote yourself. Corny. https://t.co/mLSNTykhlM

— Nathan Graham (@TheNathanGraham) May 14, 2020

ok hold the fuck on.. if justin bieber is rly out here thinking CHANGES was R&B... the man has clearly never heard an R&B record in his life... https://t.co/gZZ7Jb66ik

— anthony (@MILEYSANTHONY) May 14, 2020

Justin Bieber needs to leave kehlani alone. Changes was pop. Let the good sis get her R&B album to the top of the charts where it belongs.

— Jenaé thee Music Attorney (@musesofsteele) May 14, 2020

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