 As executive producers, mentor Usher and manager Scooter Braun enlisted collaborators including Darkchild, Hit-Boy, Diplo and Max Martin with the intention of creating a mature-sounding project.Upon its release, "Believe" received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who appreciated its progression from Bieber's earlier works.It debuted at number one on the US "Billboard" 200 albums chart with first-week sales of 374,000 copies, and was later certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales exceeding one million units.