Purpose is the fourth
studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter
Justin Bieber. It was released on November 13, 2015, by
Def Jam Recordings and
School Boy Records. It serves as the follow-up to Bieber's third studio album
Believe (2012) and was quickly developed after the release of his collection,
Journals (2013), which saw him in a more
R&B direction. Working throughout a period of almost three years on the album, Bieber struggled to find a musical direction for the record and scrapped it many times until he became satisfied with its ending result that matched with his mindset of having a cohesive sound.