in august 2016, bell's first hit song, "let me love you" by justin bieber, dj snake, and co-written with a longtime collaborator andrew watt, made its chart-topping debut. bell co-wrote and vocal produced the frank dukes & metro boomin co-production "congratulations", "stoney"'s lead single, which debuted at top 10 on the "billboard" hot 100 chart followed by "rockstar", the lead single of malone's second album, "beerbongs & bentleys", which held the no. 1 spot on "billboard"'s hot 100 chart for eight straight weeks.