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Justin Bieber
Justin Drew Bieber (/ˈbiːbər/; born March 1, 1994)[2][3] is a Canadian
Justin Bieber
singer, actor and songwriter. After a talent manager discovered him
through his YouTube videos covering songs in 2008 and he signed to
RBMG, Bieber released his debut EP, My World, in late 2009. It was
certified platinum in the U.S.[4] He became the first artist to have seven
songs from a debut record chart on the Billboard Hot 100.[5] Bieber
released his first full-length studio album, My World 2.0, in 2010. It
debuted at or near number one in several countries, was certified triple
platinum in the U.S.,[4] and contained his single "Baby".

Following his debut album and promotional tours, he released his 3D

biopic-concert film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never and his second studio
album, Under the Mistletoe (2011), which debuted at number one on the
Billboard 200. His third studio album, Believe (2012) generated the
single "Boyfriend", which reached number one in Canada. His fourth
studio album Purpose was released in 2015, spawning three number one
singles: "What Do You Mean?", "Sorry", and "Love Yourself". Afterwards,
Bieber was featured on several successful collaborations, including "Cold Bieber in 2015
Water", "Let Me Love You", "Despacito (Remix)", and "I'm the One". His
Born Justin Drew
U.S. album and singles sales total 44.7 million.[4][6] He has sold an
Bieber
estimated 140 million records, making him one of the world’s best-selling
March 1, 1994
music artists, and became the second person to reach 100 million
London, Ontario,
followers on Twitter in August 2017 after Katy Perry.
Canada
Bieber has won numerous awards throughout his career, including the Occupation Singer ·
American Music Award for Artist of the Year in 2010 and 2012, a songwriter · actor
Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for the song "Where Are Ü Years active 2007–present
Now", and a Latin Grammy Award.[7] He has been listed four times by
Home town Stratford, Ontario,
Forbes magazine among the top ten most powerful celebrities in the
Canada
world, in 2011, 2012, and 2013.[8] In 2016, Bieber became the first artist
Musical career
to surpass 10 billion total video views on Vevo.[9]
Genres Pop · R&B
Instruments Vocals · drums ·

Contents guitar[1]
Labels Island · Teen
Early life
Island · RBMG ·
Career
School Boy · Def
2008–2010: Career beginnings and My World
Jam
2010–2011: My World 2.0 and Never Say Never
2011–2015: Believe, Journals, and other appearances Associated acts Carly Rae Jepsen

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2015–present: Purpose, collaborations and upcoming fifth studio · Diplo · Lil Twist ·
album
Skrillex · Usher
Artistry
Musical style Website justinbiebermusic
Influences .com (http://justin
Voice biebermusic.com)
Endorsements and business ventures
Public image
General
YouTube and Twitter
Personal life
Beliefs and relationsips
Philanthropy
Legal issues and controversies
Achievements
Discography
Filmography
Tours
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Early life
Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in London, Ontario, at St Joseph's Hospital,[10] and was raised in Stratford,
Ontario.[11] He is the only child of Jeremy Jack Bieber and Patricia "Pattie" Mallette. Bieber's parents were never
married.[12] Pattie, who was underaged at the time of giving birth, raised her son with the help of her mother, Diane,
and stepfather, Bruce.[13] His mother is of French-Canadian descent; his paternal great-grandfather was of German
ancestry, and his other roots are English, Scottish and Irish.[14][15][16] He has also claimed that he has some
undetermined Aboriginal Canadian ancestry.[17]

Through Jeremy, Bieber has two younger half-siblings, Jazmyn (born 2009) and Jaxon (born 2010).[18] Pattie worked
a series of low-paying office jobs, raising Bieber as a single mother in low-income housing. Bieber has maintained
contact with his father.[19]

Bieber attended a French-language immersion elementary school in Stratford, the Jeanne Sauvé Catholic School.[13]
Growing up, he learned to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet.[11][20] He graduated from high school in
Stratford, Ontario, the St. Michael Catholic Secondary School in 2012[21] with a 4.0 GPA.[22] In early 2007, aged 12,
Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition in Stratford and was placed second.[20][23] Mallette
posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of
Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Bieber's popularity on the site grew.[24]

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Career

2008–2010: Career beginnings and My World

When searching for videos of a different singer, Scooter Braun, a former marketing executive of So So Def Recordings,
clicked on one of Bieber's 2007 videos by accident.[19] Impressed, Braun tracked down the theatre that Bieber was
performing in, located Bieber's school, and finally contacted Mallette, who was reluctant because of Braun's Judaism.
She remembered praying, "God, I gave him to you. You could send me a Christian man, a Christian label!", and, "God,
you don't want this Jewish kid to be Justin's man, do you?" However, church elders convinced her to let Bieber go
with Braun. At 13, Bieber went to Atlanta, Georgia, with Braun to record demo tapes.[19] Bieber began singing for
Usher one week later.[25]

Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint
venture between Braun and Usher.[26] Justin Timberlake was also
reportedly in the running to sign Bieber but lost the bidding war to
Usher.[26][27] Usher then sought assistance in finding a label home for the
artist from then manager Chris Hicks, who helped engineer an audition
with his contact L.A. Reid of The Island Def Jam Music Group.[28] Reid
signed Bieber to Island Records in October 2008 (resulting in a joint
venture between RBMG and Island Records) and appointed Hicks as
executive Vice-President of Def Jam, where he could manage Bieber's
career at the label.[1][24][26][28] Bieber then moved to Atlanta with his
mother to pursue further work with Braun and Usher.[26] Braun became
Bieber in 2010, displaying his
Bieber's manager in 2008.[24]
trademark earlier haircut.
Bieber's first single, "One Time", was released to radio while Bieber was
still recording his debut album.[29] The song reached number 12 on the
Canadian Hot 100 during its first week of release in July 2009[24] and later peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot
100. During fall 2009, it had success in international markets.[30] The song was certified platinum in Canada and the
US and gold in Australia and New Zealand.[31][32][33] His first release, an extended play entitled My World, was
released on November 17, 2009. The album's second single, "One Less Lonely Girl", and two promo singles, "Love Me"
and "Favorite Girl", were released exclusively on the iTunes Store and charted within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot
100.[30]

"One Less Lonely Girl" was later also released to radio and peaked within the top 20 in Canada and the US, and was
certified gold in the latter.[30] My World was eventually certified platinum in the US and double platinum in both
Canada and the United Kingdom.[34][35] To promote the album, Bieber performed on several live shows such as
mtvU's VMA 09 Tour, European program The Dome, YTV's The Next Star, The Today Show,[36][37] The Wendy
Williams Show, Lopez Tonight, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, It's On with Alexa Chung, Good Morning America,
Chelsea Lately, and BET's 106 & Park. Bieber also guest starred in an episode of True Jackson, VP in late 2009.[38]

Bieber performed Ron Miller and Bryan Wells's "Someday at Christmas" for US President Barack Obama and first
lady Michelle Obama at the White House for Christmas in Washington, which aired on December 20, 2009, on US
television broadcaster TNT.[39] Bieber was also one of the performers for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with

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Ryan Seacrest, on December 31, 2009.[40] Bieber was a presenter at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards on January 31,
2010. He was invited to be a vocalist for the remake of "We Are the World" (a song written by Michael Jackson and
Lionel Richie) for its 25th anniversary to benefit Haiti after the earthquake. Bieber sings the opening line, which was
sung by Lionel Richie in the original version.[41]

On March 12, 2010, a version of K'naan's "Wavin' Flag", recorded by a collective of Canadian musicians known as
Young Artists for Haiti, was released. Bieber is featured in the song, performing the closing lines.[42]

2010–2011: My World 2.0 and Never Say Never

In January 2010, "Baby", was released from his debut album, My World 2.0. The song featured Ludacris, and became
an international hit. It charted at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaked at number three on the Canadian
Hot 100[43] and reached the top ten in several international markets.[30] Two promo singles "Never Let You Go", and
"U Smile" were top thirty hits on the US Hot 100, and top twenty hits in Canada.[30] According to review aggregator
Metacritic, the album has received generally favourable reviews.[44] It debuted at number one on the US Billboard
200, making Bieber the youngest solo male act to top the chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963.[45] My World 2.0 also
debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, Irish Albums Chart, Australian Albums Chart, and the New
Zealand Albums Chart[30] and reached the top ten of fifteen other countries.[46][47]

To promote the album, Bieber appeared on several live programs including The View, the 2010 Kids' Choice Awards,
Nightline, Late Show with David Letterman, The Dome and 106 & Park.[48] Sean Kingston appeared on the album's
next single, "Eenie Meenie". The song reached the top ten in the United Kingdom and Australia, and the top-twenty of
most other markets. On April 10, 2010, Bieber was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live.[49] On July 4, 2010,
Bieber performed at the Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular in New York City.[50] The following single from
My World 2.0, "Somebody to Love", was released in April 2010, and a remix was released featuring Bieber's mentor
Usher. On June 23, 2010, Bieber went on his first official headlining tour, the My World Tour, starting in Hartford,
Connecticut, to promote My World and My World 2.0. In July 2010, it was reported that Bieber was the most
searched for celebrity on the Internet.[51] That same month his music video for "Baby", surpassed Lady Gaga's "Bad
Romance" to become the most viewed, and also the most disliked YouTube video ever.[52][53] However, Taylor Swift's
Blank Space surpassed its number of views in 2015.[54] In September 2010, it was reported that Bieber accounted for
three per cent of all traffic on Twitter, according to an employee of the social-networking site.[55]

In Bieber's second album, because of puberty, his voice was deeper than it
was in his first album.[56] In April 2010, the singer discussing his vocals
remarked, "It cracks. Like every teenage boy, I'm dealing with it and I
have the best vocal coach in the world. [...] Some of the notes I hit on
"Baby" I can't hit any more. We have to lower the key when I sing
live."[57] Bieber guest-starred in the season premiere of the CBS crime
drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, which aired on September 23,
2010. He played a "troubled teen who is faced with a difficult decision
Bieber performing in Jakarta during
regarding his only brother", who is also a serial bomber. Bieber was also
his My World Tour
in a subsequent episode which aired on February 17, 2011, in which his
character is killed.[58] Bieber performed a medley of "U Smile", "Baby",
and "Somebody to Love" and briefly played the drums at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12,

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2010.[59] Bieber announced in October 2010 that he would be releasing an acoustic album, called My Worlds
Acoustic.[60] It was released on November 26, 2010 in the United States and featured acoustic versions of songs from
his previous albums, and accompanied the release of a new song titled "Pray".[61] In 2012, he was awarded the Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

A 3-D part-biopic, part-concert film starring Bieber entitled Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, was released on
February 11, 2011, directed by Step Up 3D director Jon Chu. It topped the box office with an estimated gross of $12.4
million on its opening day from 3,105 theatres.[62] It grossed $30.3 million for the weekend and was narrowly beaten
by the romantic comedy Just Go with It, which grossed $31 million.[63] Never Say Never reportedly exceeded industry
expectations, nearly matching the $31.1 million grossed by Miley Cyrus's 2008 3-D concert film, Hannah Montana &
Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, which holds the record for the top debut for a music-documentary.[64]
Never Say Never grossed a total of $98,441,954 worldwide.[65] The film is accompanied by his second remix album,
Never Say Never – The Remixes, released February 14, 2011, and features remixes of songs from his debut album,
with guest appearances from Miley Cyrus, Chris Brown, and Kanye West, among others.[66] In June 2011, Bieber was
ranked No. 2 on the Forbes list of Best-Paid Celebrities under 30. He is the youngest star, and 1 of 7 musicians on the
list, having raked in $53 million in a 12-month period.[67] On November 1, 2011, Bieber released the Christmas-
themed Under the Mistletoe, his second studio album. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 210,000 copies
in its first week of release.[68]

2011–2015: Believe, Journals, and other appearances

In late 2011, Bieber began recording his third studio album, entitled Believe. The following week, Bieber appeared on
The Ellen DeGeneres Show to announce that the first single would be called "Boyfriend" and would be released on
March 26, 2012.[69] The song debuted at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, selling a total of 521,000
digital units, the second-highest-ever debut digital sales week.[70] Bill Werde of Billboard noted that it failed to debut
at number one because the digital download of the track was available only through iTunes Store, "restricting the
buying option for those that do not frequent the Apple retail store".[71] "Boyfriend" became Bieber's first single ever to
reach the top position on the Canadian Hot 100 by debuting at number one and staying on for one week.[70]

His third studio album, Believe was released on June 19, 2012, by Island Records.
The album marks a musical departure from the teen pop sound of his previous
releases, and incorporates elements of dance-pop and R&B genres.[72] Intent on
developing a more "mature" sound, Bieber collaborated with a wide range of
urban producers for the release as well as some long-time collaborators, including
Darkchild, Hit-Boy, Diplo, and Max Martin. Entertainment Weekly praised
Bieber's musical shift, calling the album both a "reinvention and a
reintroduction".[73] Rolling Stone noted the deeper voice and more "intense" beats
found on the album, although it lampooned one of his euphemisms for newfound
sexual maturity ("If you spread your wings, you can fly away with me").[74] Believe
debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, becoming his fourth number-one
album.[75][76][77] The album sold 57,000 copies in its first week in Canada, Bieber performing during his
Believe Tour in October
debuting atop the Canadian Albums Chart.[78]
2012.

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