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Justin Bieber

"Bieber" redirects here. For other uses, see Bieber

(disambiguation).

Justin Drew Bieber (/ˈbiːbər/; born March 1,

1994) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who lives
in the United States. After talent manager
Scooter Braun discovered his YouTube videos
covering songs, he was signed to RBMG in
2008. Bieber then released his debut EP, My
World, in late 2009. It was certified platinum in
the US; he became the first artist to have seven
songs from a debut record chart on the
Billboard Hot 100.[4] Bieber released his first
studio album, My World 2.0, in 2010. It debuted
at number one in several countries, was
certified triple platinum in the US,[5] and
contained his single "Baby", which debuted at
number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and sold
12 million units.

Justin Bieber

Bieber in 2015

Born Justin Drew Bieber

March 1, 1994
(age 25)[1][2]

London, Ontario,
Canada

Residence Los Angeles, California,

U.S.

Nationality Canadian

Occupation Singer ·songwriter

Years active 2007–present

Home town Stratford, Ontario,

Canada

Spouse(s) Hailey Baldwin

(m. 2018)

Awards List of awards and

nominations

Musical career

Genres Pop ·R&B

Instruments Vocals ·drums ·guitar[3]

Labels Island ·Teen Island ·

RBMG ·School Boy ·

Def Jam

Associated acts Big Sean ·

Chance the Rapper ·

Diplo ·Lil Twist ·Skrillex ·

Travis Scott ·Halsey ·

Usher ·Post Malone

Website justinbiebermusic.com

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 Water", "Let Me
Love You", "Despacito (Remix)", and "I'm the
One". His US album and singles sales total 44.7
million.[5][6] He has sold an estimated 140
million records, making him one of the world's
best-selling music artists, and became the
second person to reach 100 million followers on
Twitter in August 2017 after Katy Perry.

Bieber has won numerous awards throughout

his career, including an American Music Award
for Artist of the Year in 2010 and 2012, a
Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for
the song "Where Are Ü Now", and a Latin
Grammy Award.[7] He has been listed three
times by Forbes magazine among the top ten
most powerful celebrities in the world, in 2011,
2012, and 2013.[8] In 2016, Bieber became the
first artist to surpass 10 billion total video views
on Vevo.[9] He is married to model Hailey
Baldwin.[10]

Early life

Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in London,

Ontario, at St Joseph's Hospital,[11] and was
raised in Stratford, Ontario.[12] He is the only
child of Jeremy Jack Bieber and Patricia
"Pattie" Mallette. Bieber's parents were never
married.[13] Mallette, who was underaged at the
time of giving birth, raised her son with the help
of her mother, Diane, and stepfather, Bruce.[14]
His mother is of French-Canadian descent; his
paternal great-grandfather was of German
ancestry, and his other roots are English,
Scottish and Irish.[15][16][17] He has also claimed
that he has some undetermined Aboriginal
Canadian ancestry.[18]

Through Jeremy, Bieber has three younger half-

siblings. Jeremy and his ex-girlfriend Erin
Wagner have two children, a daughter Jazmyn
and a son Jaxon. They broke up after seven
years in 2014.[19] Jeremy later married his
girlfriend Chelsey in February 2018, and they
have a daughter together named Bay.[20][21]
Bieber also has a step sister named Allie, the
daughter of his step mother.[22] 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.[23]

Bieber attended a French-language immersion

elementary school in Stratford, the Jeanne
Sauvé Catholic School.[14] Growing up, he
learned to play the piano, drums, guitar, and
trumpet.[12][24] He graduated from high school in
Stratford, Ontario, the St. Michael Catholic
Secondary School in 2012[25] with a 4.0 GPA.[26]
In early 2007, aged 12, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's
"So Sick" for a local singing competition in
Stratford and was placed second.[24][27] 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.[28] In the same year,
Bieber busked shows in front of Avon Theatre
steps during tourism season.

Career

2008–2009: 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.[23]
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.[23]
Bieber began singing for Usher one week
later.[29]

Bieber in 2010, displaying his

trademark earlier haircut

Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun

Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between
Braun and Usher.[30] Justin Timberlake was also
reportedly in the running to sign Bieber but lost
the bidding war to Usher.[30][31] 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.[32] 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.[3][28][30][32] Bieber then
moved to Atlanta with his mother to pursue
further work with Braun and Usher.[30] Braun
became Bieber's manager in 2008.[28]

Bieber's first single, "One Time", was released

to radio while Bieber was still recording his
debut album.[33] The song reached number 12
on the Canadian Hot 100 during its first week of
release in July 2009[28] and later peaked at
number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. During fall
2009, it had success in international markets.[34]
The song was certified platinum in Canada and
the US and gold in Australia and New
Zealand.[35][36][37] 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.[34]

"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.[34] My World was eventually certified
platinum in the US and double platinum in both
Canada and the United Kingdom.[38][39] 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,[40][41] 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.[42]

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.[43] Bieber was also
one of the performers for Dick Clark's New
Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest, on
December 31, 2009.[44]

2010–2011: My World 2.0 and Never

Say Never

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.[45]

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.[46]

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[47] and reached the top ten in several
international markets.[34] 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.[34] According to review
aggregator Metacritic, the album has received
generally favourable reviews.[48] 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.[49] 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[34] and reached the top ten of
fifteen other countries.[50][51]

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.[52] 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.[53] On
July 4, 2010, Bieber performed at the Macy's
Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular in New
York City.[54] 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. Bieber featured in Soulja Boy's
single in May 2010, titled "Rich Girl".[55] In July
2010, it was reported that Bieber was the most
searched for celebrity on the Internet.[56] 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.[57][58] However,
Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" surpassed its
number of views in 2015.[59] 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.[60]

Bieber performing in Jakarta during

his My World Tour

In Bieber's second album, because of puberty,

his voice was deeper than it was in his first
album.[61] 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."[62]
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 regarding his only
brother", who is also a serial bomber. Bieber
was also in a subsequent episode which aired
on February 17, 2011, in which his character is
killed.[63] 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, 2010.[64]
Bieber announced in October 2010 that he
would be releasing an acoustic album, called
My Worlds Acoustic.[65] 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".[66]

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.[67] It
grossed $30.3 million for the weekend and was
narrowly beaten by the romantic comedy Just
Go with It, which grossed $31 million.[68] 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.[69]
Never Say Never grossed a total of $98,441,954
worldwide.[70] 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.[71] One song from the album, "That
Should Be Me (remix)", featured with American
country band Rascal Flatts, won him his first
award in country music for Collaborative Video
of the Year in CMT Music Awards in June 2011.
Time magazine named Bieber one of the 100
most influential people in the world on their
annual list.[72] 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.[73] The same
month, his collaborative single "Next to You"
with American singer Chris Brown has released.
The unfinished video for that song was leaked
online on June 6, and the official video was
released on June 17. 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.[74]
The first single from the album, "Mistletoe"
peaked at number one on the US Billboard
Holiday Digital Songs chart.[75] Bieber re-
recorded Mariah Carey's single "All I Want For
Christmas Is You" with Carey as well for the
album.[76]

2012–2014: 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.[77] 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.[78] 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".[79] "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.[78] Bieber featured
in American hip hop group Far East
Movement's song "Live My Live" from their
fourth studio album Dirty Bass in February
2012. The song has emerged online, five days
before its scheduled release date.[80] First
promotional single from the album, "Die in Your
Arms" was released on May 29, 2012 and
second promotional single, "All Around the
World" featured with American rapper Ludacris
followed the next week.[81][82] Second single
from Believe, "As Long as You Love Me"
featured with rapper Big Sean was released on
June 11, 2012. It peaked at number six on the
Billboard Hot 100.[83]

Bieber performing during his

Believe Tour in October 2012

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.[84] 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".[85] 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").[86] Believe
debuted at number one on the Billboard 200,
becoming his fourth number-one
album.[87][88][89] The album sold 57,000 copies
in its first week in Canada, debuting atop the
Canadian Albums Chart.[90] The final single from
the album, "Beauty and a Beat" featured with
rapper Nicki Minaj was released in October
2012. The music video held the record for the
most video views in 24 hours when it was
released, with 10.6 million views.[91] Bieber was
featured on "Beautiful", the single from Carly
Rae Jepsen' second studio album, Kiss.[92] In
2012, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II
Diamond Jubilee Medal.

The Believe Tour, which further promoted the

album, began in September 2012 in Glendale,
Arizona.[93] On December 14, 2012, Bieber
appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where
he announced plans to release an acoustic
album titled Believe Acoustic, which was
released on January 29, 2013.[94]

Bieber returned to Saturday Night Live as the

host and musical guest on the February 9, 2013
episode. His appearance was panned by
critics[95][96] and cast members, including Kate
McKinnon, who stated that Bieber was not
comfortable with his hosting duties, and Bill
Hader, who stated that he did not enjoy the
presence of Bieber or his entourage. Hader
added that in his eight years on the program,
Bieber was the only host who lived up to his
reputation.[97][98]

On March 7, 2013, Bieber fainted backstage at

London's O2 Arena after complaining of
breathing problems throughout his performance
and was taken to the hospital.[99] Bieber
cancelled his second Lisbon, Portugal concert
at the Pavilhão Atlântico, which was to be held
on March 12, because of low ticket sales. The
concert on March 11 went on.[100] In mid-
August 2013, a remixed duet version of Michael
Jackson's previously unreleased song "Slave To
The Rhythm", featuring Justin Bieber leaked
online.[101] In response to criticism over this
remix, the MJ Estate had not authorized release
of this recording, and has since made attempts
to remove the song from as many sites and
YouTube channels as possible.[102] Later, a song
titled "Twerk" by rapper Lil Twist, featuring
Bieber as well as Miley Cyrus, also leaked.[103]
In September, Bieber was featured in Maejor
Ali' song "Lolly" with Juicy J.[104] A music video
for "Melodies", the debut single of Madison
Beer, was released in the same month featuring
Bieber in a cameo.[105]

On October 3, 2013, Bieber announced that he

would release a new song every Monday for 10
weeks as a lead-up to the film Justin Bieber's
Believe, which entered production in May 2012
and was released on December 25, 2013. The
film is a follow-up to Justin Bieber: Never Say
Never, and Jon M. Chu returned to
direct.[106][107][108] The first song of Music
Mondays, "Heartbreaker", was released on
October 7. The second song, "All That
Matters", was released on October 14, followed
by "Hold Tight" on October 21, "Recovery" on
October 28, "Bad Day" on November 4, and
"All Bad" on November 11. The seventh song,
"PYD" featuring R. Kelly, was released on
November 18; it was followed by "Roller