Justin Bieber

Born Justin Drew Bieber
March 1, 1994 (age 21)
London, Ontario, Canada
Residence Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation
Singer songwriter record producer
Years active 2008–present
Home town Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Religion Christianity
Parent(s) Jeremy Jack Bieber
Patricia Mallette
Musical career
Genres
Pop teen pop[1] R&B[2]
Instruments
Vocals guitar[3]
Labels
Island Teen Island RBMG School Boy Def Jam
Associated acts
Usher Carly Rae Jepsen Jaden Smith Chris Brown Ludacris Big Sean
Website justinbiebermusic.com
Justin Drew Bieber (/ˈbiːbər/; born March 1, 1994)[4][5] is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and record producer. Bieber released his debut EP, My World, in late 2009. It was certified platinum in the U.S.[6] He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record chart on the Billboard Hot 100.[7] Bieber released his first full-length studio album, My World 2.0, in 2010. It debuted at or near number one in several countries and was certified triple platinum in the U.S.[8] It was preceded by his most successful single to date, "Baby".

Following his debut album, he had his first headlining tour, the My World Tour, released the remix albums My Worlds Acoustic and Never Say Never – The Remixes -- and the 3D biopic-concert film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never. He released his second studio album, Under the Mistletoe, in November 2011, when it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Bieber released his third studio album, Believe, in 2012. His fourth studio album Purpose was released in November 2015. His U.S. album and singles sales total 44.7 million.[9][10]

He has won numerous fan-voted awards, including American Music Award for Artist of the Year in 2010 and 2012. His fan base, dubbed "beliebers", largely consists of early to mid-adolescent girls. He was listed three times by Forbes magazine among the top ten most powerful celebrities in the world in 2011, 2012, and 2013.[11]

Early life

Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in London, Ontario, at St Joseph's Hospital,[12] and was raised in Stratford, Ontario.[13] He is the only child of Jeremy Jack Bieber and Patricia "Pattie" Mallette. Bieber's parents were never married.[14] Pattie raised her son with the help of her mother, Diane, and stepfather, Bruce.[15] His mother is of French-Canadian descent; his paternal great-grandfather was of German ancestry, and his other roots are English and Irish.[16][17][18] He has also stated that he believes that he has some undetermined Aboriginal Canadian ancestry.[19]

Through Jeremy, Bieber has two younger half-siblings, Jazmyn (born 2009) and Jaxon (born 2010).[20] 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.[21]

Bieber attended a French-language immersion elementary school in Stratford, the Jeanne Sauvé Catholic School.[15] Growing up, he learned to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet.[13][22] He graduated from high school in Stratford, Ontario, the St. Michael Catholic Secondary School in 2012[23] with a 4,0 GPA.[24] In early 2007, aged 12, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition in Stratford and was placed second.[22][25] 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.[26]

Career

2008–10: Career beginnings and My World

Bieber in 2010, displaying his earlier haircut.
While 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.[21] Impressed, Braun tracked down the theatre 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.[21] Bieber began singing for Usher one week later.[27]

Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher.[28] Justin Timberlake was also reportedly in the running to sign Bieber but lost the bidding war to Usher.[28][29] 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.[30] 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][26][28][30] Bieber then moved to Atlanta with his mother to pursue further work with Braun and Usher.[28] Braun became Bieber's manager in 2008.[26]

Bieber's first single, "One Time", was released to radio while Bieber was still recording his debut album.[31] The song reached number 12 on the Canadian Hot 100 during its first week of release in July 2009[26] and later peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. During fall 2009, it had success in international markets.[32] The song was certified platinum in Canada and the US and gold in Australia and New Zealand.[33][34][35] 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.[32]

"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 lat


Filmography

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
2010 Cubed Pizzi's Best Friend Episode: "2.10"
2010; 2011 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jason McCann 2 episodes
2011 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never[191] Himself Concert film
2012 Katy Perry: Part of Me Himself Cameo
2012 Zendaya: Behind the Scenes Himself Cameo
2013 Justin Bieber's Believe Himself Concert film
2014 Behaving Badly Prisoner Cameo
2016 Zoolander No. 2 Himself Cameo
Guest appearances
Year Title Role Notes
2009 True Jackson, VP Himself Episode: "True Concert"
2010 Silent Library Himself Episode: "2.3"
2010 School Gyrls Himself TV movie
2010 Saturday Night Live Himself Episode: "Tina Fey/Justin Bieber"
2011 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Himself[192] Episode: "The Brown Family"
2011 Khloé & Lamar Himself (uncredited) Episode: "The Father in Law"
2011 So Random! Himself Episode: "Justin Bieber"
2011 Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory Himself Episode: "Welcome, Big Black"
2011 David Haye Versus Himself Episode 2
2012 Punk'd Himself 2 episodes
2012 Ridiculousness Himself Episode: "2.1"
2013 Saturday Night Live Himself (host/musical guest) Episode: "Justin Bieber"
2013 The Simpsons Himself (voice) Episode: "The Fabulous Faker Boy"[193]
2015 Comedy Central Roast Himself (roastee) TV special
2015 Repeat After Me Himself 1 episode
2015 The Doctors Himself
Discography

Main article: Justin Bieber discography
My World 2.0 (2010)
Under the Mistletoe (2011)
Believe (2012)
Purpose (2015)
Tours

Urban Behavior Tour (2009)
My World Tour (2010–11)
Believe Tour (2012–13)
Purpose World Tour (2016)