Justin Bieber

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Justin Drew Bieber was born on March
1, 1994 at St. Joseph's Hospital in London, Ontario,
Canada and was raised in Stratford, Ontario. He is
the son of Pattie Mallette and Jeremy Bieber. He is
of French-Canadian, Irish, German, English, and
Scottish descent. He has three younger half-siblings
via his father.

Growing up, he showed a strong interest in music


and taught himself to play many instruments,
including, guitar, drums, piano and trumpet. His
mother began posting videos of him performing
musically on YouTube. The videos soon built up a
fan following and caught the attention of talent
agent Scooter Braun. Braun was able to secure an
impromptu audition with Usher, who was
impressed and helped Bieber to sign a record deal.

In 2009, his first single, "One Time", was a


worldwide hit and was certified Platinum in Canada
and the United States. This was followed by his
debut EP album, "My World", which was also an
international success. He became the first artist to
have seven songs from a debut record chart on the
Billboard Hot 100.

In 2010, he released his first full-length studio


album, My World 2.0. He also released a successful
concert film, Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011).

In 2012, he released his third studio album, Believe.


In 2015, he released his fourth studio album,
Purpose.

He has won a Grammy Award and an American


Music Award. He has been listed numerous times by
Forbes magazine among the "Top Ten Most
Powerful Celebrities in the World."
He has sold an estimated 140 million records,
making him one of the world's best-selling music
artists.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous

World, Bieber became the first artist to have


seven songs from a debut album chart on the
Billboard Hot 100.[48] My World was eventually
certified platinum in the US and double platinum in
both Canada and the United Kingdom.[49][50][51]
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,[52][53] 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.[54]
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.[55] Bieber was also one of the performers for
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan
Seacrest, on December 31, 2009.[56]

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