Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer. who rose to fame with the release of his debut single, ‘One Time’.
Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, at St Joseph’s Hospital in London, Ontario, and was raised in Stratford, Ontario. He is the son of Jeremy Jack Bieber and Pattie Mallette, who were never married.
Mallette’s mother Diane and stepfather Bruce helped her raise her son.
Bieber’s ancestry includes French-Canadian, Irish, English, Scottish, and German.
Through his father, Jeremy, Bieber has three younger half-siblings. Jeremy and his ex-wife, Erin Wagner, who broke up in 2014 after seven years together, have two children, daughter Jazmyn and son Jaxon.
Jeremy married his girlfriend Chelsey in February 2018, and they have a daughter named Bay.
Bieber also has a stepsister named Allie, the daughter of his stepmother. 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.
Bieber attended a French-language immersion elementary school in Stratford, the Jeanne Sauvé Catholic School. Growing up, he learned to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet.
He graduated from high school in Stratford, Ontario, the St. Michael Catholic Secondary School in 2012 with a 4.0 GPA.
In early 2007, aged 12, Bieber sang Ne-Yo’s “So Sick” for a local singing competition in Stratford and was placed second.
Full Name: Justin Drew Bieber
Date of Birth: March 1, 1994
Age: 27
Birth Place: London, Ontario, Canada
Nationality: Canada
Profession: Singer, Songwriter
Net-worth: $200 million
Career:
Bieber’s first single, “One Time”, was released to radio while Bieber was still recording his debut album.
The song reached number 12 on the Canadian Hot 100 during its first week of release in July 2009, and peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. During fall 2009, it had success in international markets.
The song was certified platinum in Canada and the US and gold in Australia and New Zealand.
His first release, an extended play titled My World, was released on November 17, 2009. The album’s second single, “One Less Lonely Girl”, and two promotional singles, “Love Me” and “Favorite Girl”, were released exclusively on the iTunes Store and charted within the top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100.
As a result, he became the first solo artist to have four singles chart in the top 40 of the Hot 100 before the release of a debut album.’
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, and reached the top ten in several international markets.
Two promo singles, “Never Let You Go” and “U Smile”, were top 30 hits on the US Hot 100, and top 20 hits in Canada.
According to review aggregator Metacritic, the album has received generally favourable reviews.
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.
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 and reached the top 10 of fifteen other countries.
On August 13, 2021, Bieber released a remix to Nigerian singer Wizkid’s song “Essence”, which became his career-first song in afrobeats. It elevated the song’s position to number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.
A week later, he released a collaboration with Skrillex and Don Toliver titled “Don’t Go”.
On September 4, 2021, Bieber headlined 2021 Made in America Festival held at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.
On October 29, 2021, Bieber released “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree”, a cover of Brenda Lee’s holiday classic, on streaming platforms worldwide.
On November 15, 2021, Bieber announced the international legs of his upcoming fourth concert tour, the Justice World Tour, scheduled to begin in San Diego, California on February 18, 2022.
On November 19, 2021, Bryson Tiller released the single “Lonely Christmas” with Bieber co-featured alongside his long-time collaborator Poo Bear.
On December 3, 2021, Bieber released a collaboration with American rapper Juice Wrld titled “Wandered to LA” as the second single from the rapper’s second posthumous album Fighting Demons. Bieber was the headlining performer at the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix held on December 5, 2021, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
On December 11, 2021, Bieber headlined the 2021 Jingle Bell Ball held by Capital FM at The O2, London.
On January 1, 2022, Bieber broke the all-time record for the most monthly listeners in Spotify history, having achieved a peak of 94.68 million monthly listeners on the platform to-date.
Other Ventures:
In 2010, Bieber signed a deal with Proactiv. In the same year, Bieber partnered with Nicole by OPI to launch a nail polish line “The One Less Lonely Girl Collection”, which sold exclusively in Walmart.
Bieber’s nail polish line sold one million bottles less than two months after its release. Bieber endorsed Adidas, beside Derrick Rose and Venus Williams, in 2012.
He became the new “face” and “body” of Calvin Klein in early 2015.
Entertainment Tonight reported that Bieber had used MYO-X, a dietary supplement, in preparation for the photoshoot.
Bieber was criticized for “… hyping the latest ‘miracle’ supplement MYO-X, to his 59 million Twitter fans”.
In June 2015, Bieber teamed up with StarShop, a new shopping app launched by Kevin Harrington.
Bieber endorses Beats By Dre, Elizabeth Arden, and Best Buy.
Bieber has been credited with boosting the careers of other singers such as Carly Rae Jepsen and Madison Beer when he tweeted about them.
He has released four fragrances. He launched his debut fragrance, Someday, in 2011; it grossed more than three million US dollars in sales, at Macy’s, in just under three weeks, which industry experts regard as a successful celebrity-led launch.
On the heels of that 2011 best-seller, he launched his second fragrance, Girlfriend, in June 2012. His third fragrance, The Key, was launched in July 2013, and his latest fragrance, Justin Bieber Collector’s Edition, was launched in 2014.
Realtionship:
Bieber’s father, Jeremy Bieber, is a former carpenter and pro-am mixed martial artist. In March 2014, Rolling Stone characterized Jeremy as having “split with Justin’s mom when Justin was a toddler, and wasn’t always around afterward. But he has, as of late, accepted a place of honor in his superstar son’s entourage”.
From 2008 to 2009, Bieber was in a relationship with Caitlin Beadles; the two remained friends, and Beadles attended Bieber’s wedding. From December 2010 to March 2018, Bieber was in an on-again, off-again relationship with singer and actress Selena Gomez.
Bieber became engaged to model Hailey Baldwin on July 7, 2018. They had briefly dated from December 2015 to January 2016 before splitting, then reconciled in June 2018.
Bieber and Baldwin reportedly obtained a marriage license in September 2018, leading to reports that they had a civil marriage.
On September 14, 2018, Baldwin stated on Twitter that she and Bieber had not yet married, but deleted the tweet afterward.
On November 23, 2018, Bieber stated he was married to Baldwin. Bieber and Baldwin had an official ceremony in Bluffton, South Carolina, on September 30, 2019.
Studio albums
My World 2.0 (2010)
Under the Mistletoe (2011)
Believe (2012)
Purpose (2015)
Changes (2020)
Justice (2021)
Awards:
New Artist of the Year
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
My World 2.0 Favorite Pop/Rock Album
2011 Himself Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist Nominated
2012 Artist of the Year
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
Believe Favorite Pop/Rock Album
2015 “Where Are Ü Now” (with Jack Ü) Collaboration of the Year
2016 Himself Artist of the Year Nominated
Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist
Purpose Favorite Pop/Rock Album
“Love Yourself” Favorite Pop/Rock Song
“Sorry” Video of the Year
