Justin Bieber Biography

Justin Bieber

(Justin Drew Bieber, Ontario, 1994) Singer Canadian pop whose still incipient musical career has been already awarded the MTV award for best new artist, which was granted in September 2010. Around the same time, the number of Facebook fans rose to thirteen million. And the very young artist, who turned 16 on March 1, 2010, has achieved in just two years into a true legion of fans around the world and beat sales records until now unthinkable for a beginner musician.

Son of Pattie Mallette, woman of deep convictions religions that had to educate without parental support, little Justin showed his skills early music: twelve years I won second prize in a local singing contest held in Stratford. Shortly thereafter, his mother had the idea of ​​filming their performances and post them on YouTube. By then, of course, Justin Bieber lacked own repertoire, and sang famous of some of his favorite artists like Chris Brown, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake and Usher issues.

It can be said that Justin Bieber is another emblematic of the new generation of artists that arise thanks to the Internet and the global maelstrom of social networking and word of mouth e. For videos on YouTube was discovered accidentally by Scooter Braun (co-owner of the company with Usher RBMG), who quickly contacted Pattie Mallette and made him see the enormous potential of your child. Justin made a recording in Atlanta and soon aroused the interest of Usher himself. Rapper hand, Bieber signed by RBMG and Island Records in October 2008, and, along with his mother, settled in Atlanta.

The success was meteoric thereafter. He had not yet completed the recording of their first album when their first single, One time (July 2009), was placed in the top 20 of the charts Canadian Hot 100 and Billboard Hot 100 and became platinum in USA and Canada and gold in Australia and New Zealand. The song, a love song highly praised for its letter, wisely combined pop with touches of R & B and hip-hop; the delicate voice of Justin did the rest.

In November 2009 he published his first album, My World , which in its first week reach the sixth position of the Billboard. It also selling three singles were extracted:One less lonely girl , Love me and Favorite girl . With a fusion of pop and R & B that has been the influence of Michael Jackson, and promoted by numerous live performances on TV, My World definitely threw Justin Bieber to stardom. At Christmas 2009 he sang for Barack Obama and his family at the White House in January 2010 presented the Grammys awards and, shortly after, released his second album, My World 2.0 , which reached number one on the Billboard in its first week, milestone ever achieved by an artist of his age since the time of Stevie Wonder.

The new album, actually presented as a second part of the first, showed a more mature Bieber and greater attachment to the R & B than its predecessor. After a series of performances on television and in various US cities and Canada, Bieber began in June 2010 to promote a global scale this second album with a world tourMy World Tour . While his popularity was increasing, they came the first industry recognition: in September 2010 he received the MTV award for best new artist for his single Baby (advancement of My World 2.0 ), whose video was the most watched on YouTube two months before.

With a beginning like this, it is clear that the career of this young timid appearance and angelic features will still have a long journey. The attraction is such that on more than one occasion have had to suspend their concerts: the number of followers congregate to such an extent exceeding the forecasts that the organizers can not guarantee the security of the event.

Bieber, however, does not consider himself as a star for consumption by adolescents. On one occasion he said: "I think that adult people can appreciate my music because I show my heart when I sing sincerely, and that's not corny think I can keep growing as an artist and my fans will grow with me.." And against the unthinking optimism of other young performers, he said: "Real life is not perfect, and try to reflect my songs can only try to make the best of what we have.." That was evident on issues such as Down to earth , about the traumatic experience that led tothe divorce of their parents.