Justin Bieber Biography
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Birth Name - Justin Drew Bieber
Date of Birth - March 1, 1994
Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Nickname - JBiebs
Height - 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Trade Mark - Hairstyle, aka "The Bieber"
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Justin Drew Bieber - born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian pop/R&B singer-songwriter and actor. Justin Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun,who happened to come across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with Usher in Atlanta, Georgia, and Bieber was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher, and then to a recording contract with Island Records offered by L.A. Reid.His debut single, "One Time", released worldwide in 2009, peaked in the top ten in Canada and charted in the top thirty in several international markets. His debut release, My World, followed on November 17, 2009, and was eventually certified platinum in the United States. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut album chart on the Billboard Hot 100.
His first full studio release, My World 2.0, was released on March 23, 2010 and has since received similar success; it debuted at number one and within the top ten of several countries, and was certified platinum in the United States. It was preceded by the worldwide top-ten single, "Baby," in January 2010. The music video of "Baby" is currently ranked as the most viewed and most discussed YouTube video,and was the most disliked until being overtaken by Rebecca Black's song Friday.Bieber followed-up the release of his debut album with his first headlining tour, the My World Tour, the remix albums My Worlds Acoustic and Never Say Never The Remixes, and the 3D biopic-concert film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never which had an opening weekend gross that nearly matched the record for the biggest opening weekend for a concert-film.
More information on Justin Bieber
Discovered by Scooter Braun, who is also his manager.
Usher Raymond signed him to Island Def Jam Records, and beat out Justin Timberlake's hopes of signing the young singer.
His favorite color is purple, and he wears it a lot.
Taught himself four instruments including the piano, guitar, drums. He hopes to learn the violin.
Has a high GPA.
Can moonwalk.
The Dream produced and wrote his songs Baby and One Time.
His single "Baby" debuted at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Moved to Atlanta, Georgia to pursue his music career.
Born and raised in Stratford, Ontario in Canada; the same area as other stars including Brendan Meyer, Seth Sieunarine and Shawn Roberts.
The craziest gift from a fan that he received was a rubber golf club.
Bought a Macbook Pro with his own money - one of his biggest purchases.
Likes the show "Smallville".
Started out by posting youtube videos in 2007.
His debut album was "My World".
His mom, Pattie Mallette, travels with him all the time.
Likes to play video games.
Has a signature hair style.
Met Céline Dion at a New York Knicks basketball game. She approached him and said my son loves your songs.
Plays guitar at many of his concerts.
Has performed with Rihanna at the Super Bowl Weekend concert in Miami.
Likes to play hockey and basketball.
Recorded a few songs with fellow singer Sean Kingston.
Has one day a week where he just relaxes.
Recorded "We Are The World" for Haiti. He got the opening verse which was previously sung by Lionel Richie.
Dad still lives in Canada.
Wrote the song "Down To Earth" about his parents' seperation.
The executive producer of his first record, My World was LA Reid.
Has a twitter which he updates daily.
Is good friends with Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez.
His father's name is Jeremy, and his mother's name is Pattie.
In a relationship with Selena Gomez as of 2010.
He plays the left-handed guitar.
Has a half-sister, Jazmyn (born 2008) and a half-brother, Jaxon (born 2009).
Personal Quotes
[When asked by Chelsea Handler on her E! show "Chelsea Lately" if he was a player]: Hum, you know...
I'm crazy, I'm nuts. Just the way my brain works. I'm not normal. I think differently. My mind is always racing.
[never plans on becoming an American citizen] You guys are evil. Canada's the best country in the world. We go to the doctor and we don't need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you're broke because of medical bills. My bodyguard's baby was premature, and now he has to pay for it. In Canada, if your baby's premature, he stays in the hospital as long as he needs to, and then you go home.
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Justin Bieber Filmography
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2011 Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (TV movie) (writer: "Baby")
2011 Game On (short) (writer: "Never Say Never" / performer: "Never Say Never")
2011 Glee (TV series)
Comeback (2011) (writer: "Baby" - uncredited, "Somebody to Love" - uncredited)
2010-2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Episode #18.83 (2011) (writer: "Baby" - uncredited / performer: "Baby" - uncredited)
Episode #17.110 (2010) (writer: "Baby" - uncredited / performer: "Baby" - uncredited)
2010-2011 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Episode #19.82 (2011) (writer: "Baby" - uncredited)
Episode #19.2 (2010) (writer: "Baby" - uncredited / performer: "Baby" - uncredited)
Episode #18.24 (2010) (writer: "Baby" / performer: "Baby")
2010 Das Supertalent (TV series)
Episode #4.9 (2010) (performer: "Baby" - uncredited)
2010 MTV Video Music Awards 2010 (TV special) (performer: "U Smile", "Baby", "Somebody to Love")
2010 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
1 of 11 Voted Off (2010) (performer: "Somebody to Love")
2010 The Karate Kid (writer: "Never Say Never" / performer: "Never Say Never")
2010 Today (TV series)
Episode dated 5 June 2010 (2010) (performer: "One Time", "Baby", "Somebody to Love", "Never Say Never")
2010 Marmaduke (writer: "Eenie Meenie")
2010 Radio 1's Big Weekend (TV series)
Cheryl Cole and Alicia Keys @ R1BW (2010) (performer: "Baby")
2010 Sunrise (TV series)
Episode dated 26 April 2010 (2010) (performer: "Baby" - uncredited)
2010 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Tina Fey/Justin Bieber (2010) (performer: "Baby" - uncredited, "U Smile" - uncredited)
2010 Raaaaaaaandy Declares War on Justin Bieber (video short) (writer: "Baby", "Baby Baby" / performer: "Baby")
2010 Live from Studio Five (TV series)
Episode #1.133 (2010) (writer: "Baby" / performer: "Baby")
Episode #1.127 (2010) (writer: "Baby" / performer: "Baby")
2010 The View (TV series)
Episode dated 23 March 2010 (2010) (performer: "Baby" - uncredited)
2009 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV series)
Episode dated 3 November 2009 (2009) (performer: "One Time" - uncredited)