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Born: Justin Drew Bieber on March 14, 1994 in London, Ontario.

As the only child to a single mom growing up in Stratford, Ontario Justin Bieber cut his teeth in public for the first time at the age of 12 singing in a contest called 'Stratford Idol' where he placed second.

After posting home video highlights from the contest of him singing cover versions of songs by Usher, Ne-You and Stevie Wonder on YouTube in 2007, Bieber's videos tallied over 10,000,000 views after going viral.

The self-taught musician - who plays the drums, guitar, piano and trumpet - was discovered by So So Def management executive Scooter Braun through those videos. Bieber was 13 when Braun took him to Atlanta, Georgia to meet other industry people who could take Bieber to the next level. His first meeting was with Usher who took a shine to the young singer. Justin Timberlake also showed interest but with Braun's connections to Usher and producer/label president L.A. Reid, Bieber signed on with them.

Justin Bieber signed to Island Records in October 2008 and in early 2009 he began work on his debut album, 'My World', with the production team of Tricky Stewart, Midi-Mafia and The Dream.

By spring of 2009, the first single entitled "One Time" was released and peaked in the Top10 in Canada and made it to the Top30 in several international markets. The full album followed in November 2009, and was later certified platinum in the United States.

The album yielded seven singles all of which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 - a record for a debut album.

A revamped/remixed version of the album, entitled 'My World 2.0', followed in March 2010 and landed Bieber a #1 spot on the charts with Top10 placings in several countries. The instant success came on the heels of he advance single "Baby" which went Top10.

Bieber launched a headlining tour then the remix albums 'My Worlds Acoustic' and 'Never Say Never – The Remixes' CDs and punctuated it all with a 3D biopic-concert film entitled 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never'.

Bieber finally released a brand new studio album for Christmas in November 2011 entitled 'Under the Mistletoe' which debuted on the Billboard album charts at #1.

Bieber is now an international teen pop superstar whose life has become the subject of media scrutiny. He is currently dating Disney actress/singer Selena Gomez and has most recently been battling a paternity suit in court.


Singles
2009 One Time (Island)
2009 Bigger (Island)
2009 Down To Earth (Island)
2009 Favourite Girl (Island)
2009 First Dance (Island)
2009 One Less Lonely Girl (Island)
2009 Love Me (Island)
2010 Never Let You Go (Island)
2010 Somebody To Love (Island)
2010 Baby (Island)
2010 U Smile (Island)
2010 Never Say Never (Island)
2010 Pray (Island)
2011 Born To Be Somebody (Island)
2011 Mistletoe (Island)
2011 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) (Island)

Albums
2009 My World (Island)
2010 My World 2.0 (Island)
2010 My Worlds Acoustic (Island)
2011 Never Say Never: The Remixes (Island)
2011 Under the Mistletoe (Island)

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