Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer who burst onto the music scene at just 15 years old in 2009. He has won many awards and accolades throughout his career, and is known for his genre-melding musicianship and global influence on modern-day popular Music. In the same year, he released his first debut album, My World. Since then, he’s been a major pop star and has won the hearts of millions of fans who call themselves beliebers.
Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in Stratford, Ontario. He began singing as a child and taught himself to play drums, guitar, and piano. He took second place in a local talent competition when he was 12 and his mother began filming his performances. She then posted the videos on YouTube, which helped him gain more recognition and landed him a record deal with Usher.
After releasing his 2009 single One Time, Bieber became famous worldwide and was soon the subject of much media attention. He then started dating actress Selena Gomez in 2010 and they broke up the following year. Bieber has since been linked with a number of women, including model Hailey Baldwin.
In 2011, he was featured in the movie Never Say Never, which gave his fans an inside look at his life on and off the stage. He’s also had multiple headlining tours and has appeared on some of the most popular U.S. talk shows, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The Graham Norton Show.
Aside from his hit albums, he’s also made many chart-topping singles. His 2015 single What Do You Mean was a massive success and set the record for the most streamed song in Spotify history. The same year, he collaborated with Luis Fonsi on the hit song Despacito, which broke the record for most consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. His latest release, Changes, broke another record in early 2020, making him the youngest artist to have seven albums reach the top spot on the Billboard 200.
Despite his young age, Bieber has already won two Grammy awards and been nominated 22 times. He won a Grammy for his collaboration with electronic DJ duo Jack U and Skrillex on the song “Where Are You Now” in 2016 and was nominated for a country Music award for his single Ghost in 2021.
During his career, he’s recorded six studio albums, eight mixtapes, and 33 singles that have reached platinum or multiplatinum status. He’s the eighth most listened to artist on Spotify and has over 30 billion streams to date. The video for his single Baby has amassed over 500 million views on the platform alone. This makes it the first video in history to surpass this milestone. Bieber has a huge social media presence with over 63 million followers on Instagram and nearly 5 million subscribers on YouTube. He’s also an actor and has appeared in a few movies and television series.