Justin Bieber
Bieber released his debut studio album My World 2.0 in 2010. Containing the worldwide hit single "Baby", the album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, making him the youngest solo male act to top the chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963.[6] Following Bieber's debut album and promotional tours, he released his 3D biopic-concert film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, which was a box office success. In the years after the releases of the Christmas album Under the Mistletoe (2011) and Believe (2012), Bieber had established himself as one of the most publicized figures in pop culture, but had faced several controversies, including run-ins with the law internationally before his first arrest in 2014.[7]
Following the controversies surrounding Bieber, his sound became more mature as he transitioned into EDM and drifted away from teen pop.[8] Released in 2015, his fourth studio album Purpose became his most commercially successful album, spawning three Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles: "What Do You Mean?", "Sorry", and "Love Yourself". Since the release of Purpose, Bieber had featured on several successful collaborations, including "Cold Water", "Let Me Love You", "Despacito (Remix)", "I'm the One", "I Don't Care" and "10,000 Hours". His fifth studio album, Changes, was released in 2020.[9]
Bieber has sold more than 150 million records, making him one of the world's best-selling music artists.[10][11] He has won numerous awards throughout his career, including a Grammy Award, 15 American Music Awards, 20 Billboard Music Awards, two Brit Awards, a Latin Grammy Award, a record 21 MTV Europe Music Awards and three MTV Video Music Awards.[12] Time magazine included Bieber in their 2011 edition of the Time 100 list for the 100 most influential people in the world. He was included by Forbes list of the top ten most powerful celebrities in the world, in 2011, 2012 and 2013.[13] In 2016, Bieber became the first artist to surpass 10 billion total video views on Vevo.[14] He has been honoured with a star in front of Avon Theater in Ontario, Canada, and was among the 60,000 Canadians that received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.
Early life
Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in London, Ontario, at St Joseph's Hospital,[15] and was raised in Stratford, Ontario.[16] He is the only child of Jeremy Jack Bieber and Patricia "Pattie" Mallette, who were never married.[17] Mallette was underage when she gave birth, and her mother Diane and stepfather Bruce helped her raise her son.[18] His ancestry includes French-Canadian, Irish, English, Scottish, and German.[19][20][21] He has also stated that he has some undetermined Aboriginal Canadian ancestry.[22]Through his father Jeremy, Bieber has three younger half-siblings. Jeremy and his ex-girlfriend Erin Wagner, who broke up in 2014 after seven years together, have two children, daughter Jazmyn and son Jaxon.[23] Jeremy married his girlfriend Chelsey in February 2018, and they have a daughter named Bay.[24][25] Bieber also has a stepsister named Allie, the daughter of his stepmother.[26] 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.[27]
Bieber attended a French-language immersion elementary school in Stratford, the Jeanne Sauvé Catholic School.[18] Growing up, he learned to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet.[16][28] He graduated from high school in Stratford, Ontario, the St. Michael Catholic Secondary School in 2012[29] with a 4.0 GPA.[30] In early 2007, aged 12, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition in Stratford and was placed second.[28][31] Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Bieber's popularity on the site grew.[32] In the same year, Bieber busked shows in front of Avon Theatre steps during tourism season.
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