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Top 10 Interesting Facts about Justin Bieber


 

He was born on March 1st, 1994. He is a Canadian singer whose name has spread like wildfire all around the world. In 2008, he was signed with RBMG Records. He has achieved commercial success through his highest-certified single ‘Baby’.

Justin was raised in Stratford, Ontario. He attended a French-Language immersion elementary school in the same town. He graduated from St.Micheal Catholic Secondary School in 2012, he had a GPA of 4.0.

He began playing instruments like the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpets at a young age. 

The song brought him fame in the US and gained a strong fandom.  With so many collaborations with stars like Ariana Grande, Kid Laroi, Nicki Minaj, and many more.

In 2015, Bieber explored EDM with the release of Where Are Ü Now, which won the Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording. 

The song’s musical direction played an instrumental role in his fourth studio album, Purpose, which produced three US number-one singles: Love Yourself, Sorry, and What Do You Mean?

1. His Career

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He was discovered by American record executive Scooter Braun and signed with RBMG Records in 2008, gaining recognition with the release of his debut seven-track EP My World (2009) and soon establishing himself as a teen idol.

After being recognized by Scooter Braun, an executive producer of So So Def Recordings. It was after much convincing that Mallette finally agreed to let Justin go to Atlanta, Georgia with Braun. J

Justin was later signed to the record label Raymond Brau Media Group, which was a joint venture between Usher and Braun. 

2. His Commercial Success

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Bieber achieved commercial success with his teen pop-driven debut studio album, My World 2.0 (2010), which debuted atop the US Billboard 200, making him the youngest solo male act to top the chart in 47 years.

The album spawned the internationally successful single Baby, which became one of the highest certified singles of all time in the US, and elevated Bieber’s global fandom, widely referred to as Beliebers and a portmanteau of Bieber and believer.

His second studio album, Under the Mistletoe (2011), became the first Christmas album by a male artist to debut at number one in the US.

3. First Dance-pop

 

Bieber experimented with dance-pop in his third studio album, Believe (2012), and went on to become the first artist in history with five US number-one albums at age 18. 

Between 2013 and 2014, Bieber was involved in multiple controversies and legal issues, which had a drastic impact on his public image.

4. The First Artist to Occupy Top Three

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He became the first artist in history to occupy the entire top three of the UK Singles Chart. Bieber diversified on numerous collaborations between 2016 and 2017.

It includes I’m the One and his remix to Despacito — both reaching number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 a week apart, making him the first artist in history to chart new number-one songs in consecutive weeks.

Despacito was named the greatest Latin song of all time by Billboard and earned Bieber his career-first Latin Grammy Award.

In 2020, Bieber released his R&B-led fifth studio album, Changes, which debuted at number one in both the UK and US, and a standalone duet with Ariana Grande, Stuck with U, which debuted atop the US Billboard Hot 100. 

Bieber returned to his pop roots on his sixth studio album, Justice (2021), which produced the worldwide hit Peaches and debuted atop the US Billboard 200.

This  made him the youngest soloist to have eight US number-one albums, a record held previously by Elvis Presley since 1965. 

The same year, Bieber released Stay with the Kid Laroi, which became his eighth US number-one single.

5. He Released 10,000 Hours

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In 2019, he released a country collaboration with Dan + Shay, “10,000 Hours”, which won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo Group Performance.

6. The Best-selling Music Artists

Bieber is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 150 million records worldwide. He is credited with three Diamond certifications from the RIAA for Baby, Sorry, and Despacito.

7. Accolades Received

He has received numerous accolades, including two Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy Award, eight Juno Awards, two Brit Awards, one Bambi Award, 26 Billboard Music Awards, and 18 American Music Awards.

Also, he was accorded 21 MTV Europe Music Awards, the most wins for any artist, 23 Teen Choice Awards the most wins for a male individual), and 33 Guinness World Records.

Time named Bieber one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2011, and he was included on Forbes list of the top ten most powerful celebrities in 2011, hc2012, and 2013.

8. Great Collaborations

On April 17, 2017, Puerto Rican singers Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee released a remix for their song Despacito featuring Bieber.

It was the first song by Bieber in which he sings in Spanish.The remix became a worldwide success and broke major chart records around the world.

9. BillboardHot 100

The song reached number one in the US and joined Macarena (1996) as the only English/Spanish songs to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

It tied the then-record for the most weeks at number one in Billboard Hot 100 history. The song spent a record 56 weeks at number one on Billboards Hot Latin Songs chart and broke the then-record for most weeks at number one on the Digital Songs Sales chart.

10. The Super Remix

The remix is the most viewed song of all time on the crowdsourced media knowledge base Genius, with 23.3 million views.The song earned Bieber his first career Latin Grammy. 

As of September 2021, “Despacito” holds the number-one position on the Greatest of All Time Hot Latin Songs chart and number-five on the Greatest of All Time Songs of the Summer chart by Billboard.

However, Bieber, along with rappers Quavo, Chance the Rapper, and Lil Wayne, provided vocals on DJ Khaled’s single I’m the One, released on April 28, 2017.

The song debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Bieber’s second number-one debut and his fourth song to top the chart.

One week later, Despacito topped the charts in the US, which became his fifth number-one single and made Bieber the first artist in history to notch new No. 1s in back-to-back weeks.

I’m the One” also reached number one on Billboards Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. On June 9, 2017, French DJ David Guetta released “2U”, in which Bieber was featured.

The first music video for 2U  features Victoria’s Secret models lip synching to the song.

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