Justin Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, at that time his mother, Petty Mallett, was only 18 years old, her relationship with the child’s father was very fragile and quickly disintegrated. Therefore, she was forced to raise the boy and earn a living on her own.
But despite the current situation in the family, Justin was familiar with his father and is still trying to keep in touch with him – Jeremy Bieber, after splitting up with Justin’s mother, coupled another woman and had two children with her.
Because Justin’s mother needed to be present at work most of the time, in his childhood he was often left to himself, but this did not spoil the boy. He was interested in various sports (for example, hockey, football, and even chess), and was also able to independently master the game of several musical instruments – piano, drums, and guitar.
Singer career
The singer Justin Bieber made his first steps toward his career at the age of 12. Then he participated in the Stratford Idol competition, which was aimed at finding talent among aspiring singers. The young performer managed to take second place. In the same year, Justin’s mother decided to post a recording of his speech on the Internet resource with video recordings – YouTube. Initially, she wanted to show her son’s achievement to her friends, but other users also became interested in his talent. Thus, the number of views grew. The videotape, by a fluke, caught the eye of talent manager Scooter Brown. Brown became Bieber’s manager and convinced him to go to the United States, to Atlanta.
Here he was to meet with Usher, a famous American singer, he was amazed at Justin’s talent and, without hesitation, decided to sign a cooperation contract with him. After that, Justin began his ascent to the musical Olympus already under the patronage of the reputable Usher, he sent Bieber to audition for the influential company Island Records, thanks to which the first songs performed by Justin began to appear.
In 2009, Justin’s first song, One Time, appeared on the charts. Simultaneously with the release of the songs, the singer was preparing his first album called My World. The audience greeted each new single very warmly, so they got into good places in the music ratings. Over the next two years, Justin succeeded to become “Artist of the Year” according to the American Music Awards.
Young singer Justin Bieber continues to actively record songs. The result of his work in 2011 was the album Under the Mistletoe, and in 2012 – he had an album called Believe, which was released on June 19.
At the end of 2013, Justin Bieber announced the “Monday Challenge” and released one composition every Monday for the next 10 weeks. Later, the singer collected tracks, added 5 new ones, and released the Journals collection. So Bieber warmed up the audience before the release of the new Justin Bieber concert film. Believe.
Fans have been waiting for the next album, Purpose, for three whole years. But after the release, they immediately rushed to buy – in the first week the album was bought more than half a million times in the USA alone. 17 songs hit the Billboard Hot 100 at once – Justin Bieber broke the record of the Beatles and Drake. The most popular tracks were What do you mean? and Sorry.
In June 2016, Justin Bieber announced that he wanted to leave the music business. Later, the singer clarified that he was just taking a break to spend more time with his family. So fans had to wait for the next album for a long time.
Nowadays
On January 3, 2020, Justin Bieber released the track Yummy from the upcoming album Changes. The single jumped to the second line of the Billboard 200, and the video collected more than half a billion views.
The next track Intentions was released on February 7, and a week later it was time for the album itself. At first, Justin Bieber promised to post it when the post on Instagram gets 20 million likes but later deleted the post. He overestimated the army of fans.
Album Changes was the seventh release in the biography of Justin Bieber, who topped the Billboard 200. Post Malone, Travis Scott, and Quavo were featured with guest verses.
