Birth Name : Justin Drew Bieber

Born : March 1, 1994, Canada

Occupation : Singer
Label : Island, RBMG

Justin Drew Bieber (born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. He began his
professional career on YouTube, where he was discovered by his future manager,
Scooter Braun. Braun flew Bieber to Atlanta, Georgia to consult with Usher and
soon signed a record deal with Island.

He is working on his debut album My World which will be released on November

17, 2009. Two successful pre-album singles have been released: “One Time” and
“One Less Lonely Girl”, and both were Top 15 hits on the Canadian Hot 100 and
Top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100.

Justin Bieber was 12 years old when he entered a local singing competition in
Stratford, placing in second. He taught himself how to play the piano, drums,
guitar, and trumpet. In late 2007 Justin and his mother began posting videos on
YouTube so that his family and friends that could not attend his performances
would be able to view them, posting cover versions of songs by artists such as
Usher, Stevie Wonder, Ne-Yo, Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson. He was
soon approached by a Toronto-based company called Rapid Discovery Media,
who assisted him in running his YouTube and MySpace accounts, producing,
editing and promoting his videos. After posting his rendition of Chris Brown’s
“With You”, Brown personally called Bieber and congratulated him on his
YouTube recognition.

Scooter Braun, a former marketing executive of So So Def, discovered his videos,

and flew Bieber to Atlanta, Georgia where he met with R&B singer/songwriter
Usher. A week later Bieber had the opportunity to sing for Usher who
immediately became greatly interested, giving him an audition with Antonio L.A.
Reid at Island Records who signed him to Island Records in October 2008. Justin
Timberlake was reportedly in the running to sign Bieber, but he eventually signed
with Usher.

Bieber is working on his soon to be released debut album My World, which will
be released on November 17, 2009. The album will feature guest vocals from
Usher, who appears in the music video for the single “One Time”. Bieber is on a
promotion tour promoting his single and has made various appearances on several
radio stations. The first single “One Time” reached number 12 in Canadian Hot
100 during its first week in July 2009, and number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100.

With Miranda Cosgrove, Bieber was a presenter at the 2009 MTV Video Music
Awards, and introduced Taylor Swift. A few days earlier, Bieber had performed
“One Time” on mtvU’s VMA Tour to precede the awards. Internationally, he
appeared on the European program The Dome and performed “One Time”. On
September 26, 2009, Bieber performed on YTV’s The Next Star, it was
announced that “One Time” had gone Platinum in Canada , and Bieber was
awarded with a plaque. The single has also been certified Gold in the U.S. by the
RIAA The album’s second single, “One Less Lonely Girl” was released
exclusively to iTunes on October 6, 2009. It was announced in October 2009 that
to support his debut effort, Bieber will tour with Taylor Swift on two of her
United Kingdom stops of her Fearless Tour and go on a five-date tour himself in
Canada, sponsored by Urban Behavior. Bieber has frequently appeared on
Canada’s MuchMusic, and made his first non-MTV U.S. television appearance
when he performed “One Time”, “One Less Lonely Girl”, and “Favorite Girl” live
on The Today Show on October 12, 2009. Bieber will also guest star in an episode
of True Jackson, VP later this year. In October 2009, Bieber was voted as the #5
“Best Good Example of 2009″ by AOL’s JSYK