Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber

Date of Birth
1 March 1994, Stratford, Ontario, Canada

Birth Name
Justin Drew Bieber

Nickname
JBiebs

Height
5' 6" (1.68 m)

Trade Mark

Hairstyle, aka "The Bieber"

Justin Bieber Biography

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His parents were young when they had him, and broke up when he was a young child. Many of Justin Bieber's friends growing up didn't even know he could sing - he didn't exactly advertise it.

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He used to sit outside a theatre in Stratford Ontario, famous for the Shakespeare Festival, and play the guitar and sing for crowds that would gather. He always had either one of his grandparents or mom with him as he was too young to hang out there alone. Justin Bieber Biography - How He Was Discovered

Justin Bieber had many videos of himself singing at various venues on youtube - his mom videotaped all his performances along the way. When people would call and ask about managing his career, his mom was reluctant because of the horror stories everyone hears about young stars.

Justin Bieber was discovered singing on a web site by his agent, who quickly arranged for him to fly to Georgia to meet with Usher. Just a short time later, the young star, who has two top tens on youtube, signed with Island Records. Check out the Justin Bieber Biography book that is available now as well.

Trivia

Discovered by Scooter Braun, who is also his manager.

Usher Raymond signed him to Island Def Jam Records, and beat out Justin Timberlake's hopes of signing the young singer.

His favorite color is purple, and he wears it a lot.

Taught himself four instruments including the piano, guitar, drums. He hopes to learn the violin.

Has a high GPA.

Can moonwalk.

The Dream produced and wrote his songs Baby and One Time.

His single "Baby" debuted at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Moved to Atlanta, Georgia to pursue his music career.

Born and raised in Stratford, Ontario in Canada; the same area as other stars including Brendan Meyer, Seth Sieunarine and Shawn Roberts.

The craziest gift from a fan that he received was a rubber golf club.

Bought a Macbook Pro with his own money - one of his biggest purchases.

Likes the show "Smallville".

Started out by posting youtube videos in 2007.

His debut album was "My World".

His mom, Pattie Mallette, travels with him all the time.

Likes to play video games.

Has a signature hair style.

Met Céline Dion at a New York Knicks basketball game. She approached him and said my son loves your songs.

Plays guitar at many of his concerts.

Has performed with Rihanna at the Super Bowl Weekend concert in Miami.

Likes to play hockey and basketball.

Recorded a few songs with fellow singer Sean Kingston.

Has one day a week where he just relaxes.

Recorded "We Are The World" for Haiti. He got the opening verse which was previously sung by Lionel Richie.

Dad still lives in Canada.

Wrote the song "Down To Earth" about his parents' seperation.

The executive producer of his first record, My World was LA Reid.

Has a twitter which he updates daily.

Is good friends with Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez.

His father's name is Jeremy, and his mother's name is Patty.

In a relationship with Selena Gomez as of 2010.

Plays the left-handed guitar.

Personal Quotes

When asked by Chelsea Handler on her E! show "Chelsea Lately" if he was a playe Hum, you know...

I'm crazy, I'm nuts. Just the way my brain works. I'm not normal. I think differently. My mind is always racing.

[never plans on becoming an American citizen] You guys are evil. Canada's the best country in the world. We go to the doctor and we don't need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you're broke because of medical bills. My bodyguard's baby was premature, and now he has to pay for it. In Canada, if your baby's premature, he stays in the hospital as long as he needs to, and then you go home.