Justin Bieber’s Rise to Fame

Justin Drew Bieber is a pop star, singer and musician whose dramatically sudden popularity has rocketed him into international stardom. He was born in 1994 on March 1st and at the time of this writing is only sixteen years old. A mere two years ago he was an unknown living a normal teenage boy’s life at home with his single mother Pattie Mallette in Stratford Ontario Canada. He and his mother lived in low-income project housing but they both harbored big dreams for his future.

Bieber was born on March 1, 1994 in Stratford, Ontario. At an early age, he taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar and trumpet. When he was twelve, he joined in a local singing competition singing Ne Yo’s “So Sick”. His mother, Pattie Mallete, posted the video of his performance on YouTube and several other videos of him singing various covers of pop and R&B.

The amateur footage uploaded on YouTube caught the Atlanta manager’s attention, Scooter Braun, who later became Bieber’s manager. Braun then introduced Justin to RnB superstar Usher whom the latter arranged an audition with Antonio L.A. Reid at Island Def Jam Music Group. Reid in turn signed him to Island Records in October 2008.

Second release “My World 2.0″ came in March 2010 got an international hit “Baby”. iTunes store released 3 consecutive hits “One Less Lonely Girl”, “Love Me”, “Favorite Girl” and charted on top 40 of “Billboard Hot 100″. The song “One Less Lonely Girl” rated top 15 in Canada and United States, after releasing on radio. After the international hit “Baby” from his second album, another super hit song “Ludacris” came, and become the biggest hit. This new hit song charted at number five position in U.S. and top ten in other countries. “Never Let You Go” and “U Smile” charted the top 20 in Canada and top 30 in United States. These two singles make him the youngest solo male act to top the chart since Stevie Wonder.

Justin Bieber also made several appearances in different live shows in the US and Europe. He has performed in some awards night and special gatherings and was invited as one of the vocalists in the remake of “We Are the World”. Bieber will begin recording his next album this summer. Fans all over the globe are already anticipating its first single that will surely dominate the top music charts after its release.

He performed in front of U.S. president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama for the Christmas celebration at the White House. This performance included songs of Stevie Wonder’s “Someday at Christmas”, which was broadcast on TNT on December 2009. 52nd Grammy Awards featured Justin as a presenter too. For the benefit of Haiti earthquake, he lent his vocals for the remake of “We Are The World”. This performance was later released with the name of “Young Artists for Haiti”. And with so many product launches like the Justin Bieber doll, nail polish and fragrance, he sure is making his future financially secure.