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In the first week, My World sold 137000 copies, ranking No. 6 in Billboard 200, making it the strongest debut of new artists in 2009. Today, Bieber's videos have been watched more than 19 billion times. His 2015 single "Sorry" is one of the top 10 videos YouTube has ever watched, with more than 3 billion times watched. Last month, he became the first musician on YouTube to have more than 45 million subscribers.

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Bieber's YouTube channel is now the location of his elaborate music videos, but at first he only performed in his bedroom. These clips created a sense of intimacy for fans. When musicians first appeared on MTV, or when they have already stood on the big stage, this feeling is not so easy to achieve. Braun said that this is part of attraction and strategy.

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Justin Bieber: From YouTube to global superstar

Pop star Justin Bieber, one of the world's best-selling music artists, has been in the limelight since he was a young teenager.

His career took off in 2009, shortly after his musical talent was discovered on YouTube. Before long, he was selling out stadiums across the globe while gaining millions of followers on social media.

But not all of the headlines have been positive. Bieber has had some legal issues over the years, and cameras have been there to document many of his troubles. A concert tour in 2017 was canceled early "due to unforeseen circumstances."

In an Instagram post in March 2019, Bieber confirmed that he was unhappy during the tour, and he told his fans that he was holding off on a new album while he focused on "repairing some of the deep-rooted issues that I have as most of us have, so that I don't fall apart, so that I can sustain my marriage and be the father I want to be." Later that year, Bieber wrote about his past drug use while detailing the difficulties of having come to fame at a young age.

In June 2022, Bieber announced that he is taking a break from performing because he is suffering from paralysis on one side of his face. He said it is related to his Ramsay Hunt syndrome and that he doesn't know how long it will take him to recover.

Take a look back at Bieber's career, from his early days as a teen heartthrob to the married 28-year-old he is today.

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Justin Bieber: From YouTube to global superstar Pop star Justin Bieber, one of the world's best-selling music artists, has been in the limelight since he was a young teenager. His career took off in 2009, shortly after his musical talent was discovered on YouTube.

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Bieber's agent said that we can reach people all over the world so quickly. I once had the idea of breaking artists with YouTube by making video content. Everyone said, 'You can't let artists leave YouTube and let them become stars - this low fidelity content is not the way you destroy artists.' "

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It's a story that feels like the standard nowadays: an unknown artist uploads a clip of themselves performing on a social platform, which soon goes viral and catches the attention of not only music fans, but the gatekeepers of the music industry - managers, producers, record label execs. The result is immediate superstardom. That is, to varying extents, the origins of some of today's biggest artists: Shawn Mendes, Alessia Cara, Ed Sheeran, Tori Kelly and 5 Seconds of Summer.

That model of discoverability feels like the new normal now, but that wasn't the case in 2007 when a young boy named Justin Bieber from Stratford, Ont., uploaded his first video onto YouTube with the help of his mother, Pattie. The clip was grainy and Bieber's tiny frame (he was only 12 years old at the time) was a mere silhouette moving around a dimly lit church stage. But the quality of the video didn't matter; the real star of the video was Bieber's voice, big and bellowing as he reached for the high notes of R&B star Ne-Yo's song, "So Sick."

YouTube was in its infancy, just two years old, when Bieber started posting videos of himself performing covers of Lil Bow Wow, Sarah McLachlan and Alicia Keys. While the platform was growing in viewership and hours of uploads - in 2007, approximately six hours of footage was being uploaded every minute; a 2015 study indicated that the number had by then ballooned to more than 400 hours per minute - YouTube wasn't a place to land a record deal.

Labels then were just starting to experiment with signing artists off of Myspace, a place where hopeful musicians were able to upload oftentimes rough, original songs for people to hear. Lily Allen, Panic! At the Disco and Kate Nash are some of the platform's most successful benefactors. But YouTube, a playground for amateur home-video experimentation, was not considered the birthplace of pop stars. Even Bieber wasn't looking for fame there.

During his first appearance on The Ellen Show, Bieber explained: "I was in a singing competition a while back. I was 12 years old, and my friends and family that couldn't make it wanted to see me so I posted those videos on YouTube and I guess it just kind of blew up." The way that Bieber blew up, though, was a first in some ways.

A precursor to Bieber's YouTube fame was rapper Soulja Boy, most famous for his viral hit "Crank That (Soulja Boy)." The Atlanta artist posted "Crank That" on YouTube in 2007, which not only launched a dance craze but also spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. But Soulja Boy's music was released independently without the muscle of a big label to help him sustain the level of fame his first single earned him - something Bieber was able to secure with more time.

Bieber's own original music premiered 10 years ago (well after "Crank That" left the top spot on the charts), and his impact proved to be something much bigger and mainstream. Whereas Soulja Boy made a smaller but notable mark on the hip hop world, Bieber would go on to change the pop landscape in a seismic way.

I saw these trends and I thought we can reach people around the world so quickly. - Scooter Braun

Much of this is credited to Bieber's manager from day one, Scooter Braun, who was hired by Jermaine Dupri at the age of 20 to become So So Def Records' executive director for marketing. Braun was in the middle of launching his own marketing business when he discovered Bieber's videos on YouTube. At the time, Braun was beginning to see the potential of social platforms and how they could be used to help musicians, but as he told Fast Company in 2018, "Everyone thought I was crazy."

"I saw these trends and I thought, we can reach people around the world so quickly," he continued. He reiterated this story to the Guardian: "I had ideas of using YouTube to break an artist by making video content, and everyone said, 'You can't take an artist off YouTube and make them into a star - this lo-fi content is not how you break an artist.'"

While many saw Bieber's talent, as evidenced by the number of views his videos were accumulating, few people with industry connections saw enough promise in the young singer to pursue and sign him. Braun spent time Googling Bieber's location by investigating the banners in the background of his videos, trying to call local school boards once he zeroed in on Ontario, and was even told by Bieber's mom to leave them alone because she didn't trust him at first.

But Braun invested his own time and money, even though he didn't have a lot saved at the time, eventually moving Bieber and his mom to Atlanta ("I was paying the bills for school, everything," he revealed) and finding him opportunities to break into the music world using Braun's previous industry connections. In the end, Justin Timberlake and Usher were both fighting to sign Bieber. Usher and Braun then teamed up to create Raymond Braun Media Group Records (whose parent companies are Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music Group), which has released all of Bieber's records, from 2009's My World EP to 2015's Grammy-nominated Purpose. (Many of Bieber's albums are also released in conjunction with Braun's own School Boy Records and Island Records.)

My World was a risk, for Braun, Usher and everyone involved. A quick glance at some of the biggest pop stars in the year leading up to Bieber's debut and you'll notice a different scene of artists. There were the Katy Perrys and Taylor Swifts, musicians who had been discovered through more traditional means of relocating to big cities first and performing at industry showcases. And then there were the TV-turned-pop stars: Disney upstarts like the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus, as well as American Idol successes like Carrie Underwood and Jordin Sparks. Digital discoveries weren't guaranteed to be profitable in the long term just yet, but Braun took his time to position Bieber as a star-in-the-making with public appearances, a strong online presence and a powerful Usher co-sign.

In its first week, My World sold 137,000 copies, landing at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, making it the strongest debut by a new artist in 2009. It may sound like a small number now for Bieber, but it was a steady start that solidified him as a rising star who was able to build a big following on YouTube alone. "I took Justin from 60,000 views to 66 million," Braun told the Guardian. Today, Bieber's videos have amassed more than 19 billion views, and his 2015 single, " Sorry," is one of the top 10 most-viewed YouTube videos of all time with more than three billion views. Last month, he became the first musician on YouTube to surpass 45 million subscribers.

Bieber's YouTube channel is home to his polished music videos now, but at first it was the place he posted personal, low-budget clips of himself performing in his bedroom. Those clips created a sense of intimacy for fans, something that didn't feel as attainable back then when musicians would make their big debut with video premieres on MTV, or when they were already perched on big stages. Braun says that was part of the appeal, and the strategy.

"I wanted to feel kind of voyeuristic," he told Fast Company. "I wanted people to feel like they were seeing something that maybe they think they shouldn't see so it became more special." Fast-forward a decade and that style of personally connecting to stars via social media is an integral part of cultivating a fanbase and establishing a brand.

YouTube isn't the only online space to get discovered now. Vine, Musical.ly and TikTok have all emerged recently as places to get songs launched or discover performers, singers, comedians and more. The industry has now caught up to Bieber and Braun's once radical blueprint to stardom. Sure, the internet has boosted the number of flash-in-the-pan viral stars like Ylvis or Psy - remember " The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" and " Gangnam Style"? - but it has also become the default arena for discovery.

To Bieber's own credit, he has continued to use YouTube and other online forums to promote new artists he finds online, from introducing his fans to the music of Madison Beer to creating his own lip-sync video to promote labelmate Carly Rae Jepsen's hit song "Call Me Maybe." Next year, Bieber is slated to launch a " top-secret project" with YouTube, furthering his symbiotic relationship with the top music streaming service in the world.

Technology will continue to evolve, and that will likely change the way we discover music and launch pop stars once again. But the current landscape of mainstream music that's still thriving was partially shaped by Justin Bieber, a boy who simply wanted to share his voice with some friends and family, and accidentally found a much bigger audience as a result.

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Real talk, what teenage girl didn't believe they were the future Mrs. Justin Bieber in 2009? And, who would have thought that model Hailey Baldwin would claim that lucky title? After meeting in their early teenage years to a whirlwind engagement, the Biebers decade-long romance in the making was one nobody could have expected. Here's everything you need to know about Justin and Hailey's (aka his "one less lonely girl's") relationship.

Hailey Baldwin met Justin Bieber in 2009 when the two were just merely (awkward) teenagers.

As years went by, the pair grew in and out of touch as they stayed "good friends," even sharing a New Year's kiss in 2016.

Justin proposed to Hailey in July 2018 after an intense two-year break-up.

After a whirlwind engagement, they wed in a New York City courthouse just two months later.

In September 2019, the Biebers hosted a second wedding in South Carolina.

2009: An Awkward Teenage Introduction-Part 1

Believe it or not, Hailey didn't even crack a smile when she met Justin Bieber for the first time. In a resurfaced (and anticlimactic) video, Hailey's dad Stephen Baldwin is seen introducing his daughter to the pop star. Who knew that in less than ten years Justin would literally make her one less lonely girl?

2011: An Awkward Teenage Introduction-Part 2

A few years after meeting Justin for the first time, Hailey ran into him again at his documentary premiere, Never Say Never. While the pair smiled together for the cameras, romance was most definitely not in the air since Justin was dating former Disney star Selena Gomez at the time.

January 3, 2016: That New Year's Kiss

After Justin's relationship with Gomez ended, rumors started to swirl around his budding relationship with Hailey. At the end of 2015, they went on vacation together and documented their flirty banter on Instagram. But it wasn't until Justin posted a photo of him kissing Hailey that romance rumors were confirmed. We know who they kissed at midnight!

February 11, 2016: Justin Predicts Their Marriage

Two years before they would actually tie the knot, Justin predicted a future marriage to Hailey in an interview with . "What if Hailey ends up being the girl I'm gonna marry, right?" he shared. "If I rush into anything, if I damage her, then it's always gonna be damaged. It's really hard to fix wounds like that. It's so hard...I just don't want to hurt her."

May 27, 2018: Their Old Flame Reignites

Somewhere between 2016 and 2018, Hailey and Justin went separate ways (and Justin infamously got back together with Gomez). But, they reignited their former flame in the middle of 2018. Hailey even acknowledged their time apart to saying, "We went through a long period of time when we weren't friends. We didn't speak for quite some time, and there was a lot of weirdness that went on. We've moved past that."

July 7, 2018: A Very Special Engagement

During an intimate trip to the Bahamas, Justin proposed to Hailey in a moment she later called "very special." A few days following the milestone, Justin shared the news with a very, very, very long Instagram caption. "Was gonna wait a while to say anything but word travels fast, listen plain and simple Hailey I am soooo in love with everything about you! So committed to spending my life getting to know every single part of you loving you patiently and kindly," he wrote. He continues with a lot more kind words for his fiancée but if you want to cry about the fact that we all lost our chance to become Mrs. Bieber, just read the full post.

September 13, 2018: A Courthouse Wedding

Four months after reuniting and two months after getting engaged, the pair were spotted at a New York City marriage bureau. As with any celebrity couple doing just about anything, speculation immediately surrounded the scenario.

September 2018: The Biebers Move in Together and Begin Couples Therapy

In September 2018, the two moved into Justin's home in Toronto together. In a Vogue article later released in 2019, the couple revealed that shortly after this period, they began couples therapy while adjusting to their new life as husband and wife. The Biebers explained that they were working on having differences without being unkind. "Fighting is good," Justin said. "Doesn't the Bible talk about righteous anger? We don't want to lose each other. We don't want to say the wrong thing, and so we've been struggling with not expressing our emotions, which has been driving me absolutely crazy because I just need to express myself, and it's been really difficult to get her to say what she feels."

October 16, 2018: A Confirmed Marriage

Despite previous claims that the couple did not get married at the courthouse, Justin confirmed the nuptials news to a fan. The newlyweds were spotted grabbing breakfast together at Joan's on Third in Studio City in Los Angeles, when a fan approached them asking for a little bit of clarification on their relationship status. "I said to them, 'I don't want to say congratulations, but are you married?'" the source told the . "Justin said, 'Yes, we are married.' He said he has a lot of baggage and called Hailey 'an angel' for sticking by his side, but she just rolled her eyes."

November 2, 2018: Here Comes the Ink

If you're a celebrity couple and you don't have matching tattoos, are you really a celebrity couple? Hailey and Justin cemented their status as A-listers when celebrity tattoo artist Bang Bang tatted them up. While he didn't give too many details, he did reveal that Justin chose an interesting place to house the ink: his face.

November 16, 2018: It's @HaileyBieber Now

Despite getting married two months earlier, the model randomly made the marriage Instagram official by changing her name. She updated her Instagram bio to read "Hailey Rhode Bieber," and changed her handle to @haileybieber. Hailey later opened up to on the matter, saying, "I'm very proud of my family name. I come from a great family with a history in this industry. I remember when I was going to change it, I asked my dad if he was going to be upset and he was like, 'No! I don't care. We love you. All good, everyone still knows you're a Baldwin.' It's true!"

December 23, 2018: "Meet Our Dogson"

For their first Christmas as newlyweds, Hailey and Justin celebrated with a new addition to the family, a tiny brown puppy named Oscar. Justin shared a snap of the cute pooch on Instagram calling him their "dogson."

February 7, 2019: The Biebers Appear on the Cover of Vogue

Posing perfectly intertwined, the pair looked effortlessly iconic (if we do say so ourselves) on the cover of the February 2019 Vogue issue. Their feature took a deep dive into their passionate, but not-always-easy, romance.

March 21, 2019: Establishing New Roots

The couple casually dropped $8.5 million on a Beverly Hills mansion, despite already owning property in Canada. Their newlywed estate features a wet bar, wine cellar, home theater, and an entertainment space featuring a banana-leaf wallpaper inspired by the Beverly Hills Hotel. Oh, and how could we forget the pool and a cabana with an outdoor fire pit?

April 1, 2019: April Fools!

April Fools Day 2019 will forever go down in history for one simple reason: Justin and Hailey announced a fake pregnancy. It all started when Justin shared a picture of an ultrasound to Instagram followed by a photo of Hailey presumably at the doctor's office. A few hours and several fan freak-outs later, Justin revealed it was all a prank.

Well, Justin, we weren't exactly laughing (more like freaking tf out), but what's a marriage without some humor, right?

April 8, 2019: A Love Poem

While many of us like to believe Justin was speaking directly to us when he sang "Your world is my world, and my fight is your fight," there's no confusion when it came to who his romantic ode was addressed to. The singer captioned a sultry photo of his wife with a love poem written by Bieber himself: "Sunlight falls into the Abyss, just like I fall into your lips." Need we say more?

April 22, 2019: Introducing Bean and Bubba

All couples have nicknames for eachother-even celebrities! An Instagram post revealed that Hailey and Justin actually call each other "bean" and "bubba" behind closed doors (and on social media now, too). Weird? Cute? Romantic? Whatever works, honestly.

June 3, 2019: Finally Wearing Wedding Bands

Although they said "I do" in the most secret, low-key courthouse ceremony of the year, neither of them were seen wearing wedding bands for months. However, People reported that Hailey was seen leaving a workout class wearing her giant engagement ring paired with a silver band. The same day, Justin posted an Instagram wearing a matching ring.

September 30, 2019: A Southern Wedding Celebration

After months of speculation, the Biebers' second wedding occurred at the end of September 2019-just a year after they legally wed in a New York City courthouse. Celebrity guests included Kendall and Kylie Jenner, Joan Smalls, Scooter Braun, and Usher.

October 7, 2019: Till Death Do Them Part

A week following their nuptials, Mrs. Bieber shared a photo of her wedding dress: a custom off-the-shoulder lace and pearl embellished gown by Virgil Abloh and Off-White. You know-the one you have all over your Pinterest. She paired the romantic dress with a dramatic lace-trimmed veil emblazoned with "Till Death Do Us Part" at the end of the train. The bride underwent two more outfit changes throughout the night, wearing a halter neck gown by Ralph & Russo for the reception and a Vera Wang slip dress for the after-party.

September 13, 2020: Celebrating Two Years Together

On September 13, 2020, the couple celebrated two years since spontaneously tying the knot at a Manhattan courthouse. "2 years today @haileybieber .. xoxo," Justin captioned his Instagram tribute alongside a video of his wife.

September 18, 2020: Hailey Is Holy

Marking a new age of music for Bieber, the singer released a Christian rock track titled Holy, which was all about his wife of two years. Bieber alluded to their speedy engagement with lyrics like "Runnin' to the altar like a track star / Can't wait another second / 'Cause the way you hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me / Feels so holy."

April 13, 2021: Justin Gets Real About Their "Tough" First Year of Marriage

For the May 2021 cover of Justin got candid about his and Hailey's first year of marriage, sharing that they dealt with their fair share of relationship struggles. "The first year of marriage was really tough," he told the publication, "because there was a lot, going back to the trauma stuff. There was just lack of trust. There was all these things that you don't want to admit to the person that you're with, because it's scary. You don't want to scare them off by saying, 'I'm scared.'"

He added that he felt he was walking "on eggshells" during the first year of marriage, until he really started to believe in their relationship. But now he says, "we're just creating these moments for us as a couple, as a family, that we're building these memories. And it's beautiful that we have that to look forward to. Before, I didn't have that to look forward to in my life. My home life was unstable. Like, my home life was not existing. I didn't have a significant other. I didn't have someone to love. I didn't have someone to pour into. But now I have that."

One of Justin's oldest friends Ryan Good told the publication that Hailey was, in some ways, Justin's saving grace. "She is just a strong, consistent, stabilizing force in his life," said Good. "And that was something he was missing all those years."

Justin also revealed that he wants to "have babies and do that whole thing," but he and Hailey are in no rush to start a family. "Not this second, but we will eventually," he said.

October 8, 2021: Justin Expresses His Desire for Kids

In the newest JB documentary Justin Bieber: Our World, released on Amazon Prime, the singer expressed his desire for children. Featuring at-home footage of the couple, Hailey asked Justin about his "intention" for 2021 while on a stroll the morning of New Year's Eve. He stated, "My intention for 2021 is to continue to set goals and have fun while doing them. Make sure I put my family first, and hopefully, we squish out a nugget." While Hailey had more reservations about having kids so soon, he quickly assured that he's more than willing to wait until Hailey is ready.

Weeks later in an interview with Ellen he said, "I'd love to have myself a little tribe." He added, "It's her body and whatever she wants to do. Hailey still has some things she wants to accomplish as a woman. I think she just is not ready yet, and I think that's okay."

February 1, 2022: Hailey Announces That She Isn't Ready for Kids

In an article published by the Wall Street Journal in February 2022 titled Hailey Bieber's Next Move, the model announced that she isn't quite ready for children yet. "I think ideally in the next couple of years we would try. But there's a reason they call it 'try,' right? You don't know how long that process is ever going to take. Definitely no kids this year; that would be a little bit hectic, I think."

March 10, 2022: Hailey Is Hospitalized for a Mini-Stroke

While eating breakfast in their kitchen one morning in March, Hailey experienced a mini-stroke. She felt a sudden shooting pain down her arm and was unable to speak when Justin expressed concern. "I couldn't speak. The right side of my face started drooping. I couldn't get a sentence out," she explained in a YouTube video. She was taken to the hospital by ambulance where she underwent testing. It showed a small blood clot in her brain, however the incident proved to ultimately be a minor health scare.

April 3, 2022: PDA at the Grammy Awards

At the 2022 Grammy Awards, Justin was seen sporting an oversized Balenciaga ensemble paired with platform Crocs, and a hot pink beanie. In true Hailey fashion, she wore the sleek, minimalist look of our dreams. Her Saint Laurent slip dress was accessorized with a layered necklace and effortlessly braided hair. The couple was not shy about expressing their love for one another with some serious PDA-but really, can we blame them?

May 2, 2022: Justin Reveals He Had an Emotional Breakdown

In an interview with Apple Music's Ebro Darden, Justin shares that he had an emotional breakdown following his marriage to Hailey. "It's a journey. I remember when I first got married, I hit a little bit of an emotional breakdown because I thought marriage was going to fix all my problems and it didn't," he explained. "You want your wife to do something that you're not doing and it's like, it's hard sometimes to look in the mirror and really have to realize, man, maybe you're not the person that you necessarily thought that you were. And that's just a result of trauma and life circumstances."

June 10, 2022: Justin Is Diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

In the midst of his world tour, Justin announced in an Instagram video published on June 10th, 2022 that he was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. The neurological condition is caused by varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chicken pox in children and shingles in adults. The virus can linger in the body for an entire lifetime and reawaken for a variety of reasons. The rare condition paralyzed half of his face making speaking, eating, and, of course, performing very difficult. He explained that he was forced to cancel a few of his upcoming tour dates as he was "physically, obviously not capable of doing them."

August 16, 2022: Hailey Speaks About Marriage Challenges

In an interview with Harper's BAZAAR, Hailey disclosed the challenges in her marriage to Justin. "I just think life is changing all the time," she said. "Day to day, week to week, year to year. I think a perfect example of that is over the last six months, both of us have gone through very serious health issues. You have to figure out how to deal with this shit as it comes, you know? There's a reason they say 'for better or for worse.' Like, that's for real!" Despite the obstacles life has thrown their way, she expressed her unconditional love for her husband. "He's still the person that I wanna be rushing back to."

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Justin Bieber has written an emotional essay about how he became "the most hated person in the world" thanks to a string of "bad decisions" in his 20s.

The star, who was discovered by music manager Scooter Braun when he was 13, admitted to heavy drug use and abusing his relationships.

"I became resentful, disrespectful to women and angry," he wrote.

"I became distant to everyone who loved me... I felt like I could never turn it around."

The Canadian star, who has been candid about his mental health struggles, explained how the constant praise he received in his teens had distorted his perspective on life.

"I went from a 13-year-old boy from a small town to being praised left and right by the world, with millions saying how much they loved me and how great I was," he said.

"You hear these things enough as a young boy and you actually start believing it."

"Everyone did everything for me, so I never even learned the fundamentals of responsibility," he explained on Instagram.

'Trouble after trouble'

At 18, he had "millions in the bank" and "access to whatever [I] wanted" but "no skills in the real world". By 19, Bieber says he was doing "pretty heavy drugs" and "abused" the relationships he was in.

"I made every bad decision you could have thought of and went from one of the most loved and adored people in the world to the most ridiculed, judged and hated person in the world."

Bieber was arrested several times in 2014 with offences ranging from vandalism to driving under the influence, a charge which was later reduced to of driving without due care and attention.

"It's hard to get out of bed in the morning...when it feels like there's trouble after trouble after trouble," he wrote.

"Sometimes it can even get to the point where you don't even want to live anymore. Where you feel like it's never going to change."

However, the star, who is a devout Christian, said his faith and the support of friends and family, including his wife Hailey Baldwin, had helped turn his life around.

"It's taken me years to bounce back from all of these terrible decisions, fix broken relationships, and change relationship habits," he wrote.

"Luckily, God blessed me with extraordinary people who love me for me," he added. "Now I am navigating the best season of my life 'MARRIAGE'!!"

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Following the Instagram post, fans flooded Bieber's comments with messages of support and love.

"Mistakes were made but the truth is that you found your way back to a better place," wrote one. "I'm proud to be a Belieber."

"I've always loved you, Justin, through everything, and always knew there was good in you," added another.

Bieber's former bodyguard Kenny Hamilton commented: "Proud of how far you've come. We are all here to support you."

And Kyle Massey, who starred on the Disney TV show That's So Raven, also thanked Bieber for shining a light on the "ups and downs" of achieving fame at a young age.

"The point of view of a child star is one most people and media ignore," he wrote on Instagram. "My family and friends are the only reason I've been able to keep my head on straight."

Bieber took an extended break from music after cancelling the final 14 dates of his 2017 Purpose World Tour, saying: "I want my mind heart and soul to be sustainable".

However, he has recently appeared as a guest vocalist on Ed Sheeran's number one single I Don't Care, and a remix of Billie Eilish's Bad Guy - prompting speculation he might be about to return with new solo material.
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Justin Bieber Is Back, Tells Screaming Fans 'I've Missed You So Much' at Hot 100 Fest

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"It's been a while since I've done any shows or anything," Justin Bieber told his excitable fans early into his performance at the inaugural Billboard Hot 100 Festival on Sunday night. "You guys miss me?" The response from the audience was deafening. So were the "JUS-TIN! JUS-TIN!"

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He is really kind-hearted. He has been doing charity all the time, perhaps because he has seen too many poor children like him. On May 19, 2013, he held a charity concert and a special charity auction at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. At the beginning of 2011, Justin Bieber joined the Schools 4 All public welfare campaign launched by POP, and raised money to provide basic education facilities for 75 million poor children around the world. During the epidemic in Wuhan, China, Bieber donated 200000 yuan to fight against the epidemic.

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Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande’s ‘Stuck With U’ raises over $3.5 million for charity

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Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande’s collaborative 2020 single ‘Stuck With U’ has raised over $3.5 million for charity

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With his excellent strength, Bieber has taught himself singing, guitar, piano and other instruments since he was 5 years old, and was accepted as an apprentice by Arthur Boy to enter the music world. The first album released at the age of 14 sold more than one million copies. With the popularity of baby all over the world, he has numerous fans. He has been invited to the White House for many times to sing for the President of the United States. The Beckham family are all his fans. The second album won four awards at the National Music Awards.

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Why can he pay successfully

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As the BBC news report shows, his lyrics are full of apologies for past misconduct. He said: "I named this album Purpose, because there was a period of time when I felt I had lost my goal and found it again."

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The most important factor in the rehabilitation of Justin Bieber has been his acceptance by music fans in club music circles, far outside of the realms of chart pop. And while the quality of the songs is the key factor, some of that has come from his public acknowledgement that, yes, things did get a little bit crazy and he's still trying to be a better man, but for himself this time.

In this interview with Annie Mac, he admits the pressure and the wild living distracted him from the job in hand: "I think for a while there I forgot how much I loved being on stage, how much I love doing what I do and I think I took it for granted a little bit."

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How Justin Bieber pulled off the comeback of the year

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The most important factor in the rehabilitation of Justin Bieber has been his acceptance by music fans in club music circles, far outside of the realms of chart pop.

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Successful comeback

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Bieber returned in 2015, and the album "Purpose" was a great success as soon as it was released. Among them, 17 singles were on the American pop music charts at the same time, directly surpassing the record of the Beatles.

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Taking the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater stage for Billboard's inaugural Hot 100 Festival on Sunday, Aug. 23, Justin Bieber asked the capacity crowd a million-dollar question: "You guys miss me?"

The deafening response at the Long Island venue in Wantagh, N.Y., provided a welcome answer, not just for the 21-year-old singer, but also manager Scooter Braun, 34, and the brass at Def Jam. After all, Bieber's last studio album, Believe, was released in 2012 - an eternity in teen years.

"We knew that the only way this was going to work was if we made it about the music again," says Braun. "No more sensationalism - if you enjoy the music, thank you, and if you don't, there's nothing more to talk about."

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After becoming the youngest artist in history to notch five No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart, Bieber suffered through some very public growing pains, generating unflattering tabloid headlines for a succession of immature misdeeds. The first half of 2015 has been a period of relative calm: he apologized for his "arrogant" behavior on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, got lovingly lambasted on a Comedy Central Roast.

The music was thought to be the trickiest part of the equation, but that changed with "Where Are U Now," the emotional electro-pop song that recently peaked at No. 8 on the Hot 100 chart. Originally conceived to lead Bieber's next album, "Where Are U Now" ended up the second single on Skrillex and Diplo's collaborative album (under the moniker Jack U) and quietly debuted last winter. But the song spent months growing at radio, punctuated by Bieber appearances during new pal Skrillex's sets at HARD and Ultra festivals. Bieber had stumbled into a comeback hit.

"I think the 'Where Are U Now' record gave him confidence," says Braun. "That was a very personal record that he wrote. To see it doing so well, and to see Skrillex and Diplo embrace him... He feels like he's found his lane."
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That lane will include more danceable electronic templates and vulnerable vocal takes, if "What Do You Mean" is any indication. The lead single to Bieber's next studio album (due out Nov. 13, according to sources), is expected to make a big Hot 100 splash upon its Aug. 28 release. That's thanks in part to Bieber's own social media might: with 66.8 million Twitter followers, Bieber spread word of the song's arrival with the help of famous friends like Ariana Grande, Shaquille O'Neal and Ellen DeGeneres, who counted down the days to its release. Two days after the song is unveiled, Bieber will take the stage in front of many of those famous friends at the MTV Video Music Awards, for the live debut of "What Do You Mean."

Braun says Bieber's collection of celebrity pals "wants to see him win." Top 40 is apparently back on board as well. "The comeback has already happened," says Chris Booker, 97.1 AMP Radio (KAMP-FM) afternoon drive host in Los Angeles. "Hits cure everything. [Bieber] has played this round pretty masterfully. I just hope that he can stay out of his own way."

"Radio's going to embrace ['What Do You Mean'] in a big way," adds Sharon Dastur, Senior VP of Programming Integration at iHeartMedia. "He's gotten back into the good graces of people - not only from the Diplo and Skrillex song, but from the Comedy Central roast, from the things he's been doing recently, from the way he's basically said, 'Hey, I've been growing up.'"
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That maturity is reflected on the album, says Def Jam CEO Steve Bartels, 52. "Any time an artist has been away and focused on personal growth, you see a change in the music. His fans will come with him because they've grown up, too."

Bartels confirms that the extensive rollout of "What Do You Mean" is the prelude to a months-long Bieber blitz for the new album, which features more collaborations with Skrillex and Diplo. Madeleine Bennett, senior marketing director at Def Jam, says that for the new album rollout, "Social, technology, direct conversations with fans, viral content and personal experiences will all be huge drivers. We're trying to make this the most modern campaign that we can... It's absolutely a huge priority for the company."

Bieber's Hot 100 Fest performance will serve as a warm-up to a busy 2016 for the singer, whose Believe Tour grossed $77 million in 2013, per Billboard Boxscore. He's expected to announce a world tour by the end of 2015. "Man, I've missed you so much," Bieber said at Hot 100 Fest. "It's so good to be back on this stage."

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Justin Bieber, on the Comeback Trail, Back in 'Good Graces' of Fans and Industry

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Taking the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater stage for Billboard's inaugural Hot 100 Festival on Sunday, Aug. 23, Justin Bieber asked the capacity crowd a million-dollar question: "You guys miss me?" The deafening response at the Long Island venue in Wantagh, N.Y., provided a welcome answer, not just for the 21-year-old singer, but also manager Scooter Braun, 34, and the brass at Def Jam.

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In September 2014, Bieber was arrested for dangerous driving and assault due to an accident between ATV and minivan driving in Canada. He later admitted the charges and was fined.

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People are always like this. When we have too much, we will begin to enjoy those things that we should not have without fear. Perhaps it is because we become famous too quickly. Compared with our poor life before, today's famous and profitable Bieber has forgotten his original "innocence" and began to indulge himself gradually.

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The breakup with Selena should also be one of the reasons. In 2011, Justin Bieber fell in love with Selena Yamas, 19, for up to 12 times, and finally officially broke up after the reunion in November 2017. Fans said it was his unforgettable love

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Justin became famous when he was younger than Bob. Because he was too young, he was easily tempted by the outside world, he could hardly bear this, so he began to indulge himself, and many extraordinary or excessive things were reported by the media.

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It's related to his single parent family. Justin Bieber's parents divorced when he was 2 years old. He grew up with his mother, grandfather and grandmother. His mother used drugs when she was 14 years old, was pregnant with her first child when she was 17 years old, had tried suicide, and also wanted to have an abortion. It seems that Bieber's arrest in 2014 was also related to his mother.

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The reason for the collapse of Justin Bieber's design, why the public image is not consistent with me

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In December 2013, Bieber announced on his personal Twitter that he would temporarily withdraw from the music world. In recent years, Bieber suffered from such negative news as chaotic private life and fighting. Due to the abuse of netizens, it was announced to suspend the singing industry.

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'Twas the night before Christmas, all over the house, not a creature was stirring - except for Justin Bieber, who chose Christmas Eve to announce his "official" retirement on Twitter.

Bieber chose the eve of the release of his movie, Believe, to annouce his withdrawal from the world of pop in a series of Tweets direct to fans.

My beloved beliebers I'm officially retiring

- Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) December 25, 2013

The media talks a lot about me.They make a up a lot of lies and want me to fail but I'm never leaving you, being a belieber is a lifestyle.

- Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) December 25, 2013

Be kind loving to each other, forgive each other as god forgave us through Christ Merry Christmas IM HERE FOREVER

- Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) December 25, 2013

Just last week, Bieber had told a Los Angeles radio station he planned to quit. "After the new album, I'm actually retiring, man. I'm retiring," he told Power 106 on December 17. However, he then suggested that was not, in fact, the case. "I want to grow as an artist, and I'm taking a step out, I want my music to mature," he added.

It has been a troubled 2013 for the teen star. Highpoints have included his writing in the guestbook at the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam: "Hopefully she would have been a Belieber"; his assertion that he had met the president of Mexico, denied by said president; his being caught urinating in a bucket and showing disrespect to former US president Bill Clinton; accusations of speeding in his neighbourhood; his abandonment of a pet Capuchin monkey in Germany; his tour bus being raided for drugs; and a visit to the UK that saw him scrapping with a paparazzo, collapsing on stage, and infuriating parents by beginning a show 90 minutes late.

How long Bieber's retirement from pop actually lasts remains to be seen.

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Justin Bieber announces his retirement on Twitter

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'Twas the night before Christmas, all over the house, not a creature was stirring - except for Justin Bieber, who chose Christmas Eve to announce his "official" retirement on Twitter. Bieber chose the eve of the release of his movie, Believe, to annouce his withdrawal from the world of pop in a series of Tweets direct to fans.

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Even invited to the Allen Show

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Justin Bieber's First Interview with Ellen!

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The development process of overnight popularity

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For a while, Justin Bieber's reputation collapsed instantly. More seriously, many American netizens asked the US government to expel him from the US and deprive him of the right to live in the US,

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Justin Bieber admitted that he started taking drugs at the age of 13, and his security guards checked his pulse every day

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The Dark Season - Justin Bieber: Seasons

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At the beginning of January 2014, Justin Bieber threw 20 eggs on his neighbor's door at night and insulted him in the street. Bieber has paid 80,000 dollars to his neighbor

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The Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has agreed to settle a long-running lawsuit filed by a former neighbor whose house the pop singer egged.

A document filed on Friday shows the case has been resolved in its entirety. No details were given about the terms.

Jeffrey and Suzanne Schwartz filed a lawsuit in early 2015 that alleged they suffered emotional harm because of the egging and other actions by Bieber when he lived nextdoor.

The 24-year-old pop singer has already served probation in a criminal plea deal after the 2013 incident, and paid $80,000 in restitution for the damage he caused.

The lawsuit alleged Bieber spit in Jeffrey Schwartz's face and terrorized the family with loud parties, drug use and aggressive driving while living in a gated community in the celebrity enclave of Calabasas. It sought more than $25,000 in damages for assault and battery, trespassing and infliction of emotional distress claims.

Bieber's attorneys argued that the restitution he already paid and the punishment he was given were sufficient, and that he did not rightly owe more for emotional damages.

Messages left for attorneys from both sides were not immediately returned.

During an August hearing, Judge Elaine W Mandel, who had taken over the case after three years, expressed skepticism at the plaintiffs' claims. She grilled the Schwartzes' attorney Brian J Kim to explain what damages Bieber caused the plaintiffs, calling them "minimal".

She also did not appear inclined to admit much of the evidence the plaintiffs wanted to introduce at trial, including dozens of media stories about Bieber's misbehavior.

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Justin Bieber egging lawsuit brought by neighbors is resolved

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The Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has agreed to settle a long-running lawsuit filed by a former neighbor whose house the pop singer egged. A document filed on Friday shows the case has been resolved in its entirety.

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In January 2014, Bieber was arrested in Miami, and the police confirmed that he was "holding an invalid driving license", "driving fast after drinking", "resisting arrest", or would be sentenced to imprisonment for 6 months, and finally he was released on bail with an amount of 2500 dollars.

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Justin Bieber has been charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid licence, police in Miami said on Thursday.

Bieber, 19, was arrested in the early hours of the morning after he was caught drag racing a yellow Lamborghini, according to police. Officers said that he smelled of alcohol and swore when he was pulled over.

Miami Beach police chief Raymond Martinez said officers estimated Bieber was driving at "anywhere up to 55 to 60mph" when stopped in a 30mph zone. He was detained at 4.09am ET.

Martinez told reporters that Bieber, who has released three studio albums and two books, was "a little belligerent, using some choice words", when police arrested him.

Bieber's friend, Khalil Sharieff, was also arrested on a charge of driving under the influence. Police said Sharieff, who tweeted at 3.07am Thursday that he was "Just livin life, blessed", was racing Bieber in a red Ferrari.

A judge later set Bieber's bail at $2,500.

The Miami Beach police department published Bieber's arrest report on its Twitter feed. The report said two black SUVs had blocked Pine Tree Drive in Miami Beach, which "facilitated an open road", enabling Bieber and Sharieff to race.

Two sports cars, involved in the Justin Bieber drag racing incident, sit in a Miami police compound. Photograph: Gary I Rothstein/Reuters

When the arrested officer attempted to stop Bieber - whose hit As Long As You Love Me delivers the tender message that a simple love can defy all hardship a couple might face - the singer inquired: "Why the fuck are you doing this?"

Bieber continued to ask: "What the fuck did I do? Why did you stop me?" and is said to have later assured the officer: "I ain't got no fucking weapons."

The police report said there was "an odor of alcohol emanating" from Bieber's breath. The 19-year-old reportedly had a "flushed face [and] bloodshot eyes" when he was being taken the police station. Police also learned Bieber had an expired Georgia driving licence.

Martinez said Bieber "did acknowledge that he did take a prescription medication and that he had been smoking marijuana and that he did consume a beer".

The street in Miami where Justin Bieber was arrested for drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid license. Photograph: Radcliffe/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

Bieber has written two autobiographies. His debut, First Step 2 Forever was published in 2010, documenting his rise to fame. His second autobiography, Just Getting Started, was published in 2012. It documented the two years that had elapsed since 2010.

Earlier this month Bieber was accused of throwing eggs at a neighbour's house in California. The singer endured a turbulent 2013, when he briefly retired from public life and lashed out at a photographer in London as his bodyguards escorted him into a car.

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Justin Bieber arrested for 'drag racing and driving under the influence'

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Justin Bieber has been charged with drunken driving, resisting arrest and driving without a valid licence, police in Miami said on Thursday. Bieber, 19, was arrested in the early hours of the morning after he was caught drag racing a yellow Lamborghini, according to police.

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In November 2013, at the concert in Buenos Aires, the Argentine prosecutor issued an international arrest warrant against him for "continuous theft, fraud, invasion of residential buildings and injury";

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Justin Bieber barre el suelo con una bandera Argentina.

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In April 2013, he illegally brought his pet monkey into Germany, which was detained by the customs and required him to pay a fine of about 10000 dollars.

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But Bieber's superstar road is not smooth.

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In 2012, he released his personal album "Belive", which sold 374000 copies every week. In 2013, the live album "Belive Acoustic" sold 210000 copies in the first week, winning the Billboard 200 album list this week, which is the fifth time Justin Bieber has won the list.

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On February 11, 2011, Justin Bieber: Never say die, a documentary film about Justin Bieber's growing experience, was released. In August, he was named the richest young artist in Hollywood by People magazine. In the same year, he was nominated as the best pop singer, the best male singer and the most popular music fan at the 18th European MTV Music Awards.

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JUSTIN BIEBER - NEVER SAY NEVER | Trailer & Filmclips - Kindheit deutsch german [HD]

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Justin Bieber's "Baby" song scored the best in the Billboard's Top 100 Singles List, and its MV became the most popular on YouTube in July 2010. He set the record of music video video on-demand on the VEVO video website, becoming the first artist with a single MV whose on-demand rate on the website exceeded 1 billion times

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Justin Bieber - Baby Best Comments (ft. Ludacris)

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He also ranked No. 39 on Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" list. At that time, Obama ranked No. 86 and Forbes magazine's cover, earning 180 million dollars in two years.

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In March of the next year, he became a top stream fan with his second album My World 2.0. The popular single "Baby" in the album became a superstar from North America to the world. At the age of 16, he created the highest sales volume of the first album of male artists in 2009 and won the 27th MTV Music Award for Best New Artist with his single "baby".

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On July 7, 2009, the first personal single "One Time" was released. Once it was released, it gained nationwide attention and became famous. In November, the first personal album My World was released. In the first week of its release, it ranked sixth on the Billboard Album List with 137000 sales, and in the first week of its release, it ranked sixth on the Billboard Album List. He was even invited to perform in the White House.

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Justin Bieber - One Time (Official Music Video)

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Bieber did not become popular through normal channels. He was neither a child model nor famous through advertising or TV. He was famous by uploading his cover songs on YouTube. Justin had a modern turning point: he was found on the Internet.

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He has taught himself piano, guitar and other musical instruments since he was five years old, and also loves singing very much. His mother uploaded videos of him singing many R&B songs on YouTube in 2007, and his popularity on the Internet has gradually increased. In 2008, Justin Bieber was discovered by his agent Scott on the video website YouTube, and then he was cultivated into the singing world by Arthur Boy.

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Justin Bieber was born in Canada on March 1, 1994. His parents divorced 10 months after their marriage, so he was raised by his mother, grandfather and grandmother.