Justin Bieber is the runaway YouTube sensation that stormed the world by releasing his self-produced videos onto the internet. Within months, his videos had gone viral and millions of fans had joined his social networking sites. 

His original intentions were to simply keep his friends and family up to date on his activities, but the world was going to make him a super star.

After pop singer Usher Raymond heard Bieber's music, he signed him to a recording contract, as well as marketed and helped create a buzz about the young entertainer.

Bieber was born March 1, 1994 in Stratford, Ontario Canada, and was raised by his divorced mother, Pattie Mallette. At the age of twelve he entered a local singing competition and came in second place. He also learned how to play the piano, drums, and guitar. 

During 2007, Justin started posting videos on YouTube and an executive of So So Def Records found them and introduced Bieber to singer and songwriter Usher. After auditioning, Bieber was offered a recording deal with Island Records. The young singer moved to Atlanta Georgia with his mother in 2008 to start his spectacular career.

Bieber's first album "My World," was released in the United States and Canada in November 2009 and featured vocals from Usher, who also appeared in the music video for the song "One Time". 

The young star has also appeared on numerous talk shows and award shows including "Grammy Awards", "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve", "The Wendy Williams Show", "Chelsea Lately", The Ellen DeGeneres Show", "Good Morning America", "Today", and the 2009 "MTV Video Music Awards".

His popularity grew so fast that during a 2009-scheduled appearance at a New York mall so many teenage girls showed up that police shut the event down. An employee of the record company was arrested for interfering with officers after a fan yelled they saw Bieber inside an Abercrombie Kids store. 

After the tragic 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Bieber was asked to participate in the remake of Michael Jackson's award winning song "We Are The World". In fact, Justin sings the very first line of the updated song.

Justin Bieber's second album, Part II of "My World" was released in March 2010 as acoustic project as the singer embarked on his first world concert tour. His first leg included eighty six US tour dates as well as Japan, Germany, New Zealand, Britain, and others.

Bieber then decided to try his hand in the world of television as he appeared in two episodes of CSI, and presented awards at several awards show. He cleaned up at the American Music Awards by both performing and winning multiple statues with his mentor Usher.

In February 2011, Justin Bieber released his first 3D movie - "Never Say Never". While written as a documentary, the film contained lots of concert footage and background information from friends and family. It told the story of hard work and perseverance - not an easy instant rise to stardom.

The young pop star had a brief run in with the law in 2010 as he was bullied by a young 12 year-old-boy during a paint ball game. Witnesses told police the young boy called Bieber a fag and used other insulting homophobic slurs. No charges were ever filed but Justin did appear in a short public service announcement against gay bullying.

Also in 2011, Bieber was rumored to be dating young Disney star Selena Gomez. While he denied the rumors, severel sets of professional photos were leaked to the internet causing some to think the star was fighting anti-gay bashing by frequently being seen and photographed with young girls.

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