2 on the Forbes list of Best-Paid Celebrities under 30, having earned $53 million in a 12-month period.Ģ012: Bieber purchased a $6.5 million, 10,000-square-foot mansion on 1.3 acres in Calabasas, Calif.Ģ012: Bieber was pulled over on the Ventura Freeway for driving at a speed of over 100 miles per hour.Ģ012: His third studio album, "Believe," was released by Island Records. Directed by Jon Chu, it's a 3-D part-biopic, part-concert film that raked in $12.4 million opening day and has since earned $98.5 million worldwide.Ģ011: Bieber was ranked No. We have to lower the key when I sing live."Ģ011: Bieber and and girlfriend Selena Gomez go public with their romance at the Vanity Fair Oscar after-party.Ģ011: The film "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never" was released on February 11. Some of the notes I hit on 'Baby' I can't hit anymore. Like every teenage boy, I'm dealing with it and I have the best vocal coach in the world. He became the most-viewed music video on YouTube and accounted for 3% of all traffic on Twitter.Ģ010: Bieber publicly goes through puberty and is forced to address his changing voice: "It cracks. The kid was a hit.Ģ010: Bieber became the most-searched-for celebrity on the Internet. and Double Platinum in both Canada and the U.K. Braun officially became Bieber's manager.Ģ009: Bieber released his first extended play, "My World." It certified Platinum in the U.S. Reid signed Bieber to Island Records, resulting in a joint venture between RBMG and Island Records.Ģ008: Bieber and his mom moved to Atlanta temporarily - also the home of Usher and Braun- to record and get counseling. The 13-year-old was soon signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture between Braun and Usher.Ģ008: Bieber sang for L.A. Impressed, he tracked Bieber down and flew him to Atlanta to record demo tapes.Ģ008: A week after arriving, Bieber sang for Usher in a recording studio parking lot. His mom posted a video of the performance on YouTube.īieber's popularity on YouTube began to rise as his mom, Pattie Mallette, continued to upload videos of her son singing covers of various R&B songs.Ģ008: Scooter Braun, a former marketing executive of So So Def, clicked on one of Bieber's 2007 videos by accident. He is still close with his father, who has two other children.Īs he grew up, Bieber taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet.Ģ007: At age 12, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition and placed second. His mother was just 17 years old when she became pregnant and raised Bieber as a single mother in low-income housing. But that's just the tip of the iceberg with his recent run-ins with the law.įrom a break-up with Selena Gomez to controversial new friendships, see where Bieber may have stepped off course.1994: Justin Drew Bieber was born in Ontario, Canada. On Thursday, the pop star was arrested on suspicion of DUI and drag racing during a wild night out in Miami. At just 19 years old, Justin Bieber has already won seven American Music Awards, six Billboard Music Awards, 10 MTV Awards, has been nominated for two Grammys, and was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Prime Minister of Canada.īut with great success at such a young age, can also come trouble.