How Did Just Bieber Make It To The Big Time

Justin Bieber is without a doubt one of the latest singing sensations who is well ahead of his friends and time. Based on the young pop icon, there is no girlfriend at the moment and he is loving all the rewards of being solo at sixteen years old. This is in spite of the all the many young girls throughout America, Australia, Canada and other parts of the world who want to become Mrs. Bieber. Speaking about international recognition, I bet you like to know just how Justin Bieber became famous .

It all began when he engaged in a local competition in Stratford, where he grew up. He was actually placed second in this competition. But, his loved ones missed his performance during the competition and so his mother uploaded his video on YouTube for them to see his performance.

About Justin Bieber

He was born in Canada on the 1st of March 1994 and resided in Stratford, Ontario. Justin is actually a self-taught musician and has learned how to play drums, guitar, piano and trumpet. As soon as he has some time, the violin is next on his list to learn. His folks are actually divorced, but his mother accompanies him on shows and trips. Some of Bieber's high profile buddies include Usher, Taylor Swift and also Selena Gomez.

How his career started:

Scooter Braun, presently Bieber's manager found the amateur clip that his mom had posted on YouTube and he was stunned. He got in touch with Justin and made up plans to have a meeting with Usher. During this meeting, Usher was exceptionally fascinated by Bieber's talent and this brought him to make some phone calls. This resulted in Justin being signed to Island Records during October in 2008. In fact, Justin Timberlake had been also considering signing up Bieber, however Usher was able to work out a much better contract in the end.

Justin's achievements to date

In 2009, Justin Bieber One Time was launched as his first single. This song showed up on the Billboard 100 charts where it reaches the number 17 spot. This was followed by My World, another debut release in November of the same year. This song was accredited platinum in the United States and this makes him the very first artist with seven songs appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, all from a debut album. The best track to top the charts was a single named "Baby".

After that, My World 2.0 was released in March, 2010 and this was also another success hit. This came out at number 1 throughout the USA. This popularity has opened a number of doors for Justin which landed him appearances on television shows such as Saturday Night Live, True Jackson and CSI. He also has a movie in the making entitled "Never Say Never" and he will be appearing as himself.

Along with his concerts, Justin has also performed for music fan in several live shows such as MTVU's VMA '09 tour; Lopez Tonight; The Today Show, Good Morning America and others. This popularity will keep growing as this teenager has innumerable fans worldwide.