Justin Bieber's Track Record

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JAKARTA - A mother is so amazed by the talent of her only son. The child who is good at music participates in a local singing competition. Unfortunately when he appeared in the competition, many of his siblings were unable to attend.

Finally, the mother recorded it as the child appeared and uploaded the video on YouTube so that those who were unable to attend could watch it. But unexpectedly, the video was not only watched by the brothers, but also by a singer and music producer who was interested in the boy's voice.

The story above is the beginning of the journey of Canadian singer Justin Bieber when he entered the world of singing. Born on March 1, 1994, Justin Bieber was raised by his mother. Justin Bieber often sings popular R&B songs and sometimes just plays acoustic guitar.

Her unique voice immediately caught the attention of a YouTube audience. Among those who saw Bieber's video was Scott Braun, a music promoter and talent agency who at the time invited 13-year-old Justin Bieber to record a demo at a studio in Atlanta.

Meanwhile, there, Justin Bieber also happened to meet R&B singer Usher and arranged an informal audition with him. Usher helped Justin Bieber land a recording contract in late 2008. Justin Bieber's debut song, One Time, was released on May 18, 2009.

Six months later, he released the EP "My World" which was comprised of seven songs consisting mostly of pop songs influenced by R&B. Justin Bieber quickly gained popularity. Countless prepubescent girls adore Justin Bieber like crazy.

The EP sold over one million copies. Seeing the high enthusiasm, in 2010 Justin Bieber released a full-length album titled "My World 2.0" which became number one on the Billboard album charts. Her lead single, Baby reached the top five of the Billboard charts and several other songs entered the Billboard Top 40.

The music video for 'Baby' is also the first to garner more than 500 million views on YouTube.

Justin Bieber has again proven that his talents are real. It's not just the help of great singers and producers. In late 2010, Justin Bieber released an album titled "My Worlds Acoustic" which contains nine acoustic songs from the album "My World".

In February 2011, a 3D documentary film about the beginning of his career, Never Say Never was released. In the same year, Justi Bieber also released his Christmas album, "Mistletoe" being his first single, which entered the Holiday Song charts at number two.

Justin Bieber never stops being productive. In 2012, Justin Bieber returned to release an album titled "Believe". With a more mature voice and starting to 'play' in the dance-pop area, Justin Bieber also collaborated with Darkchild, Diplo, and Max Martin during the album production process.

"Believe" became the number one album in Canada and the US, flagship hits such as Boyfriend, As Long As You Love Me, and Beauty and a Beat colored the charts many times. An acoustic version of the album, "Believe Acoustic", was released in 2013.

Grow up scandalous

Justin Bieber's popularity makes everyone interested not only in the music he makes, but also in his personal life. His relationship with the female singer, Selena Gomez, has always attracted public attention.

Reporting from CNN, in 2014 when he was 19 years old, Justin Bieber was arrested for drunk driving and did not have a driver's license. However Justin Bieber refused to be detained by the Miami Police with harsh words.

After being arrested. Justin Bieber also made several statements to the police that he had consumed alcohol, smoked marijuana and taken several prescription drugs. Justin Bieber was released from Miami prison one hour after he made a brief video-link appearance before a Miami judge, who set a $ 2,500 "standard" bond.

He came out of the prison dressed in black, with a loose hoodie over his head. The pants looked like loose leather. Bieber sat briefly on a black Cadillac Escalade, where he waved to the fans, before leaving.

In addition, Justin Bieber was also charged with violence against a car driver while in Toronto, Canada. Justin physically assaulted the limousine driver and the case has three witnesses. For this case Justin Bieber was not detained by the police but was required to pay a fine.

In 2015, Justin Bieber returned to dealing with the police for assault and reckless driving. The allegations stem from an incident in which Justin Bieber was arrested after his ATV collided with a minivan.

At that time, he was released on a promise to attend trial and ordered to answer charges at a trial in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. He was fined $ 750 Canadian for reckless driving. For assault charges, he was found not guilty.

There are still many series of scandals that Bieber has done, such as throwing eggs at a neighbor's house, spitting carelessly, and making racist jokes. But Justin Bieber has not forgotten that he is a musician. In 2015, Justin Bieber spawned the album "Purpose".

On this one album, Justin Bieber managed to reach an audience outside his young fan base, with each of his first three singles reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.Also in 2015, Bieber contributed vocals to the Grammy Award-winning electro-pop hit. Where are you now.

Many people say that Justin Bieber's mischief was a transition from adolescence to adulthood. The relationship that repeatedly broke up and returned also had made people only focus on their love stories, not their music.

Marriage is a turning point

In early 2018, for the umpteenth time, news of Bieber's relationship with Selena Gomez for years ran aground again. However, a few months later, Justin Bieber came back with the news that he was engaged to a model, Hailey Baldwin.

Many people accused Bieber of having an affair before finally ending his relationship with Selena Gomez. In September 2018, Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin got married secretly at the marriage affairs office in New York, USA.

Justin Bieber admitted that the marriage was a turning point for him after experiencing a series of scandals. Besides, starting his career at a very young age is not an easy thing. When he was still a teenager, he should have filled up with friends, instead he was filled with world tours and making albums.

"Have you ever paid attention to the statistics of a child artist and his life. There is crazy pressure and responsibility on a child whose brain, emotions and decision-making lobes have not yet been developed," Justin Bieber said in an Instagram post.

"At 20, I made every bad decision and went from one of the most loved and adored people in the world to the person most laughed at, judged, and hated. Now I'm navigating the best season of my life, which is marriage. "Amazing, crazy, new. You learn patience, trust, commitment, kindness, humility, and all the things that seem to be good people," added Justin Bieber.

This seems to be true with Justin Bieber stopping scandals and returning to making albums. In February 2020, Justin Bieber released the album "Changes". Like nostalgia, he again managed to grab the top position of the Billboard charts. After taking a break from his world tour for 4 years, Justin Bieber is now back to being a confident star.

"Changes" had 231,000 sales in the US, according to Nielsen Music, which includes 135 million streams and 126,000 album copies sold.

Quoted from Forbes, songs from Justin Bieber also colored 40 Billboard charts. The previous single, Yummy did not enter the top 10, stopping at number 11. While his collaboration, with Dan + Shay through the title 10,000 Hours, ranked 13th. Forever, who collaborated with Post Malone and Clever, was at number 23. While his duet with Ed Sheeran I Don't Care stayed at number 39.