Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber, born on March 1, 1994, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-talented artist who has made a significant impact on contemporary popular music. He first gained international recognition in the late 2000s with his debut extended play, My World, released in 2009, which established him as a teen idol. His rise to fame continued with the release of his debut album, My World 2.0, in 2010, which topped the US Billboard 200, making him the youngest solo male to achieve this milestone in forty-seven years.

The lead single from My World 2.0, "Baby" featuring Ludacris, became one of the best-selling singles in the United States, despite its music video becoming the most disliked video on YouTube. Bieber's subsequent albums showcased his versatility, with Under the Mistletoe in 2011 becoming the first Christmas album by a male artist to debut at the top of the charts. His third album, Believe, released in 2012, explored dance-pop and included an acoustic re-release that made him the first artist in Billboard history to have five US number-one albums by the age of eighteen.

In 2015, Bieber ventured into electronic dance music with the hit single "Where Are Ü Now," which won a Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording. His fourth album, Purpose, produced several US Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits, including "Love Yourself," "Sorry," and "What Do You Mean?" Notably, he became the first artist to monopolize the top three positions on the UK singles chart. His collaborations in 2017, such as DJ Khaled's "I'm the One" and Luis Fonsi's "Despacito," reached number one in the US, with the latter tying the record for the longest-running number-one song in history at sixteen weeks.

Bieber's discography continued to flourish with the release of Changes in 2020 and Justice in 2021, both of which topped the Billboard 200. Justice included his seventh US number-one single, "Peaches," and made him the youngest solo act to achieve eight US number-one albums. In 2021, he also released his eighth US number-one single, "Stay" with the Kid Laroi. His upcoming albums, Swag and Swag II, are set to be released in 2025.

With over one hundred fifty million units sold worldwide, Bieber is one of the best-selling music artists of all time. His accolades include two Grammy Awards, one Latin Grammy Award, eight Juno Awards, two Brit Awards, twenty-six Billboard Music Awards, eighteen American Music Awards, and twenty-two MTV Europe Music Awards, the most wins for any artist. In 2011, Time recognized him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, and Forbes listed him among the top ten most powerful celebrities from 2011 to 2013. Billboard ranked him as the eighth-greatest pop star of the twenty-first century.