About Justin..
JUSTIN DREW BIEBER BORN
MARCH 1, 1994) AND WAS RAISED IN
STRATFORD, ONTARIO. HE IS
THE SON OF JEREMY JACK BIEBER AND PATRICIA "PATTIE" MALLETTE. BIEBER'S MOTHER WAS
17 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE BECAME PREGNANT. HIS PARENTS WERE NEVER MARRIED, BUT
MAINTAIN A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP AND COMMON GOALS REGARDING THEIR SON'S PERSONAL
AND
PROFESSIONAL LIFE. MALLETTE RAISED HER SON WITH THE HELP OF HER MOTHER,
DIANE,
AND STEPFATHER, BRUCE.
IN SEPTEMBER 2012, MALLETTE'S MEMOIRS,
TITLED NOWHERE BUT UP, WERE PUBLISHED. THE BOOK
TELLS OF HER EARLY LIFE AND HER WORK WITH HER SON TO PURSUE A CAREER IN THE
MUSIC INDUSTRY. IN HER BOOK, AS WELL AS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE TODAY
SHOW, MALLETTE TALKED ABOUT HOW
EVERYONE AROUND HER TRIED TO PUSH HER TOWARD
ABORTION, AND HOW SHE REFUSED
TO ABORT HER BABY.
MALLETTE WORKED A SERIES OF LOW-PAYING OFFICE JOBS,
RAISING BIEBER AS A SINGLE
MOTHER IN LOW-INCOME HOUSING. BIEBER HAS MAINTAINED CONTACT WITH HIS FATHER, WHO
MARRIED ANOTHER WOMAN AND HAD TWO
CHILDREN.
BIEBER'S PATERNAL
GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS GERMAN.
BIEBER'S MOTHER'S ANCESTRY IS FRENCH
CANADIAN. HE
HAS STATED THAT HE BELIEVES THAT HE HAS SOME
UNDETERMINED ABORIGINAL
CANADIAN ANCESTRY. HE
ATTENDED A FRENCH-LANGUAGE IMMERSION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
STRATFORD, THE JEANNE SAUVÉ CATHOLIC
SCHOOL.
INTERESTED IN
HOCKEY, SOCCER, AND CHESS, HE KEPT HIS MUSICAL ASPIRATIONS TO
HIMSELF. AS
HE
GREW UP, BIEBER TAUGHT HIMSELF TO PLAY THE PIANO, DRUMS, GUITAR, AND
TRUMPET. IN
EARLY 2007, AGED 12, BIEBER SANG NE-YO'S "SO SICK" FOR A LOCAL SINGING COMPETITION IN
STRATFORD AND WAS PLACED SECOND.
MALLETTE POSTED A VIDEO OF THE PERFORMANCE
ON YOUTUBE FOR THEIR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS TO SEE. SHE CONTINUED TO UPLOAD
VIDEOS OF BIEBER SINGING COVERS OF
VARIOUS R&B SONGS, AND BIEBER'S
POPULARITY ON THE SITE GREW.
BIEBER IS AN
CANADIAN POP MUSICIAN, ACTOR, AND SINGER-SONGWRITER. BIEBER
WAS DISCOVERED IN
2008 BY AMERICAN TALENT MANAGER SCOOTER BRAUN, WHO
CAME ACROSS BIEBER'S
VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE AND LATER BECAME HIS MANAGER. BRAUN
ARRANGED FOR HIM TO MEET WITH ENTERTAINER USHER RAYMOND IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND BIEBER WAS SIGNED TO RAYMOND BRAUN MEDIA GROUP (RBMG), AND
THEN
TO AN ISLAND RECORDS RECORDING CONTRACT OFFERED BY RECORD
EXECUTIVE L.A. REID
MARCH 1, 1994) AND WAS RAISED IN
STRATFORD, ONTARIO. HE IS
THE SON OF JEREMY JACK BIEBER AND PATRICIA "PATTIE" MALLETTE. BIEBER'S MOTHER WAS
17 YEARS OLD WHEN SHE BECAME PREGNANT. HIS PARENTS WERE NEVER MARRIED, BUT
MAINTAIN A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP AND COMMON GOALS REGARDING THEIR SON'S PERSONAL
AND
PROFESSIONAL LIFE. MALLETTE RAISED HER SON WITH THE HELP OF HER MOTHER,
DIANE,
AND STEPFATHER, BRUCE.
IN SEPTEMBER 2012, MALLETTE'S MEMOIRS,
TITLED NOWHERE BUT UP, WERE PUBLISHED. THE BOOK
TELLS OF HER EARLY LIFE AND HER WORK WITH HER SON TO PURSUE A CAREER IN THE
MUSIC INDUSTRY. IN HER BOOK, AS WELL AS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE TODAY
SHOW, MALLETTE TALKED ABOUT HOW
EVERYONE AROUND HER TRIED TO PUSH HER TOWARD
ABORTION, AND HOW SHE REFUSED
TO ABORT HER BABY.
MALLETTE WORKED A SERIES OF LOW-PAYING OFFICE JOBS,
RAISING BIEBER AS A SINGLE
MOTHER IN LOW-INCOME HOUSING. BIEBER HAS MAINTAINED CONTACT WITH HIS FATHER, WHO
MARRIED ANOTHER WOMAN AND HAD TWO
CHILDREN.
BIEBER'S PATERNAL
GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS GERMAN.
BIEBER'S MOTHER'S ANCESTRY IS FRENCH
CANADIAN. HE
HAS STATED THAT HE BELIEVES THAT HE HAS SOME
UNDETERMINED ABORIGINAL
CANADIAN ANCESTRY. HE
ATTENDED A FRENCH-LANGUAGE IMMERSION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
STRATFORD, THE JEANNE SAUVÉ CATHOLIC
SCHOOL.
INTERESTED IN
HOCKEY, SOCCER, AND CHESS, HE KEPT HIS MUSICAL ASPIRATIONS TO
HIMSELF. AS
HE
GREW UP, BIEBER TAUGHT HIMSELF TO PLAY THE PIANO, DRUMS, GUITAR, AND
TRUMPET. IN
EARLY 2007, AGED 12, BIEBER SANG NE-YO'S "SO SICK" FOR A LOCAL SINGING COMPETITION IN
STRATFORD AND WAS PLACED SECOND.
MALLETTE POSTED A VIDEO OF THE PERFORMANCE
ON YOUTUBE FOR THEIR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS TO SEE. SHE CONTINUED TO UPLOAD
VIDEOS OF BIEBER SINGING COVERS OF
VARIOUS R&B SONGS, AND BIEBER'S
POPULARITY ON THE SITE GREW.
BIEBER IS AN
CANADIAN POP MUSICIAN, ACTOR, AND SINGER-SONGWRITER. BIEBER
WAS DISCOVERED IN
2008 BY AMERICAN TALENT MANAGER SCOOTER BRAUN, WHO
CAME ACROSS BIEBER'S
VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE AND LATER BECAME HIS MANAGER. BRAUN
ARRANGED FOR HIM TO MEET WITH ENTERTAINER USHER RAYMOND IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, AND BIEBER WAS SIGNED TO RAYMOND BRAUN MEDIA GROUP (RBMG), AND
THEN
TO AN ISLAND RECORDS RECORDING CONTRACT OFFERED BY RECORD
EXECUTIVE L.A. REID