IN the late afternoon chilly dark, the pop star Justin Bieber, 15, emerged from the radio station in Providence, R.I., where he had just been interviewed. As if on cue, a large pack of tween girls screamed and pounced.
With his mother, Pattie Mallette, in Providence, R.I.
So did their mothers.
“Justin, my daughter Elizabeth is going to your show tonight!” shouted one woman, shoving girls out of the way to push her cellphone camera in Mr. Bieber’s face. “Want a play date with her, Justin?”
A shriek, presumably from the mortified Elizabeth: “Mom!”
Justin, blessed with excellent mop-top hair, gamely pushed through his jet lag to produce a camera-ready smile. Then his mother, Pattie Mallette, rescued him: she and his entourage hustled him into a van and sped away.
“The mothers are the worst,” Ms. Mallette said later, sitting in a hotel lobby armchair, reflecting on parenting one of the few teenagers in America who, for his own safety, can hang out at a mall only when others are in school.
A baby-faced fawn, Justin has become ridiculously successful at an age so tender that his preferred mode of greeting is a hug.
But as he takes his place in the venerable line of Leifs and Shauns who have ruled the Tiger Beat princedom, he is also a creature of this era: a talented boy discovered first by fans on YouTube, then cannily marketed to them through a fresh influx of studiedly raw videos on the Web site.
In contrast to stars like Kelly Clarkson, who sprang from “American Idol,” or Disney factory best sellers like Miley Cyrus, Justin, his fans passionately believe, is homemade. Long before he released his EP, “My World,” in mid-November, the YouTube videos attracted millions of views.
“My World,” a low-calorie confection of R & B pop tunes swirled through with head-bobbing urgency and hip-hop grace notes, made its debut at No. 6 on the Billboard charts, with four singles in the Top 100.
At every stop on Justin’s recent tour, his charisma, high energy and sweet gawkiness ignited explosions of cellphone camera flashes, glinting on orthodontia. Over one weekend last month, he set off a squealfest at Madison Square Garden, taped a performance for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve special in Las Vegas, performed in Chicago and then sang for President and Mrs. Obama in Washington.
Until recently, Justin was a regular boy who played hockey and soccer in Stratford, Ontario (population 30,000). He taught himself piano, guitar and trumpet, took drum lessons and yowled pop tunes while he brushed his teeth. He lived in low-income housing with Ms. Mallette, who prayed that God would use her son as a modern Prophet Samuel, a voice to his generation.
A youth pastor, perhaps? Or even a singer on a Christian label, she thought?
So when an Atlanta-based hip-hop manager named Scooter Braun called nearly two years ago, Ms. Mallette was confused. “I prayed, ‘God, you don’t want this Jewish kid to be Justin’s man, do you?’ ” she recalled.
NOW Justin and his mother live in Atlanta. He is tutored privately and takes vocal lessons, the costs underwritten by Island Def Jam records and the silky R & B superstar Usher. His new family includes hovercrafts like Mr. Braun and Ryan Good, a former assistant to Usher, whom the singer handpicked to be Justin’s road manager and “swagger coach” — sharpening his moves, his attitude and his wardrobe.
In a phone interview, Usher said he, too, takes a familial role: “Sometimes he’s like a little brother or a son to me.”
“I understand the pressure to be in that position,” added Usher, a former boy wonder. “But I had a chance to ramp up my success, where this has happened to him abruptly. So Scooter, Ryan, myself: we tag-team him.”
Riding herd on any teenager presents challenges. Controlling one who happens to be the name on a new franchise presents challenges of another magnitude. “When we’re on tour, I can’t exactly ground him,” said Ms. Mallette, 34, a petite, tough-minded woman.
Since arriving in Providence on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles, where Justin had performed at a mall for reportedly 20,000 screamers, tension had been building. His publicity schedule had lockstep demands. But the adolescent was becoming overtired.
In the interview at the radio station, Justin, pale with fatigue, still tried to affect a streetwise jauntiness: “ ’Sup, man?” he said, greeting the disc jockey.
The announcer asked whether he preferred arenas like Madison Square Garden or small venues like Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, site of that night’s show. Isn’t it nicer to see fans up close and personal?
Justin praised the wonders of Madison Square Garden. The announcer caught his eye. Adroitly, Justin tacked. It turns out that he really likes small halls, too. Both kinds, actually.
With his mother, Pattie Mallette, in Providence, R.I.
So did their mothers.
“Justin, my daughter Elizabeth is going to your show tonight!” shouted one woman, shoving girls out of the way to push her cellphone camera in Mr. Bieber’s face. “Want a play date with her, Justin?”
A shriek, presumably from the mortified Elizabeth: “Mom!”
Justin, blessed with excellent mop-top hair, gamely pushed through his jet lag to produce a camera-ready smile. Then his mother, Pattie Mallette, rescued him: she and his entourage hustled him into a van and sped away.
“The mothers are the worst,” Ms. Mallette said later, sitting in a hotel lobby armchair, reflecting on parenting one of the few teenagers in America who, for his own safety, can hang out at a mall only when others are in school.
A baby-faced fawn, Justin has become ridiculously successful at an age so tender that his preferred mode of greeting is a hug.
But as he takes his place in the venerable line of Leifs and Shauns who have ruled the Tiger Beat princedom, he is also a creature of this era: a talented boy discovered first by fans on YouTube, then cannily marketed to them through a fresh influx of studiedly raw videos on the Web site.
In contrast to stars like Kelly Clarkson, who sprang from “American Idol,” or Disney factory best sellers like Miley Cyrus, Justin, his fans passionately believe, is homemade. Long before he released his EP, “My World,” in mid-November, the YouTube videos attracted millions of views.
“My World,” a low-calorie confection of R & B pop tunes swirled through with head-bobbing urgency and hip-hop grace notes, made its debut at No. 6 on the Billboard charts, with four singles in the Top 100.
At every stop on Justin’s recent tour, his charisma, high energy and sweet gawkiness ignited explosions of cellphone camera flashes, glinting on orthodontia. Over one weekend last month, he set off a squealfest at Madison Square Garden, taped a performance for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve special in Las Vegas, performed in Chicago and then sang for President and Mrs. Obama in Washington.
Until recently, Justin was a regular boy who played hockey and soccer in Stratford, Ontario (population 30,000). He taught himself piano, guitar and trumpet, took drum lessons and yowled pop tunes while he brushed his teeth. He lived in low-income housing with Ms. Mallette, who prayed that God would use her son as a modern Prophet Samuel, a voice to his generation.
A youth pastor, perhaps? Or even a singer on a Christian label, she thought?
So when an Atlanta-based hip-hop manager named Scooter Braun called nearly two years ago, Ms. Mallette was confused. “I prayed, ‘God, you don’t want this Jewish kid to be Justin’s man, do you?’ ” she recalled.
NOW Justin and his mother live in Atlanta. He is tutored privately and takes vocal lessons, the costs underwritten by Island Def Jam records and the silky R & B superstar Usher. His new family includes hovercrafts like Mr. Braun and Ryan Good, a former assistant to Usher, whom the singer handpicked to be Justin’s road manager and “swagger coach” — sharpening his moves, his attitude and his wardrobe.
In a phone interview, Usher said he, too, takes a familial role: “Sometimes he’s like a little brother or a son to me.”
“I understand the pressure to be in that position,” added Usher, a former boy wonder. “But I had a chance to ramp up my success, where this has happened to him abruptly. So Scooter, Ryan, myself: we tag-team him.”
Riding herd on any teenager presents challenges. Controlling one who happens to be the name on a new franchise presents challenges of another magnitude. “When we’re on tour, I can’t exactly ground him,” said Ms. Mallette, 34, a petite, tough-minded woman.
Since arriving in Providence on a red-eye flight from Los Angeles, where Justin had performed at a mall for reportedly 20,000 screamers, tension had been building. His publicity schedule had lockstep demands. But the adolescent was becoming overtired.
In the interview at the radio station, Justin, pale with fatigue, still tried to affect a streetwise jauntiness: “ ’Sup, man?” he said, greeting the disc jockey.
The announcer asked whether he preferred arenas like Madison Square Garden or small venues like Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, site of that night’s show. Isn’t it nicer to see fans up close and personal?
Justin praised the wonders of Madison Square Garden. The announcer caught his eye. Adroitly, Justin tacked. It turns out that he really likes small halls, too. Both kinds, actually.
There r rumours going around that Justin Bieber is rlly a 51 year old man in disguise. U can look the video up on YouTube.
I love Justin. Sooooo much. And Im not sure i believe that its true or not. I dont think Justin himself has seen the video on YouTube yet, because he didnt clear the (hopefully) rumour up yet.
So thatz the question. Is he rlly a 51 year old (ugly) man in disguise? i know its from a fake news channel 'The Onion' but im not sure if the news channel rlly is fake. Tell me wut u think.. :"""""""(
I love Justin. Sooooo much. And Im not sure i believe that its true or not. I dont think Justin himself has seen the video on YouTube yet, because he didnt clear the (hopefully) rumour up yet.
So thatz the question. Is he rlly a 51 year old (ugly) man in disguise? i know its from a fake news channel 'The Onion' but im not sure if the news channel rlly is fake. Tell me wut u think.. :"""""""(
What would Justin Bieber look like with a shaved head? Today i will show you how he looks like,look down in the pic V.
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Don't worry, Justin didn't cut his hair! This picture was taken back when Justin was just a kid and had short hair.
Justin has said that he would like to change his look. He said that now is not the moment, but that in his next album we may see him with a very radical new look.
What do you think girls? Would you like it if Justin shaved his head or cut his hair?
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Don't worry, Justin didn't cut his hair! This picture was taken back when Justin was just a kid and had short hair.
Justin has said that he would like to change his look. He said that now is not the moment, but that in his next album we may see him with a very radical new look.
What do you think girls? Would you like it if Justin shaved his head or cut his hair?
When you are a pop superstar with millions of teenage girls falling at your feet it is pretty easy to, uh, enjoy the benefits of being a teen idol by dating many girls; however, Justin Bieber isn't your regular teen idol and that is why he is pledging to "stay pure" for the right woman in his life. In an interview with E! News, Justin's mom, Pattie Mallette, reveals that Justin has a strict code of ethics when it comes to the fairer sex:
[Justin] has expressed his desire to stay pure and honor women and treat women with respect so hopefully that stays that way. It looks like Justin is following in the steps of the Jonas Brothers and planning on remaining a virgin until he finds that special girl. Are you disappointed that Justin has taken a purity pledge or do you find it noble?
[Justin] has expressed his desire to stay pure and honor women and treat women with respect so hopefully that stays that way. It looks like Justin is following in the steps of the Jonas Brothers and planning on remaining a virgin until he finds that special girl. Are you disappointed that Justin has taken a purity pledge or do you find it noble?
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death, and many teen celebrities are remembering the King of Pop and what he did for music as a whole. Although it will be hard for another artist to accomplish all that Michael did in his career, Jessica Jarrell says Justin Bieber may have a chance.
"I am not sure if there will be there will never be another Michael Jackson but it is possible," she says. "Justin Bieber is definitely on track to fill that void." One year later, Michael's passing is still affecting his many fans and admirers. Jessica remembers exactly where she was when he heard the news. "I was on my way home from Forever 21 and it was devastating and I couldn't stop crying," the L.A. native says. Justin is also thinking of MJ on this day. "A year ago today we lost the Greatest Entertainer that was and will ever will be..." he wrote on his Facebook page. "...Michael set the bar for all of us now and to come. He is the KING!! RIP MJ."
"I am not sure if there will be there will never be another Michael Jackson but it is possible," she says. "Justin Bieber is definitely on track to fill that void." One year later, Michael's passing is still affecting his many fans and admirers. Jessica remembers exactly where she was when he heard the news. "I was on my way home from Forever 21 and it was devastating and I couldn't stop crying," the L.A. native says. Justin is also thinking of MJ on this day. "A year ago today we lost the Greatest Entertainer that was and will ever will be..." he wrote on his Facebook page. "...Michael set the bar for all of us now and to come. He is the KING!! RIP MJ."
Justin's mother knocked over by a crowd of about 500 screaming teen girls waiting to greet him as he arrived at Auckland International Airport in New Zealand.
“Finally got to New Zealand last night,” tweeted Justin on Twiiter. “The airport was crazy. Not happy that someone stole my hat and knocked down my mama. Come on people… I want to be able to sign and take pics and meet my fans but if you are all pushing security won’t let me.”
He added, “Let’s keep it safe and have fun.”
Justin’s in the nation to perform a free concert at the Strathallan School in Papakura on Wednesday — but the gig could suffer a similar fate to his recently-cancelled Australian concert. The hysteria comes after Australian police cancelledthe concert on Monday when a crowd of about 5,000 teenage girls became out of control, injuring eight.
Looks like fans need to get control of themselves and act civilized or no one will be seeing Justin perform!
In the video Justin follows a girl around trying to get her attention. The girl is teen singer Jasmine Marie Villegas. Turns out that they cut part of the video in which Justin kisses Jasmine.
We wonder if this kiss is real, or just a digital trick. It sure does look real.
And if it is real, why not include this passionate kiss in the video? Maybe they think his fans would be upset watching the cutie kiss Jasmine...hmmm.
We wonder if this kiss is real, or just a digital trick. It sure does look real.
And if it is real, why not include this passionate kiss in the video? Maybe they think his fans would be upset watching the cutie kiss Jasmine...hmmm.
I remember when i first saw him i was at justice and his song one time and i was like whose that hottie! I always heard his song but never saw his sexy face!since then ive loved him!Now im sitting here with the bieber fever... and i love the feeling! i wanna be his valentine but I've never met him. (sigh). But i love you justin. and ima tell one time that im your number one fan (lol)! his hair is song dreamy and talk about his eyes and dreamy smile! if i met the jonas brother i would have said,"no ugly allowed 'cause justin bieber beat you by a long shot"! keep up with the good work. omjb im starting to sound like me teacher because she always says that. Peace!<3
Justin Bieber is an amazing singer! Sooo hot and Adorable! if you dont know who justin bieber is check out his page on youtube at youtube.com/kidraulh. he started to enjoy music since he was 5 and now music is his life. his first song he wrote is one time.
how justin became famous
wasn't expecting to be famous but on day he met usher. he was i'm atlanta and usher walked past and justin was suprised. he said,"usher i love your song can sing one to you?" he said dont bother and plus i'm busy. but when he wasnt busy he checked youtube and found justin bieber's videos and said oh my gosh. so he went bak to get justin and justin sang for him and he got famous cuz of usher.
his new cd is out. it's called my world
my world's playlist
one time
one less lonely girl
down to earth
bigger
baby
common denomiator
first dance
favorite girl
love me
how justin became famous
wasn't expecting to be famous but on day he met usher. he was i'm atlanta and usher walked past and justin was suprised. he said,"usher i love your song can sing one to you?" he said dont bother and plus i'm busy. but when he wasnt busy he checked youtube and found justin bieber's videos and said oh my gosh. so he went bak to get justin and justin sang for him and he got famous cuz of usher.
his new cd is out. it's called my world
my world's playlist
one time
one less lonely girl
down to earth
bigger
baby
common denomiator
first dance
favorite girl
love me