Justin Bieber Canadian Singer Born 1994 in London

Early life

Justin Bieber is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He was born on 1 March 1994 in London, and his mother is Pattie Mallette. Records of his education name three schools: Jeanne Sauvé Catholic School, Stratford District Secondary School and St. Michael Catholic Secondary School.

Career

Bieber's catalogue on record covers the years from 2009 to 2025. Over that period he is credited with 17 albums and 61 singles. The earliest release listed is Favorite Girl, from 2009, and the most recent is the album Swag II, released in 2025 alongside the album Swag. His music is filed under pop and contemporary R&B, and RBMG is the label named on his releases.

A cluster of his best documented releases comes from 2020 and 2021. The album Changes appeared in 2020, together with singles that included Yummy, Intentions, Holy, Lonely, Monster, Stuck with U, Get Me and Essence. In 2021 he released the albums Justice and Freedom. Singles from that year include Peaches, Hold On, Ghost, Anyone, Don't Go, Stay and Wandered to LA.

He also has a modest screen record of eight credits. The first is the 2011 film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, in which he has top billing. Behaving Badly followed in 2014, and Killing Hasselhoff in 2017. In 2021 he appeared in the television series Buku Harian Seorang Istri, and the same year saw Friends: The Reunion, which is the most recent title on his list.

His largest online audience is on YouTube, where he had 75.2 million subscribers as of 27 April 2025, and he holds a Diamond Play Button.

Recognition

Bieber has 12 recorded wins and 9 nominations. His Grammy Award for Best Dance/Electronic Recording was awarded in 2016 for Where Are Ü Now. In 2017 he won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Fusion/Performance for Despacito.

At the MTV Video Music Awards in 2021 he took Best Pop Video for Peaches and was named Artist of the Year. He has also won the American Music Award for New Artist of the Year and the American Music Award for Artist of the Year. Billboard placed him on its 21 Under 21 list in both 2011 and 2012, and he received the Juno Fan Choice award in 2014 and again in 2016. He also holds the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

All nine of his nominations are for Grammy Awards. In 2011 he was nominated for Best New Artist and, for the album My World 2.0, for Best Pop Vocal Album. The 2017 Grammy nominations were for the album Purpose, which was up for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, and for the song Love Yourself, which was nominated for Song of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. In 2018 Despacito brought three further nominations, for Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Personal life

Bieber has been married to Hailey Bieber since 2018. The couple have one child.