Justin Bieber B y J a n B e r n a r d Published by The Child’s World® 1980 Lookout Drive • Mankato, MN 56003-1705 800-599-READ • www.childsworld.com Acknowledgments The Child’s World®: Mary Berendes, Publishing Director The Design Lab: Cover and interior design Amnet: Cover and interior production Red Line Editorial: Editorial direction Photo credits Helga Esteb/Shutterstock Images, cover, 1; Featureflash/ Shutterstock Images, 5, 19, 23; Left Eyed Photography/ Shutterstock Images, 7; Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Images for Best Buy, 9; Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library, 11; Irving Shuter/Getty Images, 13; PressureUA/Shutterstock Images, 14; Music4mix/ Shutterstock Images, 17; Sean Pavone Photo/Shutterstock Images, 21; Evan Agostini/AP Images, 25; Larry Busacca/ WireImage for Turner/Getty Images, 27; Joe Seer/Shutterstock Images, 29 Design elements Sergey Shvedov/iStockphoto Copyright © 2013 by The Child’s World® All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher. ISBN 9781614732914 LCCN 2012933680 Printed in the United States of America Mankato, MN July 2012 PA02128 Table of Contents Who Would Have Guessed It?, 4 Chapter 1 An All-Canadian Boy, 6 Chapter 2 A Musician’s Beginnings, 8 Chapter 3 Growing Up, 10 Chapter 4 YouTube Sparks a Star, 13 Chapter 5 Something Special, 16 Chapter 6 It All Begins, 19 Chapter 7 Rise to Fame, 23 Chapter 8 Stardom, 25 Chapter 9 A New Life, 28 Chapter 10 Glossary, 30 Further InFormatIon, 31 Index, 32 aBout the author, 32 Chapter 1 Who Would Have Guessed It? Who would have thought that a YouTube video could make such an impact? It did for Justin Bieber. A short video posted to the Web site helped Justin rise to the top of pop music. Justin could hardly believe it himself. In fact, his dream was to become a star hockey player. Music turned out to be Justin’s calling, though. He became the first solo artist to have three number-one albums before turning 18. Justin grew up playing hockey in his small hometown in Canada. Now he tours the world playing to millions of fans. It was an amazing rise to fame. Even more amazing was that it all started before his 14th birthday! 4 Justin performs in Los Angeles, California, in 2010. 5 Chapter 2 An All-Canadian Boy Justin Drew Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in Stratford, Ontario. His mom and dad separated when he was only ten months old. His dad, Jeremy, took jobs in other cities. That meant Justin did not see his dad very often. Justin lived mostly with his mom, Pattie. They lived in public housing. The government helps pay the rent in Justin wrote the public housing. song “Down to Earth” about Pattie worked any his parents’ separation. job she could get while Justin stayed in day care. Sometimes he stayed with 6 Justin’s mom Pattie supported Justin’s musical talents when he was growing up. his grandparents. But he never felt poor because he had lots of love from his mom, grandparents, and other family members. 7 Chapter 3 A Musician’s Beginnings Most people know Justin as a singer. He is much more musical than that, though. Justin’s first musical love was drumming. Even as a toddler, he loved to keep the beat. Pattie liked to play Justin went to an pop music on her stereo. elementary Catholic French immersion So Justin banged along school. That means on pots and pans and most subjects were taught in French. anything else he could find. That helps kids learn the language Justin began truly faster. learning to play drums when he was four. A praise band played music at Justin’s church. 8