In the summer of 2009 he released his debut single, " One Time ", which was positioned in the first thirty positions of the charts in over ten countries. The launch was followed by his debut album My World, on November 17 , which received positive reviews and certified Platinum by the RIAA. Bieber became the first artist to have seven singles from a debut album on the Billboard Hot 100. His first full studio album , My World 2.0 , was released on March 23, 2010 and was preceded by the international hit " Baby ." In August 2011 the official video for the song " Baby " became the most watched music video on YouTube with over 300 million copies , surpassing the time the video "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga. In the summer of 2010 he embarked on his first tour , My World Tour.
The singer has been nominated and awarded numerous times , in fact won the Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards in 2010 and was nominated for 53 . ª Grammy Awards in the categories of Best New Artist and Best Pop Album However , he was also awarded the prize for "worst musical artist " and " worst album " My World - for - granted the weekly New Musical Express.
Bieber was born on March 1, 1994 in London and grew up in the town of Stratford, both in Ontario. He was raised by his single mother Pattie Mallette , who fell pregnant when she was 18 , and addressed in various low-paying jobs to keep their home . Bieber still maintains contact with his father , Jeremy Bieber, who married another woman and had two children.
During his childhood showed interest in hockey, soccer and chess, but always kept to himself his musical aspirations . Over the years he learned so self taught to play the piano , drums, guitar and trumpet . At age 12, he participated in a local singing competition in Stratford , where he took second place after singing the theme " So Sick " of R & B singer Ne -Yo. His mother decided to post a video contest on YouTube for family and close friends could see Bieber , and in late 2008 started up other videos of his son in which he appeared performing songs from Usher, Chris Brown, Stevie Wonder, Justin Timberlake and Ne -Yo.