A platinum album in less than two months of release, seven songs from a debut album hitting the top pop 100, awards and nominations, live performances and world tours, this is now the life of a sixteen-year old Canadian pop and r & B singer, Justin Bieber. After his video was discovered on YouTube by a former marketing executive, Scooter Braun, Justin Bieber’s success has taken the music scene by storm.

Bieber was born on March 1, 1994 in Stratford, Ontario. At an early age, he taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet. When he was twelve years old, he joined a local singing competition singing “So Sick” by Ne Yo. His mother, Pattie Mallete, posted the video of his performance on YouTube and several other videos of him singing various covers of pop and r & b.

The fan footage caught the attention of Atlanta manager Scooter Braun, who later became Bieber’s manager. Braun then introduced Justin to RnB superstar Usher, whom the latter arranged to audition with Antonio LA Reid at Island Def Jam Music Group. Reid, in turn, signed him to Island Records in October 2008.

In July 2009, while he was still recording his debut album, Bieber’s single “One Time” was released on the radio. After just one week, the song reached the top 30 in more than ten countries and was Certified Platinum in Canada and the United States, and Gold in Australia and New Zealand. Before the fall ends, on November 17, 2009, her debut album My World was released. Three consecutive singles from the album, “One Less Lonely Girl,” “Love Me,” and “Favorite Girl,” were released exclusively on the iTunes store, and the first one also debuted on radio.

The lead single, “Baby” from the second half of her album, was released in January 2010. The single was her biggest hit so far, winning awards namely International Video of the Year, Ur Fave Video, and Ur Fave New Artist. It was then followed by the studio release of My World 2.0 on March 23, 2010.

Justin Bieber also made several appearances at different live shows in America and Europe. He has performed at some awards nights and special reunions and was invited as one of the vocalists in the remake of “We Are the World.”

Bieber will begin recording his next album this summer. Fans around the world are already anticipating his first single that is sure to dominate the major music charts after its release.