Saturday, February 12, 2011

10 Facts About Justin Bieber

Even though he's a mere 16 years old, Justin Bieber has accomplished a startling amount in his young life. He has conquered the record charts, become an unparalleled Internet sensation, and claimed the hearts of seemingly every pre-teen girl on the planet. This weekend, the pop wunderkind and his perfectly coiffed hair seems set on conquering the box office as well with his 3-D concert movie “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.” To mark the occasion of his possible total world domination, we’ve put together some facts you might not know about the Bieb.

-- Bieber was born on March 1, 1994. He shares a birthday with composer Ke$ha, Roger Daltry, Frederic Chopin, Harry Belafonte, and Lorenzo de’Medici.

-- In 2007, Justin Bieber entered a talent show in his hometown of Stratford, Ontario, and came in second. When his mom posted his performance on YouTube, he got the attention of producer Scooter Braun. Soon fame and fortune followed. No word on what happened to the guy who actually won the talent show.


-- Justin Bieber's music video "Baby" is the most viewed video on YouTube, clocking in, as of this writing, at 457, 701,649 views. That’s more than the population of the United States and Russia combined. At 914,000, it’s also the most "disliked" video on YouTube.

-- Justin Bieber’s net worth is about $65.5 million (and that’s bound go to up in the coming months). With that much money, he could buy approximately seven Faberge eggs, six 24-karat solid gold toilets, or a 29-year stay in the most expensive room at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.

-- Justin’s signature hair style, which has been called The Swoop, The Shag, The Fringe, or simply, The Bieber, has inspired a generation of teenaged boys to obscure their eyes with their bangs. Vanessa Price, the stylist who invented his signature ‘do, claims that the teenaged pop star’s hair is “like silk.”

-- Justin Bieber reportedly uses up to 3% of Twitter’s traffic at any given moment. According to Klout.com, which measures these sorts of things, the Biebster has greater online influence than President Obama and the Dalai Lama.

-- The Biebster has hobnobbed with President Obama three times in the past year and a half. He sang his mega-hit "Christmas in Washington" special, and was invited to the White House Correspondents Dinner along with his date Kim Kardashian.

-- Justin Bieber sells his own brand of nail polish for Nicole by OPI. The line, called the "One Less Lonely Girl" collection, was inspired by hits by the pop idol. Shades include Prized Possession Purple, Me + Blue, and Step 2 Beat of My Heart (which features heart-shaped glitter).

-- Bieber is reportedly terrified of elevators.

-- Justin Bieber currently stands at 5’ 3” tall. You would need 240,252 Justin Biebers stacked on top of each other to reach the moon. But it only takes one to reach the stars.

Justin Bieber also shaves. Really. In the video below, exclusive to Yahoo!, he talks about shaving, losing that talent show, and his upcoming concert movie.




Source : Yahoo