15-Year-Old Justin Bieber Arrives on the Music Scene
Posted on November 13, 2009
15-year-old Justin Bieber is suddenly everyway these days. He has been on many talk shows. He hangs out with Usher and Diddy. Bieber's first album, My World will be released on November 17th.
Bieber's first single, "One Time", has climbed into the top 15 spots on the Top 40 chart and into the top 20 on the Rhythm chart. Usher is in the music video for "One Time." The video is harmless unless silly string offends you.
The Wikipedia entry says Justin Bieber was noticed because of his covers of songs by Ne-Yo, Justin Timberlake, Ushers and Michael Jackson on YouTube. Justin's label, Island Records, says the young artist has already generated 100 million YouTube.com video views. Usher has taken the young Bieber under his wing - he first signed Bieber to a music deal with he was just 13. Usher's plans for Bieber seem to be working as Justin Bieber is garnering a large following on Twitter at @justinbieber. He has nearly half a million followers.
Bieber is also lining up countless talk show appearances. This Saturday, November 14th, Justin will appear on ABC News segment entitled On the Brink. He follows this appearance with a performance on ABC's Good Morning America, Sunday, November 15th. From there, Justin flies to Los Angeles to film his second performance and couch-time appearance on NBC's The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The episode airs November 17th, the day his debut album drops. This will mark his second appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in a span of two weeks, having performed and been interviewed on November 3rd.
Everything seems to be pointing in the right direction for Justin Bieber to become a big star but stardom is a lot of pressure for a 15-year-old.