Trivia

He taught himself to play the guitar, drums and piano.

He was Google's most-searched person in 2011.

He has an astigmatism and wears glasses for it.

In January 2014, Bieber was arrested for a DUI. He has admitted he was smoking marijuana at the time of his arrest.

He has performed for President Barack Obama twice.

He was involved in several altercations and lawsuits involving vandalism against his Californian neighbor Jeffrey Schwartz. In 2014, Bieber received two years of probation and was ordered to pay Schwartz $89,000 in restitution for damages to Schwartz property which was pelted with eggs by the singer.

During his Japan tour in 2014, his selfie paying a reverence in front of Yasukuni Shrine with the caption "Thank you for your blessings" was highly criticized since that place is a controversial monument which enshrines the souls of many Japanese war criminals - a fact the singer didn't know.

In 2013, during his South America tour, he was investigated for illegally spray painting graffiti on an exterior wall of a beach-side hotel in Rio de Janeiro, after being photographed along with members of his entourage.

He wrote the song "Down To Earth" about his parents' separation.

He met Céline Dion at a New York Knicks basketball game. She approached him and said, "my son loves your songs.".

When he was child his church held a benefit to buy him a drum kit and 6 months of lessons.

He admires Michael Jackson.

He was born in St. Joseph's Hospital in London, Ontario, which is the same hospital Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling from The Notebook (2004) were born in. He was raised in Stratford, Ontario. He lived in the same neighborhood as Brendan Meyer, Seth Sieunarine, Kolton Stewart and Shawn Roberts.

In 2013, he visited Amsterdam's Anne Frank House during his European tour which could be considered as a thoughtful gesture in remembering the Holocaust victim, who wrote the diary on her life experiences during WWII, which later became "The Diary of Anne Frank." However, Bieber signed the following quote on the guest-book: "Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber," a fact that outraged many people and was insistently mocked on Twitter after such report was confirmed.

The English progressive rock and pop legend Peter Gabriel has admitted to being a fan of Bieber. He said: "It is very musical, there are some great rhythms, it is beautifully produced, it is good pop music and he sings very well. To the people that dismiss him as teen fodder, I would say listen more carefully".

Is a member of Hillsong Church.

He plays the left-handed guitar.

His pet monkey was confiscated at Munich airport when he couldn't produce the vaccination and import papers required for bringing a monkey into Germany.

Jazmyn Bieber, Jaxon Bieber & Bay Bieber's older half-brother.

His smash hit "Despacito" is the first song with Spanish lyrics to reach number one since Los del Río's "Macarena" in 1995.

His mom, Pattie Mallette, traveled with him full-time before he turned eighteen.

Usher signed him to Island Def Jam Records, and beat out Justin Timberlake's hopes of signing the young singer.

Justin's paternal great-grandfather was of German descent, and Justin's father's other ancestry is English, Scottish, and Irish. Justin's patrilineal line can be traced back to Philippe Bieber, who was born, c. 1788, in Zilling, Moselle, Lorraine. Justin's mother is from a family of French-Canadian, and some Irish and English, descent, and also has remote Swiss-French and Scottish roots (from several centuries back).

His father, Jeremy Bieber, still lives in Canada.

He started out by posting YouTube videos in 2007.

He recorded "We Are The World" for Haiti. He got the opening verse, which was previously sung by Lionel Richie.

He likes to give back and help charities.

He has performed with Rihanna at the Super Bowl Weekend concert in Miami.

At the start of his music career, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia. He now lives in Hollywood, California.

As of August 2015, he had amassed 66 million Twitter followers and 72 million Facebook fans.

Engaged to Hailey Rhode Baldwin in June 2018, before her name became Hailey Bieber, upon their September 2018 wedding.

His single "Baby" debuted at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

He likes the TV show Smallville (2001).

He plays guitar at many of his concerts.

His first time in an airplane was flying to Atlanta to meet his future manager, Scooter Braun.

Will be 24 years older than his youngest half-sibling, as his step-mother is expecting a girl.

The craziest gift from a fan that he received was a rubber golf club.

He likes to play hockey and basketball.

He was ranked #10 on Glamour's list of "50 Sexiest Men" in 2013, moving up from his appearance as number 49 in 2012.

His motto is "better at 70".

He was ranked number 1 on the VH1 list 100 Greatest Kid Stars (2012).

He performed with Chris Brown at a concert in Sydney, while the two were separately touring Australia. They performed Brown's song "Look At Me Now" together (2011).

Most of his body is now covered in tattoos.

His songs "Baby" and "One Time" were written and produced by The-Dream.

He bought a Macbook Pro with his own money, one of his biggest early purchases.

His debut album was "My World".

He was discovered by Scooter Braun, who is also his manager.

His father's name is Jeremy Bieber, and his mother's name is Pattie Mallette.

In 2012, he was on his Believe Tour around the world.

He was featured in the song "Next 2 You" with Chris Brown, a song on Chris Brown's 2011 album F.A.M.E.