Justin Drew Bieber is a musical artist and actor from Canada. He came onto the scene young in 2008 as a 13 year old from doing musical covers on YouTube. Talent manager Scooter Braun discovered him which led to him signing with RBMG Records. The next year, Bieber released his debut Ep, My World. This really made him blow up as his EP was certified Platinum in the US and had seven songs appear on the Billboard Hot 100. A year later, he released his first official album, My World 2.0, which appeared at number 1 in multiple countries and was certified triple platinum. Bieber never looked back and he continues to release hit after hit, even today. He has sold an estimated 150 million records, making him one of the world’s best-selling music artists. Bieber has also won plenty of awards throughout his career, including an AMA for Artist of the Year in both 2010 and 2012, a Grammy for Best Dance Recording, and a Latin Grammy just to name a few. He has been listed three times by Forbes magazine among the top ten most powerful celebrities in the world, in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Bieber has also used his platform to launch business ventures and used his money to invest in startups. His main business is a nail polish line of his own called ‘The One Less Lonely Girl.’ Justin Bieber’s net worth is currently valued at $265 Million.
I must say, I’ve never considered Bieber an entrepreneur, but your post explains how he branded himself and his music. I always seem to forget that he started on YouTube. He certainly is a household name today – and I had not heard of the nail polish brand! I love how you explained that he is branching out and trying new things instead of just sticking with the music industry.
I think this is so cool, I never would have considered him as an entrepreneur. He started out as just a regular pop artist, but its so cool to see how far he has come.
Hey Josh, this story is a remarkable one. Its impressive how someone can blow up so fast.
Interesting! Before reading this I never looked at Justin Bieber as an entrepreneur, and now knowing that he has his own nail polish company, I guess he is. I think it is super cool how he was founded on YouTube!
I have never really considered Justin Bieber as being an entrepreneur until reading your post. He is a big part of our culture today. I think he also came out with a line of perfume, which is really cool because both the nail polish and perfume lines were pretty successful.
I never considered Justine Bieber as an entrepreneur but he has always had to use himself as a brand, which is one of the aspects of being an entrepreneur of how well you brand yourself. In terms of impact however, Bieber was one of the most influential people at one point in time and had that influence as an artist as well. So while he is not your typical entrepreneur, he has paved his own way of changing the entrepreneurial mindset.
Crazy to think that the famous Justin Bieber we all know today started out as just a random teen on YouTube. There are so many up and coming singers on YouTube, so it’s insane that he was actually recognized and got a record deal from it. He has certainly done well for himself haha!