Justin Bieber Speaks Out Against Racism At Concert In Norway
Justin Bieber attends the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Justin Bieber has returned to performing after his diagnosis of face-paralyzing Ramsay Hunt Syndrome in June. At a recent concert, he spoke out against racism.
Performing in Trondeheim, Norway, on Sunday (August 7), the Canadian crooner, 28, told the screaming crowd, “So when we created the Justice album, we wanted to make an intentional moment. A moment of unity, a moment of acceptance, a moment of belonging. In this world, there’s a lot of division, and what justice is, is for us to all come together.”
“We know that racism is evil,” he continued. “It’s wrong. But you and I, we get to be the difference-makers. We get to be the ones to stand with our brothers and sisters and make a change. So I’m so grateful to have each and every one of you guys here tonight being a part of this message, being a part of this journey.”
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Bieber apologized to fans after announcing his hiatus from touring due to the paralysis on one side of his face, noting that it was “pretty serious” and that he’d need to work on facial exercises to get back to normal.
“I wish this wasn’t the case but obviously my body is telling me I gotta slow down,” he said in June. “I hope you guys understand, and I’m using this time to just rest and relax and get back to 100% so I can do what I was born to do. But in the meantime, this ain’t it.”
His wife, model Hailey Bieber, shared in a June interview on Live With Kelly and Ryan that their relationship was strengthened due to the hardship. “It really brings us close,” Hailey said. “I’ll take that away from everything.”
Justin Bieber’s 6 Best Songs Of All Time Ranked
The month of March kicks off with a very important holiday — Justin Bieber’s birthday. The “Peaches” singer was born on March 1, 1994, in Ontario, Canada. Justin learned to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet while growing up in Canada. When he was 12 years old, Bieber performed Ne-Yo’s “So Sick” for a local singing competition, in which he placed second. His mother, Pattie Mallette, posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see and continued to upload videos of her son singing covers of popular R&B songs. With this, Bieber’s popularity on the site grew. Bieber also used to busk on the steps in front of concerts at Avon Theatre.
Scooter Braun, So So Def Recordings’ former marketing executive, accidentally came across one of Bieber’s YouTube videos and tracked him down. Impressed with his talent, Scooter convinced Bieber’s mom and their church elders to let him go with him to Atlanta to record demo tapes. One week later, Bieber began singing for Usher and signed with Usher and Braun’s Raymond Braun Media Group at 13 years old. Braun signed on to be Bieber’s manager in 2008. His debut single was 2009’s “One Time,” with his first EP being My World. The EP had such popular hits like “One Time,” One Less Lonely Girl,” and “Favorite Girl.”
As we previously reported, Bieber sold his song catalog to Hipgnosis for $200 million. The sale has been called the largest of any artist of Bieber’s generation. Bieber’s net worth is estimated to be about $300 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Of the sale, Braun called JB a “once-in-a-generation artist and that is reflected and acknowledged by the magnitude of this deal.”
With six albums below his belt and over 150 million albums sold worldwide, see which Justin Bieber songs made the top of our list below.
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