Every single state was selling tickets and once and they all sold out at once?

I'm not a fool. This is all a lie.

NaughtyKitty said:

IstenSzek said:

seriously. i don't know why people get so worked up over his success. i have never heard any

song by him, i wouldn't even be able to tell you what his voice sounds like. i just don't care.

but even if he's as horrible or any of the other things people claim he is or isn't. why are folks

getting so mad that he sells so well? props to him, i'd say, even if i couldn't stand the cunt.

I dont understand it to. I'm not a fan of his and his music isnt my cup of tea, but if millions of teen girls around the world love him, then theres nothing anybody can do about it. He's doing his thing, living his dream, he's not hurting anyone and staying out of trouble...more power to him. Every decade there is a teenage/young adult male singer (or boy band) that comes out with the bubblegum pop that drives the female teenagers around the world crazy (David Cassidy, Leif Garret, NKOTB, Backstreet Boys, NSync, etc...) and JB is the boy of this decade. Next decade it will be someone else and so on and so on. As long as teen and pre-teen girls exist, there will always be Justin Biebers or NSync-type bands in the music biz catereing to that specific demographic. We may not like it, but that's the way it is.

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Yep, I completely agree with both of these statements. I don't see the harm. It's what the young girls want. So far, he has kept his nose clean and doesn't do stupid things simply for the shock factor. There may come a day when he has to resort to that shit, but right now, he's just singing his little songs and making the young girls swoon. I don't see anything wrong with that. Hell, I loved David and Shaun Cassidy when I was a tween and teenager.

Azz said:

California45 said:

i don't think so. i think his team is doing a great job of following the justin timberlake model of getting over the teeny bopper image.

His fans will only ever be teeny-boppers. His image may change, his fans won't. And as they get older, they will loose interest, which seems to happen sooner than usual, in recent years.

Just curious - you do know it's spelled "lose", don't you?

I ask this because I saw my daughter make the same mistake - on a school paper.

I'm curious as to just how much the Internet has poisoned our youth.

I remember when "loose' for "lose" first hit the 'net. It was a joke, always done on purpose. But now, I think maybe a good part of an entire generation can't spell a simple four-letter word.

lazycrockett said:

All Hail The New King Of Pop.

California45 said:

good for him. the kid plays multiple instruments and sings without autotune. more power to him!

And, like his music or not, i'm really not sure why anyone on a prince site is bashing the kid. don't y'all shout about real singing and playing instruments?

I'm not into the kid music either but i have no reason to bash him. Hell quite

honestly the only time i even hear about him is here.

Identity said:

Bierber's milking his success as well he should. His camp knows his brand has a short expiration date. Less than six years from now the question will be: "What ever happened to...?"

See New Kids On The Block

Some y'all acting like he bitch slapped y'all as hard as he did the poppo. He's a teen idol. It would've been a problem if he didn't sell that much.

As a teen, the friends that I have that are girls that are JB fans are starting to lose interest due to his recent music. I knew this day will come as soon as he cracked his voice.

He'll be gone by the time he's 21.

AEG hmm.....? Weren't those the @$$holes that worked MJ to death? Honestly, I don't really know why i'm posting in this thread, everyone here already knows how big of a fake this kid is. He's a cocky little D***. Either He should use his God given talents of instrumentalism instead of having crappy producers sample a song, or he should just leave the industry. he is nothing but an item, and now it's only his name that makes him famous. You're 15 seconds of poppy fame are over Beiber. Either get real or go home.

RodeoSchro said:

Azz said:

His fans will only ever be teeny-boppers. His image may change, his fans won't. And as they get older, they will loose interest, which seems to happen sooner than usual, in recent years.

Just curious - you do know it's spelled "lose", don't you?

I ask this because I saw my daughter make the same mistake - on a school paper.

I'm curious as to just how much the Internet has poisoned our youth.

I remember when "loose' for "lose" first hit the 'net. It was a joke, always done on purpose. But now, I think maybe a good part of an entire generation can't spell a simple four-letter word.

The current mistake I see which bugs me is someone writing "should of" instead of "should have" or "should've." I never saw that until recently...

As Justin Bieber racks up the year's biggest digital single, sells out his U.S. tour in 60 minutes and looks to the release of "Believe" on June 19, the challenge isn't commercial -- it's growing up in public. Part of being the most recognizable teenager on the planet is that you get to grace magazine covers. For this week's issue of Billboard we decided to put the power in your hands in choosing Justin's third cover for us. The result: a leaning-forward, gold chain-thumbing JB, gazing di-rectly at you, essentially ordering you to pick him. How could you resist?

Check back Monday (June 11) to read the cover story and find out how to get your very own copy of the issue featuring the Prince of Pop himself.

RodeoSchro said:

Azz said:

His fans will only ever be teeny-boppers. His image may change, his fans won't. And as they get older, they will loose interest, which seems to happen sooner than usual, in recent years.

Just curious - you do know it's spelled "lose", don't you?

I ask this because I saw my daughter make the same mistake - on a school paper.

I'm curious as to just how much the Internet has poisoned our youth.

I remember when "loose' for "lose" first hit the 'net. It was a joke, always done on purpose. But now, I think maybe a good part of an entire generation can't spell a simple four-letter word.

I know how to spell simple monosyllabic words, thanks.

It was just a typo, an error, you know what an error is - don't you?

Besides, I don't see how spelling is relevant to this forum, unless my incorrect spelling made my post somewhat difficult to read?

I really don't understand why people who are NOT his target audience get so worked up about his success??

Every generation has it's teen heart-throb (and I guess every teen heart-throb has a legion of grumpy old haters to throw insults at 'em)

I don't know his music, but from what I see of him on the news and all, he seems like a good kid, and even better that he contributes to the music he makes. So what is the big problem?

rialb said:

I wonder how many fans bought the tickets as opposed to scalpers ticket brokers? Justin and the promoters make their money either way but there could be quite a few empty seats.

Heard a piece on NPR that the concerts don't really "sell out" in an hour - more than half are already accounted for before sale to the public. They are for American Express and industry people, etc. And then when on public sale, there are "brokers" who have their computers set up to snatch up the best tickets.

The first time we meet, on the set for his Billboard cover shoot, Justin Bieber accidentally moonwalks, Michael Jackson-style, right back into me. It's a moment of youthful spontaneity that at once confirms he's not kidding around about his King of Pop obsession and inadvertently upends the narrative that's being woven about his impending release, "Believe," due out June 19: that this is the debut of a new, mature Bieber.

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"We're clearly seeing a more mature record this time around," says Mike Posner, the producer who helmed the album's first single, "Boyfriend," the fastest-selling digital track of the year so far (2.3 million downloads, according to Nielsen SoundScan, in 10 weeks). Approaching this new body of work (for which Bieber co-wrote every single track), the goal - according to Karen Kwak, Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) executive VP and head of A&R - "was him transitioning from being a teen phenomenon to a real adult artist."

Almost everyone interviewed for this piece got the memo about a more mature Bieber. The most recognizable teenager in the world turned 18 on March 1, after all, and this is a pivotal moment as he aims to make the leap from tween heartthrob to enduring icon.

One key person, however, bristles when asked about that transition - his manager, Scott "Scooter" Braun, the maverick who famously found Bieber on the Internet at age 13 and, together with Usher, signed him to a joint deal through Raymond Braun Media Group. "Adult artist? Just because he's legal now doesn't mean he's an adult," Braun says. "He still needs guidance; he's still finding his way. He's no longer a boy, but he's definitely not yet a man." And his music, image and how he carries himself - spontaneous bursts of moonwalking and all - reflect that, Braun says.

Backstage in his dressing room at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for rehearsals at the Billboard Music Awards, brandishing a glistening new rose gold Rolex on one arm, a pair of gold chains around his neck (one with a gold whistle charm dangling from it), Bieber is clad all in black the second time we meet for a sitdown interview-black slouchy jeans, T-shirt and ski cap fully covering that famous hair, only a red bandana in his left back pocket adding a pop of color to the ensemble. Later this evening he'll be practicing his high-jumping choreographed performance of "Boyfriend" that will ultimately net him a "most exhilarating performance" award from fans who voted online during the actual show - it's also the first taste of what's to come on his upcoming 125-date world tour, for which he's guaranteed a cool $80 million. And not without cause: Two weeks after we talk, all 49 North American dates will sell out within one hour, with two nights at New York's Madison Square Garden going in less than a minute. But right now he's here to talk up his highly anticipated (by more than 43.9 million Facebook fans, at least) album, "Believe."

Justin Bieber's Entire Tour Sells Out in an Hour

His debut release, 2010's "My World 2.0," and subsequent remix album "Never Say Never: The Remixes" and 2011's holiday set "Under the Mistletoe," all debuted at No. 1. Embarking on his all-important proper sophomore album, he had some formidable goals - not just branching out to new markets and age brackets, but reaching for the unparalleled artistry of one of pop's all-time legends: "Michael Jackson is my inspiration," Bieber says between bites of a Big Mac. "For me, he's the greatest - he's the King of Pop - and everything I do, I do to be the greatest."

To help him fulfill those aspirations, he enlisted several edgy hitmakers, including Posner, Diplo and Zedd - along with pop stalwarts like Max Martin - and settled into the recording studio for four tracks with the man who produced Jackson's last No. 1 hit, "Rock My World," Rodney Jerkins.

The first thing Jerkins did was show his new wunderkind never-released footage of Jackson in action in the studio. "I wanted him to see Michael's passion in the studio - we all know he had that passion onstage in front of 60,000 people, but he also had it alone in the booth. I've been fortunate enough to work with a few greats that had that passion, so I know what it is when I see it. And Justin has what it takes, absolutely."

Bieber's directive was clear to Jerkins: pop with urban elements. "Because he's also a drummer, he wanted to make sure that the rhythms were there as well as the pop melodies on top. We really focused on those combinations," Jerkins says.

"As Long As You Love Me" - Bieber's personal favorite track on "Believe" - is a perfect example of a song that will speak to his core fans with its indelible melodies, and has the ability to reach new listeners, says Jerkins, who added dubstep sonics to the production on Bieber's urging. "There's nothing like it," says Bieber, who got hooked on dubstep on a trip to London, where it was all over the airwaves. And from the global dance beats pulsing throughout many of the album's tracks, it sounds like his mentor Usher's recent work has also left an imprint on Bieber.

But for Jerkins, the most significant of their collaborations is "Die in Your Arms," which clearly evokes a young Jackson and focuses on Bieber's voice. "The mission on that one was to have Justin make a statement vocally," Jerkins says. "In making this transition, the one thing he has to prove to people is, 'Listen, I'm a real singer.' This isn't about three notes here; this is about him showcasing his voice. It's not the easiest song to sing-it's a real singer's song with Sam Cooke-style melodies in the chorus. And he nailed it."

While making this leap, understandably there are going to be some growing pains along the way. Bieber and his team smartly got ahead of the game by allowing him to be shown having taken a physical beating in a Complex magazine cover that featured the squeaky clean singer with a black eye, ravaged to a highly stylized pulp in a boxing match. In a recent GQ profile he took a different kind of drumming, the magazine using the pop star as a bit of a punching bag. But it's all par for the course for a guy whose career was birthed online.

"No one in the history of the world has ever grown up with the pressure that he has, being a solo artist that young, that famous, in a world with technology that exposes us 24-7," Braun says, noting that unlike Jackson, who had his brothers behind him, or Justin Timberlake, who could rely on the support of his fellow 'N Syncers, Bieber went it alone - in an unprecedented era of Twitter, Facebook and camera phones. "He was literally going through puberty in front of the entire world, with everyone expecting something from him and a lot people waiting for him to screw up. He's a fighter. I'm proud of him - how's he's stayed true to himself and taken control of the entire situation."

Even the coolest of heads can lose it when confronted with the paparazzi, though. Bieber made news on May 27 when he got into a scuffle with a photographer who reportedly blocked his way as he and girlfriend Selena Gomez were exiting a shopping mall parking lot in Calabasas, Calif. Still, Bieber remains steadfastly appreciative on the pros and cons of growing up in this hyper-digital era.

"Your life is out there a lot more, especially nowadays when everybody has a HD camera phone on them at all times," Bieber says. "But my whole career launched from the Internet, so without it, I feel like I wouldn't even be here. I owe a lot of my success to social media, to Twitter, to YouTube and Facebook. It is also a great way to interact with fans."

And, by this point, he's a pro at it, on the front lines himself in rallying the Beliebers for the launch of "Believe." With more than 22.3 million followers on Twitter, it's no surprise he took home the gold trophy for top social artist at the Billboard Music Awards. "For Justin in particular, it really all starts with the fans," IDJMG VP of marketing David Grant says. "He engages with them on a daily basis through his social media."

That's been extremely useful to the label, says IDJMG president/COO Steve Bartels, who points out that the fans have been integral in the marketing of this album since before the first single was even available.

"Justin's fan base is very loyal and it is about giving them the opportunity to be involved in the social media campaigns," Bartels says. "For example, we encouraged the fans to choose Justin's single artwork for 'Boyfriend.' [They voted on two options through Twitter using hashtags.] This is one small example of how we keep the fans very involved in many aspects of the campaign. Their opinions matter to Justin, and to us." (Those opinions matter to Billboard as well-Bieber fans chose which cover image adorns this issue through Facebook.)

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i wish the kid all the success in the world. hope he inspires other kids to play instruments and learn a talent other than studio slickery.

and i sure hope the illuminati are kept at bay

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