Justin Bieber's first Christmas album, Under The Mistletoe, was released last week. Unfortunately, it was overshadowed in the news by the paternity lawsuit filed against him by Mariah Yeater. But that didn't stop Bieber's fans from coming out in full force to support his new album. Billboard reports that Under The Mistletoe has sold...
The nominations have been announced for the 2012 People's Choice Awards. Last month, we found out that he was long-listed for Favorite TV Guest Star (for his role on CSI) and Favorite Male Artist. Now that the final list of nominations are out, we know that he's in the running to win...
Last week, Justin Bieber appeared on Today and addressed the paternity lawsuit from Mariah Yeater against him: "I'd just like to say basically that none of those allegations are true. I know that I'm going to be a target, but I'm never going to be a victim."
Well, to prove his position even further, TMZ is reporting that Bieber will in fact take a DNA test to put the matter to rest and prove once and for all that he's not the father...then he's going to sue Yeater. All this will take place when...
It came out earlier this week that 20-year-old Mariah Yeater had filed a paternity lawsuit against Justin Bieber claiming that he is the father of her child. Bieber's reps denied the allegation. On Friday's Today, Bieber himself discussed the lawsuit: "I'd just like to say basically that none of those allegations are true. I know that I'm going to be a target but I'm never going to be a victim."
And now, the lawyers for Mariah Yeater have come out to say that they have credible evidence that Justin is in fact the father. Attorney Matthew Pare said...
As part of his media tour to promote his new Christmas album, Under The Mistletoe, Justin Bieber appeared on Today Friday morning and addressed the lawsuit against him claiming he's the father of 20-year-old Mariah Yeater's son.
"I'd just like to say basically that none of those allegations are true," Bieber said. "I know that I'm going to be a target, but I'm never going to be a victim."
He continued on by saying, "It's crazy, every night after the show I've gone right from the stage right to my car, so it's crazy that some people want to make up such false allegations. To set the record straight, none of it is true."
Does he even know this Mariah Yeater? "Never met the woman," he replied to Matt Lauer.
Subsequently month, Justin Bieber is the coverboy for announcement publication, promoting his latest scheme, Under the Mistletoe. Not like the CD desires any extra promote (we know you Bieblievers too well), but it be nice to hear what it was like for him toward record the folder as well as comment on a few of the other basics of his career.
Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber
A super bright, multifaceted and self-taught performer (drums, guitar, keyboard and trumpet) 15-year-old Justin Bieber was by now a fact on YouTube -- putting his perfect spin on songs from artists like Usher, Ne-Yo and Stevie doubt before the.
A 20-year-old woman is suing Justin Bieber and demanding he take a paternity test to confirm that he is the father of her three-month-old son. Star magazine first reported on this lawsuit.
The woman, Mariah Yeater, was 19-years-old at the time, and wants Bieber to "provide adequate support for my baby" (Radar Online). She claims that their encounter occurred backstage at a concert. Here's what she has to say:
"Immediately, it was obvious that we were mutually attracted to one another, and we began to kiss. ... on the walk to a private area, he told me he wanted to make love to me and this was going to be his first time.
"We went inside [a bathroom] and immediately his personality changed drastically. He began touching me and repeatedly said he wanted to f*ck the sh*t out of me. At the time I asked him to put a condom for protection, but he insisted that he did not want to. In his own words, he said that because it was his first time he wanted to feel everything." She says that he then took off her clothes and they began having sex. Read more details from this supposed encounter HERE.
Bieber's reps are denying these accusations: "While we haven't yet seen the lawsuit, it's sad that someone would fabricate malicious, defamatory, and demonstrably false claims. We will vigorously pursue all available legal remedies to defend and protect Justin against these allegations."
This is too big of an allegation for me to not voice my opinion. If you follow my blog here, you know that I'm not one of his devoted fans who would defend him to no end, no matter what. I am a neutral outsider coming in to explore the Justin Bieber phenomenon. Having said that, I will defend him. I don't really believe that this allegation is true. I'm thinking over possible true reasons for this whole thing. Here's what I think. I think that she went to one of his concerts, tried to meet him but was denied access (or maybe she did meet him and tried to come on to him and he stopped it). As a Bieber fan, she was maybe angry over it. And somewhere around this time, she got pregnant by someone and didn't have the money to raise a baby, so she put two and two together and came up with an "ingenious" idea to get some money. And is it a coincidence or not that news of this lawsuit came out on the day of his album release for Under The Mistletoe? I doubt it's a coincidence.
Just to be clear, we don't know for certain the truth on this. Whether the two of them actually did have a sexual encounter remains to be seen. A hearing is scheduled for December 15. Bieber Guy will follow up on this story whenever any new developments surface.
Yesterday (November 1), Justin Bieber was all over our TV sets all day long. To promote Under The Mistletoe, he first stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show, then Access Hollywood, Dancing with the Stars, and finally, Chelsea Lately. Check out all of those appearances below.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show:
Access Hollywood:
Dancing with the Stars:
Chelsea Lately:
Justin's next appearance will be Friday morning on Today. Head on over to the TV Appearances page for all the details.
Well, it's finally here! Today, Justin Bieber's Christmas album, Under The Mistletoe, is now available to buy in stores and online.
Here's the tracklist: 1. Only Thing I Ever Get For Christmas 2. Mistletoe 3. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) [Feat. Usher] 4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 5. Fa La La [Feat. Boyz II Men] 6. Christmas Love 7. All I Want For Christmas Is You [Feat. Mariah Carey] 8. Drummer Boy [Feat. Busta Rhymes] 9. All I Want Is You 10. Fa La La (a capella)[Feat. Boys II Men](Deluxe Edition) 11. Christmas Eve 12. Home This Christmas [Feat. The Band Perry] 13. Silent Night (Deluxe Edition) 14. Pray (Deluxe Edition) 15. Someday At Christmas (Deluxe Edition)
Click HERE to listen to most of the songs on AOL Music.
There are three versions of Under The Mistletoe. There's the standard CD with 11 tracks. The Deluxe edition includes all of the above tracks and "25 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage plus the video for "Pray," according to Amazon. And the Gift Box includes: Ultimate Bieber Gift Box, 15 song CD, DVD, 12 Days of Bieber Calendar, ornament, Special O Card, and a 40 page bootlet. But keep in mind that the Gift Box version is not scheduled to be released until November 21.
To order your own copies, below are the Amazon product links (or pre-order them directly from the Bieber Guy STORE):
Last night, which was Halloween, Justin Bieber appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. You can watch the interview below in two parts. He chats with Jay about his Christmas album, Under The Mistletoe, working with Mariah Carey, and his world tour.
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Justin continues his media tour to promote Under The Mistletoe today (November 1) when he appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Dancing with the Stars, and Chelsea Lately. Head over to Bieber Guy's TV Appearances page for specific times and channels.
We've already been able to listen to a few of the songs off of Justin Bieber's Christmas album, Under The Mistletoe, in stores tomorrow (Tuesday November 1): "Mistletoe," "The Christmas Song," and "Christmas Eve." Now, how about listening to the album itself?
AOL Music has the Under The Mistletoe songs up on their website. But from the looks of it, it doesn't look like they have all of the songs up and they're not in the correct track order as you'll hear on the album. Not sure why. But at least we get to listen to most of the tracks, right?
I tried embedding the tracks into this article, but it kept embedding the same song over and over again. At least I tried. But click HERE to go to AOL Music and listen to the songs.
Here's the songs featured over there: "Only Thing I Ever Get For Christmas,"Home This Christmas" Feat. The Band Perry, "Fa La La" Feat. Boyz II Men, "Christmas Eve," "Little Drummer Boy," Feat. Busta Rhymes, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" Feat. Usher, "All I Want Is You," "All I Want For Christmas Is You" Feat. Mariah Carey, "Mistletoe," and "Silent Night."
'A Very Bieber Christmas' will begin at the end of November here at Bieber Guy.
Under The Mistletoe will be released tomorrow, November 1, and is available to pre-order online in both standard, CD/DVD Deluxe, and CD/DVD Box Set editions, To pre-order a copy, below are the Amazon product links (or pre-order them directly from the Bieber Guy STORE).
Song: "U Smile" (Promo Single #2/Single #3) From Album:My World 2.0 Release Date: August 24, 2010
Almost half a year after My World 2.0 came out, the third and final single (though it was also released as a promo single right before the album) was released. The song: "U Smile." Let's take a look...
I'm impressed with Justin and his label for choosing top quality songs one after the other: "Baby," "Never Let You Go," "Somebody to Love," and "U Smile." Sometimes with artists, you may only have one or two great singles. But Justin's have all been excellent.
Before listening to the album for Bieber Guy, I had only heard three of the songs on the album before. And "U Smile" was one of them. I'm not sure exactly where I heard it; it might have been on TV sometime. And here we have yet another fantastic song. It has great mass appeal similar to "Baby" and "Somebody to Love," along with the hook and catchiness of them as well.
The chorus, "You smile, I smile / Cause whenever you smile I smile," is very simple, in terms of the lyrics. But the song is structured so that it can allow Justin's voice to really shine in a great way. Some songs are all about the beat or the hook. And "U Smile" has that hook, but it adds the vocal element as well, where we can just listen to his voice without any heavy use of instruments or anything else.
Here's what Justin said about what the song means to him and the connection to his fans (via MTV): "'U Smile' is one of the best songs I have ever recorded. It really is a throwback to the great records I listened to growing up. ... I wrote it for all my fans who got me here."
He continues by saying, "U took me from a small town in Canada to this amazing opportunity I am living now. I am so grateful for everything and so blessed for all of your support. I wrote 'U Smile' with my friend August with that in mind. ... So this one is for U. Enjoy it and know that u the fans give me my strength in a lot of this."
Now for the music video. The video is both similar to and different than his other videos. The similarity is that it's, of course, about a girl. But the difference is that it's set up sort of like a movie. There's a few opening credits. There's part of a scene before the music even starts. And the video goes back and forth between shots in black and white and shots in color. Also, it seems like a handheld camera was used quite a lot too.
Justin's leaving a building (I assume the theater that's featured later) and a group of girls notice him and want autographs and pictures and so forth. He meets with one of those girls later on and they hang out inside the theater.
Is life imitating art here? Does anyone else notice the similarity? Remember a month ago when Justin rented out (for free) Staples Center, and he and girlfriend Selena Gomez were the only two people there for a private screening of Titanic? In this music video, he and this fan of his have the theater all to themselves. I wonder if Justin ever thought of how similar it is?
But anyway, since the song is dedicated to his fans, it only seems appropriate that the video does that as well: "I took the opportunity 2 make a video 4 the fans, about a fan, and how we could fall IN LOVE." It's a good thing that this video is something not to be taken seriously, because really, if this was happening in real life, it's not the best idea. Justin picking up a fan and being alone with her? They're doing all these fun things, yet he doesn't know her at all. And to the girl: you shouldn't be alone with a star. Just kidding - we all know Justin's a good and wholesome guy (but if he were a rocker, not a good idea).
Next week, I will be reviewing Justin's book, First Step 2 Forever (and by the way, we're about a month away from "A Very Bieber Christmas" here at Bieber Guy; more details will follow later).
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Justin Bieberrecently talked to MTV about his next (non-Christmas) album, due out next year, and the new sounds they're trying out to make that transition from teen heartthrob into adulthood.
Now we've got some big news regarding that album. It has been confirmed that the new album will be called Believe! And he'll be working with some big names (via AceShowBiz):
"Very soon [it'll be released], after my Christmas album ... It's going to be coming out. It is called Believe. I'm working with a lot of cool people. I'm working with Kanye [West]. Drake is going to work on the album with me."
Justin's manager, Scooter Braun, has said that the album will be released by summer 2012.
We've already been able to listen to "Mistletoe" and "The Christmas Song" from Under The Mistletoe. Now, we've got a first listen for Justin Bieber's "Christmas Eve."
Check it out here: There was a YouTube audio clip of Justin's rendition of "Drummer Boy" with Busta Rhymes, but has been taken down (were they forced to take it down?). So I guess you should hurry up and listen to "Christmas Eve" above before that's taken down as well.
Under The Mistletoe will be released on November 1 and is available to pre-order online in both standard, CD/DVD Deluxe, and CD/DVD Box Set editions. To pre-order a copy, below are the Amazon product links (or pre-order them directly from the Bieber Guy STORE).
The other day we got a sneak peek of the song when a video was released of the duo in the recording studio. And now we've got the premiere of Justin Bieber's second Christmas single, a duet with Usher on "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)."
Here's your first listen of the song:
What'd you think of this second single? Is it just as good as "Mistletoe"? Better? Worse? I'm looking forward to reviewing it in December as part of 'A Very Bieber Christmas' here on Bieber Guy.
The song is not yet available to download on Amazon yet. But when it is, it will be added to the Bieber Guy STORE and tweeted out to all of you.
"The Christmas Song" will be featured on Bieber's upcoming Under The Mistletoe, which will be released on November 1 and is available to pre-order online in both standard and CD/DVD Deluxe editions. To pre-order a copy, below are the Amazon product links (or pre-order them directly from the T.W.O. STORE).
Song: "Somebody to Love" (Single #2) From Album: My World 2.0 Release Date: April 20, 2010
About a month after My World 2.0 was released, Justin released "Somebody to Love" as his second single from the album. So let's talk about it...
Let's say there's a show being performed and you have multiple performers coming out one after the other. You don't want to be the one that has to follow the showstopping performance of the evening, or follow the biggest star there. But somebody has to, usually, and that's the way it goes. I could say the same goes for Justin and "Baby." "Baby" is his most successful song of his entire career. How do you top that? I say, it's darn near hard to do. But Justin was able to match it.
The first time I heard this song was when it was covered during season 2 of Glee. When I did first hear it performed on that show, I thought, this is a great song. It's got a catchy hook. It's a song that transcends teen pop (since there's R&B influences once again), and can be enjoyed by people outside of his fan base. I always say that it doesn't matter whether you like a certain artist or not; a good song is a good song, plain and simple. Even if I were a full-on non-Bieber fan who couldn't stand him, I would still have to recognize the significance, quality, and hook of songs like this one as well as ones like "Baby." There's no getting around that.
The hook, what grabs you in where you go, that's a catchy song, is of course in the chorus. There's also some other moments during the song where you hear Justin singing the lyrics a little bit faster; those parts are used to great effect as well. And "Somebody to Love" received positive reviews among the critics, which solidifies the standing of the song further.
Apparently, "Somebody to Love" was originally supposed to be on one of Usher's records. But that was scrapped, and was eventually recorded by Justin. Usher provided background vocals to the song. And not too long after Justin released the single, the two of them did a remix of the song, and Usher ended up having considerably more vocal time. I listened to this remix, and enjoyed that version as well. I don't think any of the changes affected the quality at all.
And they did a music video for the remix version. With the storyline of the song, they could have easily translated that story into a music video. But instead, it was just as if they were performing on a stage; the focus was very much on the choreography and dance moves of Justin, Usher and the background dancers. And they pulled it off quite brilliantly, I thought.
At the start of this past week, "Mistletoe" was released. And now Beliebers everywhere will have another early Christmas gift a week later when another song from Justin Bieber's Under The Mistletoe will premiere. And it involves a certain someone named Usher. Never heard of him; he must be a newcomer....Kidding.
On Monday, October 24 at 10am ET/7am PT, Usher will be on On Air with Ryan Seacrest to premiere his and Justin's duet, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)." You can listen to it live right HERE.
Even though that premiere is less than 48 hours away, I bet you can't even wait that long for a listen. So check out the below video to see Justin and Usher in the studio recording and mixing the song: After listening to "Mistletoe" and watching this video, I'm trying to figure out when his voice changed and got so low. I guess it shows that I'm still back with My World and My World 2.0 (since that's where I am in the Bieber Guy Reviews).
Both "Mistletoe" and "The Christmas Song" (feat. Usher) will be featured on Bieber's upcoming Under The Mistletoe, which will be released on November 1 and is available to pre-order online in both standard and CD/DVD Deluxe editions. To pre-order a copy, below are the Amazon product links (or pre-order them directly from the Bieber Guy STORE).
Justin Bieber talked to MTV recently about his next non-Christmas album. When does he expect to have it out? Here's what he says:
"What's happening is: Get off this tour, and then my [holiday] album's coming out, so I have to go back out and promote that album ... and then after that ... it's almost time for my next album, so then everything starts over again ... We've already started [working on it], but we're going to be going in every day and working with new people and trying to find the best sound, because I'm going to be recording different styles, different things until I find a solid 15 songs that I love. ... I'm going to be recording as many songs as I possibly can."
There's no release date or anything like that determined yet, but he hopes to have it out "early next year."
I've mentioned this briefly here on Bieber Guy that as Justin moves into adulthood, he and his people will have to be careful with transitioning his public persona and music into something more mature as his teen fans begin to join him in that little thing called being an adult (or in their cases, young adults). And he talked about that as well:
"I'm trying to create a new sound that people aren't really used to hearing, so it might sound weird at first, but it's going to be like when Justin Timberlake did FutureSex/LoveSounds: It was a new sound ... acoustic guitar over hard drums. ... I want to find something that's going to suit me and my fans are going to love and older people will like and younger people will like. But I'm always trying to keep my core fanbase, because the young people are what make everything cool. Old people look to young people, so trying to keep everyone happy."
That's really smart of him that he's very much aware of this transition having to take place, and that they've got to do it in a way that doesn't alienate his core fanbase.
And using Justin Timberlake as an example on how they want to go about doing it is smart as well. After the members of 'N Sync went their own separate ways, Justin ventured out with his first solo record, Justified. But is was FutureSex/LoveSounds that really solidified himself on the stage as a solo act. It was a different sounding Justin, but one that everyone loved.
We've seen other teen stars fall by the wayside, popularity plummeting, and all that just in the last few years with Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. With Miley, it was her image that put her in a negative light. With the Brothers, they just weren't strong enough when trying to go out on their own individually.
Will Bieber be different? Will he break that spell and pull a Justin Timberlake? I guess we'll find out next year. But between you and me, I think he'll do just fine.
On a related note, Bieber also told MTV that he hopes to star in a movie next year as well. His people are working on a script. We have no idea what kind of a movie or anything like that. But if he's going to do this, I hope he takes some acting lessons. I say that because his acting wasn't the best when he guest starred twice on CSI; it was little forced and not natural acting. He's had a hit on the big screen with his concert documentary, Never Say Never. Can he strike it big twice, but this time when he's acting? We'll have to wait and see.
