Usher and Justin Timberlake got into a bidding war over this vocalist.
The twist: he's only 15!
Hi. I'm Rebecca Brayton. Welcome to WatchMojo.com and
today we're speaking to YouTube sensation: Justin Bieber. ("One Time")
So when did you start performing? - Basically, I was always
singing around the house. It was kind of
thing that I just loved to do. I always played a lot of instruments and stuff
so I grew up around music my whole life
Had it always been your plan to pursue music as a career? - No it actually wasn't
("One time" plays)
I was in a singing competition just for fun
And-uh-
my friends and family that couldn't make it. They wanted to be there but they couldn't so I put videos of the competition on YouTube
And-uh-just for them
And it just kind of blew up. I started getting thousands of hits. I started getting millions of hits.
(singing) Oh (unintelligible singing)
Why don't you tell us a bit more about how Usher managed to find you?
Yo, Usher! - JB wassup man?
Basically, it happened after I put the videos on YouTube.
This one manager found me. He flew me out to Atlanta. I was going to the studio and I met Usher... Randomly
And so I ran up to him and said "Usher, I love your songs"
"Do you want me to sing you one?"
And he was like... "Uh...just come up on inside little buddy
I ended up not being able to sing for him. A week later he actually watched my videos on YouTube and then-um-was like
"Man, I gotta get this kid back." So he flew me back to Atlanta where then I got to meet him again and sing for him
(Justin singing for Usher)
("One Time" plays)
So he wanted to sign me but then a week later-uh-Justin Timberlake wanted to sign me
What is it like singing Usher's song for Usher?
It was definitely crazy. If you saw that on YouTube
That was the first time I actually ever sang for him so it was pretty awesome
("One Time" plays)
Rebecca: Now we so many celebrities who became famous at a young age and they kind of trainwreck when they grow up
Uh-how do you plan to stay grounded?
It's crazy. There's a lot of people that have basically trainwrecked as you've said
But I just have so many people surrounding me that are just great people. I plan to just stay grounded and it will be a good road ahead.
Rebecca: Now I am assuming you have girls following you around all over the place now. Was it always that way?
("One Time")
Umm-yeah-(chuckles)-No I just-I had a lot of girls chasing me before this but
Umm...but now there's definitely alot more
("One Time")
Rebecca: Thank you very much
Thank you very much for having me
("One Time" plays to ending)