Bieber fever in 2010 vs. Bieber fever in 2015

Bieber made an appearance at the 2015 AMAs, and also performed there on the same night.

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Bieber made an appearance at the 2015 AMA’s, and also performed there on the same night.

Anna Brecht, Staff Writer

For Justin Bieber, YouTube was his claim to fame. Videos of a little boy showing off his voice kept appearing online, and people all over began to wonder who this singing sensation was. Finally he came out with his first album in 2009, “My World,” which was followed by a second album in 2010, “My World 2.0.” It is no question that the “Bieber Fever” was real in 2010, but it may not have been as intense as it is now, in 2015.

Bieber’s new album, “Purpose,” has been off the charts, literally. This album opened with the worldwide number one single “What Do You Mean,” released on August 28, over a month before he debuted his album. The early release of the single “What Do You Mean” made people all over the world highly anticipating “Purpose,” set out to be released on November 13. Along with each year of Bieber’s stardom came a different hairstyle.

Being only 15 when the young star’s first album came out, Bieber reached fame at an early age. His debut album was nominated for a Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year. Bieber’s second album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. His fan base grew rapidly, and continued to rise with each album and song that he released. By 2010, girls, and even some boys were crazy about Bieber and his music, and these fans have been called Beliebers since then. Fans waited outside the doors of his concerts days at a time. At one of Bieber’s first tours, a 18-year-old couple waited outside for three days and three nights and were even willing to miss their high school prom for the opportunity. This showed that his “Beliebers” were not just limited to pre-teenage girls.

As the name “Justin Bieber” was becoming more well-known around the world, a documentary “Never Say Never” was released in 2011 to show Bieber’s rise through fame, and fans went crazy over it. Needless to say, the Bieber Fever was evident and growing throughout the beginning of his career. Bieber’s third album “Believe” was released in 2012, and caused almost as much madness as the “My World” album series.

Bieber was said to have gone off track for about three years, while he did not produce any albums from 2012-2015. A series of events from 2013-2014 caused fans and people to believe he was headed in the wrong direction. A video was taken of him peeing in a bucket, and he was taken to jail for a day in 2014 for drag racing. But it was not long before his faith got him back on the right path in life. Including a song about God in his album, Bieber shows how He has helped him through a tough time in life.

His album “Purpose” has been a hit all over the world since it has been released over a month ago. It debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 522,000 copies in its first week of release. After his three year break, this album was highly anticipated to be unbelievable, and he did not disappoint. Fans went crazy when it was released, and the Bieber Fever was officially back, at an all time high. Impressing Beliebers and others with his new music, people have been obsessing over all of Bieber’s new tracks on his album. The fever has grown, and gotten crazier, since the teenage days of Bieber, and it does not look like it will be ending anytime soon.