POP SINGER TAYLOR SWIFT - EARLY LIFE AND RISE TO FAME

Taylor Alison Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Reading, Pennsylvania. Her father, Scott Kingsley Swift, was a financial advisor, and her mother, Andrea Gardner Swift (née Finlay), was a homemaker who had previously worked as a mutual fund marketing executive. Swift has a younger brother named Austin. Swift spent the early years of her life on a Christmas tree farm. She attended preschool and kindergarten at the Alvernia Montessori School, run by Franciscan nuns, before transferring to The Wyndcroft School. The family then moved to a rented house in the suburban town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, where she attended Wyomissing Area Junior/Senior High School.

At the age of nine, Swift became interested in musical theater and performed in four Berks Youth Theatre Academy productions. She also traveled regularly to New York City for vocal and acting lessons. Swift later shifted her focus toward country music inspired by Shania Twain's songs, which made her "want to just run around the block four times and daydream about everything". She spent her weekends performing at local festivals and events. After watching a documentary about Faith Hill, Swift felt sure that she needed to go to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a music career. At the age of eleven, she traveled with her mother to visit Nashville record labels and submitted a demo tape of Dolly Parton and Dixie Chicks karaoke covers. However, she was rejected since "everyone in that town wanted to do what I wanted to do. So, I kept thinking to myself, I need to figure out a way to be different".

When Swift was about 12 years old, computer repairman and local musician Ronnie Cremer taught her how to play guitar and helped with her first efforts as a songwriter, leading to her writing "Lucky You". In 2003, Swift and her parents started working with New York-based music manager Dan Dymtrow. With his help, Swift modelled for Abercrombie & Fitch as part of their "Rising Stars" campaign, had an original song included on a Maybelline compilation CD, and attended meetings with major record labels. After performing original songs at an RCA Records showcase, Swift was given an artist development deal and began making frequent trips to Nashville with her mother.

To help Swift break into country music, her father transferred to the Nashville office of Merrill Lynch when she was 14, and the family relocated to a lakefront house in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Swift attended public high school, but after two years transferred to the Aaron Academy, which through homeschooling could accommodate her touring schedule, and she graduated a year early.

A stellar performance at The Bluebird Café in Nashville helped Swift get a contract with Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Records. She released her first single, "Tim McGraw," in 2006, and the song became a Top 10 hit on the country charts.

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121 FACTS OF POP STAR JUSTIN BIEBER

1.Justin Bieber was born on 1st March 1994. His zodiac sign is Pisces.
2.His nicknames are j-beebs, bieber and beebs.
3.Justin can play the drums, guitar, piano and trumpet.
4.His greatest influences are Usher, Craig David, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown and Justin Timberlake.
5.He took an airplane for the first time on the way to meet the man who would become his manager.
6.Justin Bieber's favorite number is 6 and his favorite food is spaghetti Bolognese.
7.Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) is the 10th-most followed user on Instagram by number of followers (96 million)

8.Justin joined snapchat in June 2015 - his Snapchat name is rickthesizzler.
9.Justin's My World album went platinum only 3 months after it was released.
10.While filming ''Eenie Meenie'' a Bentley was damaged, and it cost $50000 to fix.
11.What Do You Mean was the first single released from Purpose on August 28th 2015 and went on to become a number-one hit in 18 different countries and netted   Bieber his first ever number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US and the UK's Official Single Chart.
12.Justin gains an average of 207,788 fans on Facebook a week.
13.Once Justin got an ‘F’ in school, but he changed it to a ‘B’, so he wouldn’t get in trouble. 
14.He has claustrophobia and he’s really afraid of elevators.
15.He grew up listening to Boyz II Men.
16.His favourite animal is a giraffe.
17.He gets about 6 hours of sleep each night because of his busy schedule
18.He loves tacos!
19.His fave pie is apple pie.
20.He enjoys skateboarding.
21.His childhood celeb crush was Beyonce.
22.On his first date he spilled spaghetti on his dates’s shirt
23.His super power wish is to fly.
24.It only takes him 20 minutes to get ready in the morning.
25.He’s a really good beatboxer.
26.His fave vacation spot is the Bahamas.
27.His fave song is So Sick by Ne-Yo.
28.His fave soda is Sprite.
29.He did not grow up rich.
30.He is left-handed.
31.His favorite color is purple.
32.He loves hockey and roots for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
33.He loves onesies.
34.He likes playing soccer, basketball and hockey!
35.His fave slang word is ‘shawty’ and 'swag'.

36.At his first talent show, he sang ‘Falling’ by Alicia Keys.
37.He once lived in Britney Spears' former L.A. home, but now lives in a hotel.
38.Barney was the first album he ever had!
39.When he doesn’t feel well he takes quick naps after lunch.
40.His mentor is Will Smith. 
41.He speaks French fluently,and can count to10 in German.
42.After he cut his hair, he auctioned it for $12,000 on eBay. 
43.He can solve a Rubix Cube in less than two minutes.
44.Justin drove P-Diddy’s white Lamborghini around LA to get some frozen yoghurt with Sean Kingston.
45.Justin says his favorite underwear is D&G.
46.While filming the ‘One Less Lonely Girl’ music video, the puppy in the video peed on Justin.
47.When in Germany, Justin practiced German by telling a fan “Ich Liebe Dich” (I love you), and she fainted.
48.If Justin’s water bottle has water at the end of concerts, he throws it in the crowd.
49.Justin was teased in school because of his height.
50.Justin says “Smile” 36 times in the song ‘U Smile’.
51.Justin doesn’t like clowns.
52.Justin said if he had to pick a favorite Jonas Brothers song it would be “Inseparable”.
53.Justin was signed to Island Records in 2008.
54.Justin once had a dream that a cat ate him, that’s why he doesn’t like cats.
55.Justin got really annoyed with the girl in the ‘Eenie Meenie’ music video, because she couldn’t      dance.
56.Two haters bought backstage passes to tell Justin that his parents divorce was his fault.
57.Jazzy, Justin’s little sister calls him ‘Boo Boo’ when she needs something.
58.Justin can juggle, do a front flip and back flip.
59.Justin weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces when he was born.
60.Justin’s Twitter account is worth over $9,000,000.
61.Justin first met Usher in a car park.
62.Justin likes bananas and grapes.
63.Justin has been best friends with Ryan since they were 7.
64.Sometimes he wears a dog tag given to him by a fan.
65.Justin once held up a sign from his hotel room window saying “Go to McDonalds and get me a Big Mac”.

66.The Today Show was the first place that Justin performed ‘Never Say Never’ live.
67.Justin’s dad is the person who taught him how to drive.
68.Justin has been a victim of cyber bullying.
69.Justin found his backup dancers on YouTube.
70.He likes vitamin water, his fave drink is orange juice.
71.His shoe size is 7 and a half.
72.He likes girls with pretty eyes & smile, & a good personality
73.His most embarrassing moment is when he broke his foot on stage during a song – (but he finished the song, didn’t even miss a note!)
74.His fave candy is Sour Patch Kids.
75.He loves the ocean.
76.He’d rather travel by bus than airplane – he claims he’s ‘obsessed’ with his bus!
77.He says he never remembers to pack a toothbrush and at every hotel he goes to he has to get a new one!
78.He tries to visit a mall in every city while on tour!
79.When he first came to the UK he had 3 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts all at once!
80.His guilty pleasures are doritos!
81.He likes it when fans wear t-shirts supporting him.
82.He was thinking about going on American Idol before he got signed.
83.He once signed 50 posters in under 3 minutes.
84.He is the only artist to have all songs from a single album to chart in the US Hot 100.
85.He wore invisible braces.
86.His fave personal motto is ‘family first’.
87.‘Where Are You Now’ was written about his Dad.
88.He always talks about how much his fans mean to him!
89.He hates ignorant and racist people!
90.His fave moment was when his baby sister was born.
91.His fave British words are ‘Brilliant’ and ‘Geezer’
92.His fave music is R&B and Pop.
93.His fave video game is nba 2k.
94.His label is Island Def Jam.
95.He got his first plaque at YTV’s The Next Star at Canadas Wonderland.
96.He can moonwalk.
97.He has performed for President Obama.
98.‘Row Row Row Your Boat’ was the first song he learnt.
99.He prefers Macs over PCs.
100.He had raised 150,000 lbs of food for Food Bank with the help of his fans!

101.His fave shoe brand is ‘Supra’.
102.His fave romantic movie is The Notebook.
103.His fave TV show is Smallville.
104.His fave sandwich is tomato and mayo on Wonder Bread.
105.He really loves snowboarding and jet-skiing!
106.Justin once kissed a poster of himself and said “Yup, I’m a great kisser”.
107.Justin says he wants 3 kids.
108.Justin Bieber got a main road named after him.
109.Justin is the most searched person on the Internet. – Yep,we search him every day!
110.President Obama revealed that he doesn’t have Justin Bieber on his iPod. – Really?
111.Justin has his own Google BieberSearch.com.
112.It takes less than 30 seconds for one of Justin’s tweets to be Re-Tweeted 100+ times.
113.A rumor once circulated that Justin was dead and another one said he committed suicide on July 31.
114.Justin didn’t want to wash his face after Rihanna kissed him.
115.On September 2, 2009, Justin Bieber was a trending topic for one of the first times and he was thrilled.
116.He goes to church and is a Christian.
117.His favourite ice cream flavour is cotton candy.
118.The cost of having a JB haircut is $150.
119. He has 56 tattoos.
120.He reflected his faith in a music video with Brandon Burke, titled "#iPledge", in which he talks about God's forgiveness.
121.He was baptized by Pentecostal Pastor Carl Lentz of Hillsong Church New York, who is a close friend, on January 9, 2014, after a born again experience.

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POP SENSATION JUSTIN BIEBER- EARLY LIFE AND RISE TO FAME

Justin Drew Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in London, Ontario, at St Joseph's Hospital,and was raised in Stratford, Ontario. He is the only child of Jeremy Jack Bieber and Patricia "Pattie" Mallette. Bieber's parents were never married. Pattie, who was underaged at the time of giving birth, raised her son with the help of her mother, Diane, and stepfather, Bruce. His mother is of French-Canadian descent; his paternal great-grandfather was of German ancestry, and his other roots are English, Scottish and Irish.

Through Jeremy, Bieber has two younger half-siblings, Jazmyn (born 2009) and Jaxon (born 2010). Pattie worked a series of low-paying office jobs, raising Bieber as a single mother in low-income housing. Bieber has maintained contact with his father.
Bieber attended a French-language immersion elementary school in Stratford, the Jeanne Sauvé Catholic School.
Growing up, he learned to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet. He graduated from high school in Stratford, Ontario, the St. Michael Catholic Secondary School in 2012 with a 4.0 GPA. In early 2007, aged 12, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition in Stratford and was placed second. Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Bieber's popularity on the site grew.

He was discovered on YouTube by manager Scooter Braun, a former So So Def marketing executive, after Bieber began posting homemade videos from his 2007 second-place contestant stint on a local singing competition.
Usher had "Star Search" to launch him out of obscurity at age 13. His new protégé, Justin Bieber, had YouTube. At 12, Bieber was posting homemade videos of himself on YouTube and industry insiders starting taking notice.
Bieber's first single, "One Time", was released to radio while Bieber was still recording his debut album. The song reached number 12 on the Canadian Hot 100 during its first week of release in July 2009 and later peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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