Bieber's Growing Age and Deepening Voice raises concern that he won't remain Popular
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[QUOTE] TORONTO - In the coming months, Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber will reach a milestone that could change the course of his career. He's turning 17 in March.
Sure, the next months will also find the mop-topped crooner competing for his first two Grammy Awards and performing for his swooning fans in Europe, the Middle East, Australia and Asia.
"The odds are against him — 99 per cent of teen idols don't make it," said Brad Schwartz, vice-president of Much MTV Group, in a recent telephone interview.
"Think back to your own youth. People do not grow up with the music they were listening to when they were 13. So we'll see how he handles that challenge. But I think he can do it."
Indeed, there's a long list of teen sensations who slid from view once they were old enough to vote. Others became public trainwrecks, relegated to reality-TV curiosity status.
The list of one-time teen sensations who failed to find success as adult artists is long and well-documented, with nostalgic names including Leif Garrett, Shaun Cassidy and Tiffany.
Even some of the relative success stories are marred by struggle and personal disappointment. Britney Spears, for instance, has managed to cling to a recording career as she approaches her 30s but has been in the news over the past decade more often for shaved heads, shotgun marriages and unfortunate limousine snapshots than for hit singles.
Sometimes these young artists succumb to drug or alcohol dependency, the pressures of public scrutiny, or simply to the fickle tastes of a youth-obsessed culture.
The Jonas Brothers, for instance, have arguably seen their stars dim slightly, particularly since Bieber's ascension. Nick Jonas's offshoot record, "Who I Am" — released earlier this year, when Jonas was 17 years old — barely made a ripple.
Those teen fans who now shriek at the mention of Bieber's name, shut down malls, and spend hours upon hours on their computers trying to catch his attention, will eventually grow up and, in many cases, they'll outgrow their crushes on Bieber.
However, there have been models of success for the singer to follow.
Coincidentally, two artists who best handled the transition from teen sensations to grown-up artists have links to the 16-year-old from Stratford, Ont.
Justin Timberlake appeared on "The New Mickey Mouse Club" (which also served as a showcase for Spears, Christina Aguilera and Oscar-nominated Canadian actor Ryan Gosling) as a child before joining 'N Sync, a bubblegum pop outfit that rivalled the Backstreet Boys for the adulation of millions of screaming pre-teens in the late '90s.
At this point, it's tough to predict which way he will go.
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This has been known for months. Actually, it's probably been known since the start of his career.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO:(
I'll have to start to listen to ACTUAL MUSIC INSTEAD
Damn, I just understood the lyrics to oh baby...
Cut them ballz off quick!
Wow, you think?
Everyone that posts below me actually cares.
Not big surprise.
fuck
Whoa whoa wait, he's turning 17!? I honestly thought he was around 13.
It was bound to happen.
Hopefully, he'll become a voice actor or a movie actor.
Thank god.
brings shame to my country
[QUOTE=CoolKingKaso;27140714]Hopefully, he'll become a voice actor or a movie actor.[/QUOTE]
Hopefully the Asylum will hire him :v:
but still stop making stupid threads about everything justin bieber says or does
Oh Christ. Leif Garrett is precisely who I think of when I think Bieber.
Dont all his youtube videos have like 200 million views? Isn't popularity based on a number?
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no
They can always auto-tune him.
He'll start doing drugs and become a huge train wreck.
17?
Soon someone's going to pop his cherry.
Maybe not though.
Once his voice deepens, his music will become horrible and only idiots will listen to it and actually stand in his defense when other criticize him..
oh wait...
Deepening voice...HAHA BEST FUCKING LIE EVER!
/caps
Game over.
Bieber no longer worth mentioning.
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[QUOTE=CoolKingKaso;27140714]Hopefully, he'll become a voice actor or a movie actor.[/QUOTE]
maybe he'll become a murder victim :downs:
[QUOTE=Antallion;27141407]maybe he'll become a murder victim :downs:[/QUOTE]
Give him about 5 years more fame and he'll off himself with prescription medication.
Lol, it's FINALLY happening?
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jealousy is hard to get over
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Well said.
I agree.
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