Justin Bieber hysteria: Never heard of him? Don't worry, your kids have and he's causing chaos

By Lizzie Smith

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Never heard of Justin Bieber? Well don't worry, your teenage daughter certainly will have.

The 16-year-old Canadian is the latest pop sensation to cross the pond. And it's no exaggeration to say the streets of London ground to a halt as he made his way around the city yesterday.

Teenage girls sobbed with hysteria as they fought to reach Bieber's car, others queued for hours behind hastily erected barriers outside Radio One and still more besieged the May Fair hotel after he twittered that he was visiting.

The attention was so intense that Bieber was forced to appeal for calm on Twitter.

'Girls of London... please don't bang on the windows of the car when we're moving,' he wrote. 'U can get hurt. No need for that. I got love for all of u :)'
Since finding fame last year with his tracks One Time, One Less Lonely Girl, Love Me and Favorite Girl, Bieber's life has been a whirlwind.


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But he described his reception in London as 'insane'.

'Crowds and fans around London are insane. The paparazzi here follows us on motorcycles like the dudes from GI JOE....kinda wild.'

When a huge crowd formed outside the May Fair hotel, the teen had to be smuggled out a back door and into a waiting car for his own safety.

'Wish I could have come out from the performance at the Mayfair but security wouldn't let me.' he tweeted.

'For those girls who cursed me out for it I'm sorry, but sometimes I need to listen to security so no one gets hurt. But I like your attitude. The UK goes hard.'


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And when Bieber appeared on GMTV this week his name became the biggest trend on Twitter, with more than one in a 100 tweets worldwide referencing him.

The son of a single mother, Beiber taught himself how to play drums, piano, guitar and trumpet.

He then recorded his own versions of R & B songs by artists like Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown and Stevie Wonder, posting dozens of videos on YouTube.

Within weeks he had racked up more than 10million hits, simply by word of mouth.

And after his work was spotted by a record executive he was flown to the States for meetings.

Justin Timberlake rushed to offer him a record deal, but after some thought he signed with Usher - at the age of just 13.


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Mayhem: A wall of girls blocked the road as Bieber's car approached the MayFair hotel


Bieber released his first album My World last year, which went to number four in the UK charts. In the U.S. it was the second best opening release of the year by a new artist.

With his first four singles hits on both side of the Atlantic the buzz around him continued to grow.

Beiber's second album, My World 2.0, is out this week, and judging by his rising popularity it seems likely to top the charts.


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source: dailymail