It all started in August 2009. I had been on holidays for two months and was so excited to have a sleepover with my three bestfriends. They were all really excited to show me this guy that they saw on YouTube: Justin Bieber, said he was really hot. I was 12 years old. They showed me his ‘One Time’ video, and honestly, I’ve never been the same since. I went home the day after and kept searching this boy on youtube and google. I couldn’t get enough. So when his ‘My World’ album came out, I got it straight away. I played it over and over and over. Whenever I was having a bad day, or feeling down, I’d put it my headphones, blast Justin’s voice and block out everything else. Then, when Justins ‘My World 2.0’ came out, I could have cried with delight. I remember just playing all of the songs over, over and over again. My favourite one at the time was ‘That Should Be Me’, but now its ‘Never Let You Go’. Then whenever a leaked song came out on youtube I’d be so happy. Then in November last year, I heard that Justin was coming to my country, Ireland. I knew that getting tickets would be absolutely impossible, so I almost gave up hope. But my best friends dad managed to get them, I was estatic. I went to see them movie a couple of weeks before I went to the concert, and it got me so in the mood. I remember coming out and thinking to myself, “that movie had changed me”, it had. I’m the biggest belieber out of all my friends. They don’t understand what he means to me. Then, the day came, March 8th 2011. His concert in Dublin. I arrived and almost cried. I never thought I’d get to see him live. But thats when it clicked, never say never. We took our seats and watch Willow Smith as she opened for him. Then the moment came.. The clock had reached 00:00, and out he came.. Singing ‘Love Me’. The concert was absolutely amazing. Especially ‘Never Let You Go’ and ‘Down To Earth’. That day changed my life, and so had Justin. I have so much to thank him for, and hope that someday I’ll get the chance. I love you, Justin.

-Hayley (hayleybieberbabes.tumblr.com)

The first time I ever heard of Justin Bieber I honestly thought it was Jessie Bieber. I thought he was a girl… sorry to say. Knowing Justin has over 50 songs and loves his fans no matter what, there is no reason to hate on him. Everyone loves Justin for what he does and what we all suppose he is. Every belieber has a dream to meet this 17-year-old with a down to earth personality. I cry every time I watch his videos knowing that I have never been 70 yards close to this guy. I don’t want to be negative, but I already know that I won’t ever meet JB. Everyone loves him so much it seems like he doesn’t have free time. He gets about 1,000 tweets a second. Those girls who get a reply, follow, or retweet must be the luckiest girls ever. I have tried so hard; but I don’t succeed. I will Never Say Never and Belieb in myself. I know I can do it. He inspires so many people, including Casey, the beat-down bully, and the girl on Ellen. So lucky! I would say I’m his biggest fan ever, but I know there are more. His movie is amazing. I piratically watch it every night & cry more and more every time I watch it. This kid has so much  potential it’s crazy. Imagine if Justin Bieber wasn’t found: sad. Scooter Braun is also a big help along the way. Justin is so young and will live for so long, and he’s doing this all on his own. Mama Jan also works with his voice and makes it sound better everytime! Usher is Justin’s best friend. you can see it by the way they talk & act with each other. Chaz & Ryan are also his best friends; brothers almost. Jaxon and Jazmyn are adorable and I can’t believe Justin actually has siblings. Justin won’t ever let his fans down. I know it. He loves us all so much that he actually takes time out of his life to tour around the wolrd for us. That’s true inspiration.  I protect Justin with my life! I’ll defend him, fight for him, speak for him, care for him, I might even take a bullet for him. This is all so true. fake fans leave, true fans stay. Justin also plays the best pranks! I love this kid with all my heart. You probably took over a third of my heart. As much as Justin Bieber loves his family, I love my family too. Justin Drew Bieber: inspiration. Justin says that beliebers are part of his extended family. 

-@iloveyewjbiebes

Justin Bieber has inpired me in many ways, but the biggest one is, of course, to believe in my dreams. You see, there’s so many things I want to do in life, and one of my biggest dreams is to become a professional dancer/choreographer. I never believed that I could make it since I’ve seen so many great dancers, but ever since I heard about his story, I’ve been working hard to reach my goal. Nobody knows that I love to dance, or that I can even dance, since I practice only in my room. I do it for hours, just for fun, everyday. It’s become somewhat of a habit. It makes me feel good. It gives me something to work for. Also, though, I want to help animals in any way possible. I’ve actually wanted to dedicate my life to it, but then I wouldn’t be able to dance. Justin Bieber showed me that I can be whatever I want to be. That there’s no limits to what I can achieve. Another thing he showed me was to ignore the haters. I have been hurt with words, but I’ve leared to ignore it all. Thank you, Justin Drew Bieber. Your music gives me something to dance to.

-@BieberSizedSwag

Justin Bieber. No, he doesn’t know my name, he doesn’t know my Twitter…but he does know that I exist. How? Because I’m a belieber. You know what a belieber is? A belieber is someone who supports Justin, no matter what he does. He’s inspired me in so many ways. Like, when I went to the hospital to get my tonsils taken out, I stayed strong because if Justin can break his foot and STILL perform on stage, then I could go through one minor surgery. I was calm the whole time because I listened to his music, and that got me through the pain. My family being there with me also helped me. Secondly, he’s taught me to never give up on my dreams. I really want to be either a veterinarian, a singer, a pianist, or an author. Before him and other celebrities, I would’ve never thought it was possible. Now, I’ve won over three state competitions and I have two of my own CDs. It doesn’t’ matter that he doesn’t know my name, or that he’s never met me. All that matters is that he’s inspired me. 

-@BiebsTeenSwag

December of 2009; that’s officially when everything started. I remember in about November I had passed by the Citadel Outlets with my mom and I saw a sign that said “Justin Bieber LIVE - December 14th, 2009 at 6pm.” I asked my mom if we can go, and she asked, “who’s that anyways?” I honestly wasn’t even sure myself. I had just heard One Time a few days ago, and I just liked the beat and lyrics. On my birthday, 3 days before the day Justin was live, my mom had gotten me his “My World” CD. I loved it - so much, but I still didn’t really know anything about the kid. The day came, and as we got there, I saw all these girls wearing, “I Love Justin Bieber” shirts and stuff. I was wearing a purple sweater and jeans, no clue knowing he liked that color. As it got closer to 6pm, the crowd got rougher and rougher. They were really close of cancelling his appearance. Obviously that made the crowd calm down a bit. Anyways, I saw this little boy come out with a hat covering his eyes. He took off his hat to fix his hair, and took out his guitar. Once I heard him sing live, that was when I fell in love with him. I honestly cried the ride home. I couldn’t believe anything. I made a twitter account a few days later, and he was the first person I followed. After tweeting him how amazing I thought he was, he followed me. I nearly died. I had offically caught Bieber Fever. All that happened in the beginning of 2010. Now that I seen how genuine he is, I can say, Justin Bieber has changed my life - Making me feel beautiful, and confident about myself. There is a lot of other reasons why I admire Justin, long story short…I love Justin Bieber. I am proud to be a Justin Bieber Fan. Thank you, Justin. 

-marriedtovinny

November 2009, was when I visited my family in the Philippines. I was on the computer on Twitter as usual, then I see my cousin’s coming to ask me to go on YouTube and search the username “kidrauhl”. I looked him up and clicked on his cover of him singing Chris Brown ‘With You’. After watching the video, all I could say was wow. After that week in the Philippines I flew back to the U.S. The day I went to school, I heard a few of my friends talking about this boy named Justin Bieber, I was kind of confused of who they were talking about, I walked up to them and asked them and not even a second one of my friends yell out: “You don’t know who Justin freaking Bieber is?!?” I told her “No, not really”. After school I looked up on YouTube who this Justin Bieber kid was, and that’s when I saw his music video ‘One Time’. I found the song really catchy but I wasn’t that into Bieber. October 30, 2010 was when I started getting that Bieber Fever. It was the day I went to his concert he had in San Diego, my best friend Shardae tagged along with me since I gave her the extra ticket I had. She was the same as me wasn’t really into Bieber, but once I saw the countdown clock being 0:00:00 and saw him rise up and opened with ‘Love Me‘ I was screaming my lungs out so much I almost lost my voice the next day, seeing Justin in concert was and still is the best memory in my whole entire life. June 2011 was when I was watching the American Music Awards, I only watched it because of Justin Bieber of course, when I saw him perform his song ‘Pray’ I was really inspired with the song, it was emotional yet, it opens up to show you can make a change in the world, that’s when I really started having a level up on my Bieber Fever. February 2011 was when I went to the sneak peek preview of his 3-D movie “Never Say Never,” after just seeing the trailer I knew this movie would be an inspiration to everyone and even the people that dislike Justin Bieber, and it was, seeing the rags to riches story about him was really emotional for me but it shows that you can reach your goal if you just believe in yourself. Justin Bieber will always be one of my inspirations no matter what, nothing is ever gonna change. And I hope that one day I will meet him.

-Angelica (@iaMAngelBieberD)

Everybody has that one idol that they love the most, the one who they feel helps them through everything. Music was always my certain escape for things. In ‘09 I was watching MTV one morning and a music video came on, I instantly loved it and the boy singing the song which was called One Time by Justin Bieber. I googled Justin and found that he had a YouTube account his username was ‘kidrauhl’ so I started watching his videos. I began to like him more seeing that he had such an amazing talent, his looks were the bonus. I keep myself updated with things he did, I became a belieber which was the greatest choice I ever made. I listened to his music whenever I could, I told friends that they should listened to him singing because he’s so talented. My parents were having problems and were arguing a lot so I listened to Justin, specifically Down to Earth. This year, when I was with my dad we went to go see Never Say Never: 3D I had a greater understanding of him and what his life was like. My dad is the only person who actually understands why I like Justin so much, he said “Justin is one amazing, inspirational kid.” I agree. Justin inspires me because he doesn’t let the haters get him down, he believes that if you have a dream go out and achieve it. Like his motto “Never Say Never.” I’ve never been to one of Justin’s concert, I never got to meet him or be within 50 feet at least. I know that I will possibly never get to meet him unless I can afford it, which I can’t. Or end up TV, now I’m saying it for sympathy because it is true. I will always continue to support him and hope one day I do get to meet him.

-biebercyrusswagg

He is only 17, & lets get real he is one of the most famous men in the world, he is so loved, he is so hated, he is so known. He lives a full on life & yet never cracks from pressure. He composes himself in the eyes of the public 24/7. I sure as know I would snap back and karate kick every second paparatzis camera to freaking china. He handles all the haters so maturely “#killthemwithkindness-I would call them bitches and go egg their houses. His work load is more insane then anyone could imagine, but he will NEVER SAY NEVER-me, I can’t even handle my university course. He possesses so many qualities that I someday hope to possess. I idolise him and I am a year older then him. He truley is an inspiration. AND ontop of all that he has the voice of an angel sliding down a rainbow and the jaw and face of a god. He is hands down the most adorable thing that has ever graced the Earth. So Justin, never forget how amazing you are, & ignore the haters because they double as liars. Stay humble and respect what you have. Good luck with everything, and thank you for changing my reality. I know now that if I can dream it, I can live it.

-@ElleHardman1

Justin Bieber inspired me to keep going because he got sick and still wanted to do concerts! He drank that nasty green stuff for us! He is the most amazing and talented person I have ever known (well not actually known, I wish). Him and I have both been through the pretty much same situation and he really taught me how to look at it and just think positively. I think that people need to stop saying he is gay and can’t sing. They are just haters and haters make me thrive to do more than ever before, so keep on hating we don’t care! We are diehard Justin Bieber fans and we will be with him and behind him forever and always!

-@SydneyMoss1

I watched Justin’s movie Never Say Never and ever since then I have been a die hard Bieber-fanatic! He actually went through a lot and I respect that he is amazing! I respect that he and I have been through a lot of the same stuff! He has inspired me on how I should take it and turn it around! He’s also inspired me to keep going because in his movie he is sick and he still wants to do the show and he drank that nastty juice just for us! He is the strongest and most caring person I have ever known (well not actually known) I just can’t believe that other people don’t like him and hate him. What is there to hate? Also haters make me thrive so they just make me want to go farther and accomplish more than ever before! I love you Justin Bieber and all the other beliebers!

-Sydney Moss