BIEBER, JUSTIN / MINAJ, NICKI - BEAUTY & THE BEAT

Justin Drew Bieber (born March 1, 1994 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a Grammy Award winning Canadian pop singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by American talent manager Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager. Braun arranged for him to meet with entertainer Usher Raymond in Atlanta, Georgia. Bieber was signed to Raymond Braun Media Group (RBMG), and then to an Island Records recording contract offered by record executive L.A. Reid. His debut extended play, the seven-track My World, was released in November 2009, and was certified platinum in the United States. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a debut record to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Bieber's first full-length studio album, My World 2.0, was released in March 2010. It debuted at or near number-one in several countries and was certified platinum in the United States. It was preceded by the single Baby. He followed up the release of his debut album with his first headlining tour, the My World Tour, the remix albums My Worlds Acoustic and Never Say Never – The Remixes, and the 3D biopic-concert film Justin Bieber: Never Say Never. Bieber released his second studio album Under the Mistletoe in November 2011, when it debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200. Bieber released his third studio album Believe on June 19, 2012, and it became his fourth chart topper in the United States, debuting at number-one on the Billboard 200. Bieber has received numerous awards, including both Artist of the Year Awards at the 2010 American Music Awards and the 2012 American Music Awards, and was nominated for Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album at the 53rd Grammy Awards. With a global fan base, termed as "Beliebers", and over 40 million followers on Twitter, he was named by Forbes magazine in 2012 as the third-most powerful celebrity in the world. On the 25th of December 2013, Bieber's second concert film biopic, called Justin Bieber's Believe, was released. As a lead-up to the film, 10 songs were released every Monday for 10 consecutive weeks. The tracks were all featured on a digital collection album tilted Journals. On the 13th of November 2015, Justin released "Purpose", his most personal album to date. The album received Billboard #1's with "Love Yourself", "Sorry" and "What Do You Mean?", also striking a "Top Package" award from Billboard Touring Awards for the Purpose World Tour. Bieber released his fifth studio album, Changes on February 14, 2020. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 and spawned two multi platinum hit singles, “Yummy” and “Intentions (feat. Quavo)”. In 2021, Bieber followed up Changes with his sixth studio album, Justice. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart along with the single “Peaches (feat. Daniel Ceasar and Giveon)” debuting at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Also in 2021, he was featured on The Kid Laroi’s hit song “STAY (with Justin Bieber), which was an international mega hit and is currently the most streamed song released in the 2020s decade so far. Discography: 1. My World (2009) 2. My World 2.0 (2010) 3. Under the Mistletoe (2011) 4. Believe (2012) 5. Journals (2013) 6. Purpose (2015) 7. Changes (2020) 8. Justice (2021) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, born December 8th, 1982, is known professionally as Nicki Minaj. Minaj is a Trinidadian-born rapper and singer based in the United States of America. Nicki Minaj is most recognized for her musical versatility, alter egos, and the animated flow of her raps. She first gained underground attention after releasing her debut mixtape, Playtime Is Over. Nicki later released two more mixtapes before her debut album, Sucka Free and Beam Me Up Scotty. Beam Me Up Scotty was later reissued in 2020. Nicki first gained public attention with the release of her debut studio album, Pink Friday. The acclaimed album sold over 375k copies first week, the second-highest first-week sales for a female rap album. Maraj is one of the best-selling artists with over 100 million records sold among her extensive discography. Minaj has two diamond-certified singles, Bang Bang and Superbass. Superbass is her best-selling single to date being twelve times certified platinum, the highest certified solo single by a female rapper. Billboard staff ranked Minaj as the top-selling female rapper of the 2010s and one of the greatest rappers of all time. Maraj has the most number-one albums (Pink Friday, Pink Friday … Roman Reloaded, and Pink Friday 2) and top-ten songs (23) in the United States for a female rapper. In 2017, Maraj broke the record for the most entries on the Billboard Hot 100 by any female recording artist, surpassing Aretha Franklin. Later in 2018, Nicki became the first female artist to surpass 100 entries on the Billboard Hot 100. She has nine music videos with more than one billion views on YouTube, Minaj became the first female rapper to do so. These videos are Side to Side, Bang Bang (Both with over 2 billion views), Swalla, Tusa, Hey Mama, Beauty and a Beat, Anaconda, FEFE, and Super Bass. She is one of the two female artists to have nine music videos reaching this achievement, tying with Rihanna. The Pink Friday 2 World Tour, also known as Gag City Tour, is the fourth solo, and fifth overall, tour by rapper Nicki Minaj. In support of her fifth studio album Pink Friday 2, released in 2023. Consisting of 79 shows across three continents in its first leg. The tour has a gross of over $81.7 million based on the first 45 shows, the tour has become the highest-grossing tour of all time by a female rapper and of Nicki’s career, and the sixth-highest-grossing tour by a rapper. Nicki Minaj finished the first leg of her tour in July 2024 and will return to America for leg 2 on September 4th, 2024. This leg will consist of 22 shows and will end on October 11th, 2024 in Queens, New York Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.