As a 23-year-old guy, I would not be considered in the core demographic of Justin Bieber's fanbase. And to be clear, I am not necessarily a fan. But neither am I a hater and dislike him either (I am neutral). As the Bieber Guy, I will explore the Justin Bieber phenomenon and understand why he may have lasting power in the biz.
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The other day we got a sneak peek of the song when a video was released of the duo in the recording studio. And now we've got the premiere of Justin Bieber's second Christmas single, a duet with Usher on "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)."
Here's your first listen of the song:
What'd you think of this second single? Is it just as good as "Mistletoe"? Better? Worse? I'm looking forward to reviewing it in December as part of 'A Very Bieber Christmas' here on Bieber Guy.
The song is not yet available to download on Amazon yet. But when it is, it will be added to the Bieber Guy STORE and tweeted out to all of you.
"The Christmas Song" will be featured on Bieber's upcoming Under The Mistletoe, which will be released on November 1 and is available to pre-order online in both standard and CD/DVD Deluxe editions. To pre-order a copy, below are the Amazon product links (or pre-order them directly from the T.W.O. STORE).
At the start of this past week, "Mistletoe" was released. And now Beliebers everywhere will have another early Christmas gift a week later when another song from Justin Bieber's Under The Mistletoe will premiere. And it involves a certain someone named Usher. Never heard of him; he must be a newcomer....Kidding.
On Monday, October 24 at 10am ET/7am PT, Usher will be on On Air with Ryan Seacrest to premiere his and Justin's duet, "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)." You can listen to it live right HERE.
Even though that premiere is less than 48 hours away, I bet you can't even wait that long for a listen. So check out the below video to see Justin and Usher in the studio recording and mixing the song:
After listening to "Mistletoe" and watching this video, I'm trying to figure out when his voice changed and got so low. I guess it shows that I'm still back with My World and My World 2.0 (since that's where I am in the Bieber Guy Reviews).
Both "Mistletoe" and "The Christmas Song" (feat. Usher) will be featured on Bieber's upcoming Under The Mistletoe, which will be released on November 1 and is available to pre-order online in both standard and CD/DVD Deluxe editions. To pre-order a copy, below are the Amazon product links (or pre-order them directly from the Bieber Guy STORE).
Justin Bieber has been long-listed at the People's Choice Awards 2012. These are not the final nominees. What happens during this round is the public will vote on the choices (or nominate your own) that will then determine the final list of nominations.
If you want Justin to end up on that final list, here's your chance to make sure that happens.
Here's the categories he's eligible for:
Favorite TV Guest Star:
Debra Messing (Law & Order: SVU)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Glee)
Jim Carrey (The Office)
John Stamos (Law & Order: SVU) Justin Bieber (CSI)
Kathy Griffin (Glee)
Katy Perry (How I Met Your Mother)
Kristin Chenoweth (Glee)
Michael J. Fox (The Good Wife)
Tom Hanks (30 Rock)
Will Arnett (30 Rock)
Will Ferrell (The Office)
Depending on who the final nominees are, this looks like it could be a tough category to determine. There's so many worthy people, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Kristin Chenoweth. Even though Justin's fanbase is extremely strong and devoted, can he win this one, especially for the fact that his guest starring appearance on CSI didn't make an impact on the ratings of those episodes?
Favorite Male Artist:
Blake Shelton
Bruno Mars
Cee Lo Green
Chris Brown
Drake
Eminem
Enrique Iglesias
Jay-Z Justin Bieber
Kanye West
Keith Urban
Kenny Chesney
Justin's girlfriend, Selena Gomez, is on the list for Favorite Pop Artist. And mentor Usher is long-listed for Favorite Tour Headliner.
Click HERE to check out the full list of categories and potential nominees.
Like I said, the People's Choice Awards is voted on by the public. To vote for who will become the final nominations, click HERE. With each category, you can usually select up to five choices to vote for, as well as the option of nominating someone not on the list.
The final list of nominations will be announced on November 8. And the People's Choice Awards 2012 will air January 11, 2012 (9pm) on CBS.
We've got a few big pieces of news regarding Justin Bieber's upcoming holiday album, Under The Mistletoe. First, here's the tracklist for the disc, including the Deluxe Edition tracks:
1. Only Thing I Ever Get For Christmas
2. Mistletoe
3. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) [Feat. Usher]
4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
5. Fa La La [Feat. Boyz II Men]
6. Christmas Love
7. All I Want For Christmas Is You [Feat. Mariah Carey]
8. Drummer Boy [Feat. Busta Rhymes]
9. All I Want Is You
10. Fa La La (a capella)[Feat. Boys II Men](Deluxe Edition)
11. Christmas Eve
12. Home This Christmas [Feat. The Band Perry]
13. Silent Night (Deluxe Edition)
14. Pray (Deluxe Edition)
15. Someday At Christmas (Deluxe Edition)
We already knew that Usher, Boyz II Men, and Mariah Carey were going to be included. But as we can see from this tracklist, Busta Rhymes and The Band Perry will also be featured as well.
The first thing I noticed when looking over this tracklist was some familiar songs we all know. I guess Scooter Braun must have jumped the gun early last month when he tweeted that all the songs would be original: "this christmas album is amazing. might be the best album yet. all originals...soon 2 b classics. every1 i play it 4 is blown away" (bold my emphasis). But not to fret; it does look like most of the songs are still originals, though.
I've been wondering lately when a single would be released. In a way, it's tricky because this is a holiday album, and that means a single would have to be released just outside of the main holiday time frame.
And Billboard announced that the single will be "Mistletoe," to be released on October 18 (that's before Halloween!)
As mentioned, there will be two versions of the album. The CD/DVD Deluxe Edition will include all of the above songs, plus the video for "Pray." As we all know, "Pray" is a song Bieber released on a previous release.
Under The Mistletoe will be released on November 1, and is available to pre-order online in both standard and CD/DVD Deluxe editions. To pre-order a copy, below are the Amazon product links (or pre-order them directly from the Bieber Guy STORE).
This is the news Bieber fans have all been waiting for. Just has confirmed via Twitter when his much-anticipated Christmas album will be in stores, saying simply: "#nov1st". The as yet untitled album will be released November 1! That's only a month away!
And that's not all. Justin also tweeted that he's collaborating with Usher on one of the songs!
"just finished a late nt in the studio for the christmas album...it is OFFICIAL...my big bro @UsherRaymondIV is on the album with me! #EPIC"
We already know that he's collaborating with Boyz II Men on the album (and possible Taylor Swift, though we don't know if that's for this album or a future one). Now we've got confirmation on Usher, his mentor. And we also know all the songs will be originals.
I wonder how many duets there will be? Every song, or just a few? I guess we'll have to wait for the tracklist to come out.
