Happy birthday Justin Bieber! A timeline of the popstar’s record-breaking achievements

Canadian popstar Justin Bieber turns 23 today and to celebrate the occasion, Guinness World Records is taking a look back over the singer’s impressive career so far. 

 

Since his chart debut in 2009 at the young age of 15, Justin has gone on to rack up a string of impressive music and social media records.

 

  

First solo artist to have three No.1 albums before the age of 18 (US)

 

Justin claimed three chart-topping US albums before reaching his 18th birthday: My World 2.0 debuted at No.1 on 10 April 2010 with first-week sales of 283,000, Never Say Never: The Remixes made its chart-topping debut on 5 March 2011 with sales of 165,000, and Under the Mistletoe, the first Christmas album by a male artist to debut at No.1 in the 55-year history of the US albums chart, crowned the countdown on 19 November 2011 after first-week sales of 210,000.