Bieber's parents were never married. Pattie raised her son Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in London, Ontario, at St Joseph's Hospital, and was raised in Stratford, Ontario. He is the only child of Jeremy Jack Bieber and Patricia "Pattie" Mallette. with the help of her mother, Diane, and stepfather, Bruce. His mother is of French-Canadian descent-grandfather was of German ancestry, and his other roots are English, Scottish and Irish. He has also claimed that he has some undetermined Aboriginal Canadian ancestry.
On August 28, 2015, Bieber released a new single titled "What Do You Mean?" as the lead single from his fourth studio album Purpose. The song is a blend of teen pop, electronic dance music and acoustic R&B and became Bieber's first number-one single on the Billboard .
Purpose was released on November 13, 2015 and debuted at number one on the Billbo; his paternal greatard 200, becoming Bieber's sixth album to debut at the top of that chart
Bieber initially began singing with his adolescent voice, before later experiencing pubertal changes during a performance of “Pray” at the 2011 American music awards. Bieber started to receive vocal conditioning from coach Jan Smith. Sean Michaels of The Guardian described it as "the biggest threat to his career" at the time.