LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Bieber (photo) might be the modern king of all media.
Justin has the Web wired. He’s a YouTube discovery with almost six million followers on Twitter. He makes hit music, with an album and concert tour in the nation’s Top 20 and a new album on the way in a few weeks. He’s got a movie coming out early next year, and last Sunday, he drew enough fans to temporarily shut down a Barnes & Noble bookstore where he promoted his autobiography, First Step 2 Forever: My Story.
More than 1,000 teen and tween girls, a handful of boys, and their parents waited in a long line that snaked through the popular Grove shopping center for a chance to meet the shaggy-haired Canadian singer. All had secured wristbrands days earlier when they bought Bieber’s book, a photo-packed hardcover about his rise to fame that sells for $21.99.