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Usher and Justin Timberlake Had a ‘Bidding War’ Over Justin Bieber

Usher reveals that he got into a ‘bidding war’ with Justin Timberlake in 2008 over the chance to sign Justin Bieber

“It was, I think, right after [his 2004 album] Confessions that I was introduced to Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun,” reflected Usher in a People interview published Sunday, February 18. Ever since Scooter Braun discovered Justin Bieber on YouTube in the late aughts, the singer has become one of the most successful and recognizable names in the music industry. The “Sorry” singer has been absent from the stage for two years after revealing in June 2022 that he’d been diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which left half his face paralyzed.

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