Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber share a sweet kiss after he wins the award for Top New Artist at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday (May 22) in Las Vegas, Nev.
The 17-year-old singer was sandwiched in between Selena and his mom Pattie Mallette during the ceremony.
Justin brought home five awards, including Top New Artist, Top Streaming Artist, Top Social Artist, Top Digital Media Artist, and the Fan Favorite Award.
Watch Justin and Selena kiss below…
Time off for a job well done is what Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber is being rewarded with as the 17-year-old singer told the Hollywood Reporter on July 20, 2011 that he needs down time to do what kids his age normally do with a summer. And why not? Since beginning his journey to success he's worked tirelessly and traveled a long way in a short time.
So it is that he told HR that of late he has been busy doing something else - taking a month off. And is always the case with the singer from Stratford, Ont., he has great insights into what's going on around him and what he needs to do to process it and enjoy it all.
"It's been great to just think and enjoy hanging out with my friends," he said. "I'm still growing up, and when you're working every day, you don't really get a chance to figure out who you are. So with the time off, I'm able to think, pray and just kind of grow up."
Since he and mother Patti Mallette appeared on a Canadian daytime TV show together - clips are in his documentary - called Full Circle when he was a small, pretty shy 14-year-old and talked to the hosts about their plan to go to the U.S. and work with Usher to create a career for Justin, they have done just that.
And how. As of this writing his numbers on Famecount, an internet site that tracks social media, are massive. He has 11,202,251 Twitter followers, 33,394,537 Facebook Fans and 1,772,766,081 Youtube Views (yes, that's 1.7 billion). He's got the sixth highest total of Facebook fans on the planet and is second to Lady Gaga and a spot ahead of President Barack Obama in Twitter followers. Master Bieber is top of the heap in Youtube Views.
Further, he's toured the world multiple times, recorded albums with stars, had Justin Bieber: Never Say Never become a huge hit, had pajamas and other clothing come out with his picture on them, singing dolls, books and a fragrance, 'Someday' currently outselling established perfumes by a large margin. He has also won dozens of music awards in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Brazil, the U.K. and in other countries.
So time off to recharge the batteries - he said he's been sleeping a lot - is deserved and needed. But already he's talking about the work he has upon his return, about the new album he's working on and songwriting. It's been since March of 2010 since he's come out with an entire album of new material and after his break look for him to get back into the studio and start laying down some tracks.
He'll also return to the talk show circuit and touring and to continuing to contribute to charities like 'Pencils for Promise', the 'Make a Wish Foundation' and those devoted to anti-bullying and to getting the message out that texting and driving is a dumb idea.
In other words, after a little R&R, Justin Bieber is gonna get back to being Justin Bieber.
Selena Gomez celebrated her 19th birthday on Friday by spending time with boyfriend Justin Bieber, reading his sweet Twitter messages, hitting up a donut shop and Disneyland, followed by a romantic dinner. She may still love to have fun at the most magical place on earth but, with the recent release of the August issue of Elle Mexico, it's obvious this one-time Disney starlet is very much all grown up. So, is she getting too mature for her teeny-bopper, pop sensation boyfriend, Justin Bieber?
Gomez fronts the magazine looking pretty and sophisticated; her hair in lush curls and her makeup nude and smoldering. She may be all covered up in a long-sleeved Altazurra number, complete with a wide-brim Scala Pronto hat and gold Gucci belt with tassels, but the image of the Monte Carlo actress translates as incredibly sexy... and much older than her newly 19 years.
Selena Gomez would be way out of the league of a typical 17-year-old, but fame and fortune has apparently matured the Biebs (and Gomez). They still seem to make a perfectly adorable couple, and they both can definitely share and understand the pressures of being the girl and boy of the moment -- and what a very long moment it is.
Vanilla Ice has defended recent comments he made about Justin Bieber where he predicted the 17-year-old star would go off the rails and wouldn't have a long career.
The Ice Ice Baby star said: "My prediction about Bieber is that he’s going to go through one of those weekends that lasts a few years because he’s had such success as a child act. You know, then something else new will come along and he’ll be forgotten and he can try to put all the pieces back together, so it’s going to be entertaining to watch."
Not surprisingly, his comments kicked off a furore among Bieber fans, so much so that the rapper has spoken out to clarify his remarks, but stopped short of apologising to the U Smile teenager."I think the whole story is that [I'm] badmouthing Justin Bieber. That's just not true," Vanilla Ice insisted. "I'm friends with him and I've hung out with him. I know his parents, they're very nice.
"I don't think he's going to be forgotten," he continued. "I don't think he's going to be forgotten at all. In fact, I think he'll be remembered forever. I wish him all the best. I wasn't trying to say anything bad about anybody. I never badmouth him at all.
"I don't have any reason to hate anybody; I believe in good karma and spreading good energy."
