Cody Simpson. The Australian-born teen star, who’s also an accomplished swimmer, uploaded videos of him covering songs by the Jackson 5 and Justin Timberlake in 2010. He was subsequently discovered by record producer Shawn Campbell. Simpson has appeared in a number of TV shows in the last few years, and released two studio albums.
Carly Rae Jepsen. Interestingly enough, Bieber is largely responsible for the rise to fame of another young recording artist. Carly Rae Jepsen was already popular in her native Canada (she finished third on “Canadian Idol”) she didn’t hit the road to U.S. fame until Bieber tweeted that “Call Me Maybe” was “possibly the catchiest song I’ve ever heard.” (He misspelled Jepsen’s name in the tweet, but we’re guessing she’s since forgiven him.)
Justin Bieber. It wasn’t that long ago that Justin Bieber skyrocketed from relative obscurity to superstardom–thanks in large part to YouTube videos of him performing as a pre-teenager. The Biebs was posting homemade performance videos at 12 years old, and those videos convinced execs at Island Def Jam Recordings to sign Bieber to a huge deal before he was even able to drive.
With an estimated $55 million in earnings last year, it’s safe to say Bieber got a pretty good return on his time spent uploading videos to YouTube
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