Stealing a Smooch
Justin and not-quite-ex Selena share a kiss backstage at the Billboard Music Awards.
A Thousand Words
This is Tayor Swift's recorded reaction to that kiss.
Food for Thought
In town for the Billboard Awards, Bieber thrills the students at Whitney Elementary School in Las Vegas with a surprise visit, donates $150,000 worth of food items and vows to keep the school's kitchen stocked for a whole year. Who is this kid again?
Animal Lover
Bieber gets a cat, Tuts, who ultimately gets her own Twitter acount.
Man of the People
A bummed-looking Bieber finds himself on a billboard in L.A. promoting the case against raising the minimum wage.
All In
Bieber stars in Adidas NEO's summer campaign.
Aiming High
Virgin mogul Richard Branson suggests that the Biebs' is heading to outerspace, calling him and Scooter Braun the "latest @virgingalactic future astronauts."
They Can Laugh About It Now
Bieber ultimately isn't charged with hit-and-run for dinging a paparazzo with his Ferrari outside The Laugh Factory in West Hollywood, with authorities determining that he probably didn't notice considering the mad crowd swarming around the car. "Sometimes u just wanna go to a comedy club and have a laugh. no trouble. just want to laugh," he had tweeted the morning after the incident.
Third Time's the Charm
Bieber releases his third signature fragrance, The Key.
Domestic Disturbances
Bieber's neighbors were less than thrilled by the star's apparent open-door policy at his home in The Oaks, a gated Calabasas community, calling the cops twice in one evening to report loud music being played during a party in November. And while the HOA is probably still pissed, prosecutors ultimately didn't charge Bieber after one neighbor claimed the kid spit on him after he confronted Bieber about racing recklessly around the area in his Ferrari, because they couldn't be sure Biebs was the one behind the wheel at the time.
G-Force
Waitress Jordan Orzuna joins Bieber on a kissy trip to Las Vegas Indoor Skydiving, where the singer ends the day on the "No Fly Zone," ever, list after leaving without paying (or posting a mid-flight selfie, which the biz would have accepted as a fair trade).
Codependence Day?
Keeping Jelena fans' hopes up, Bieber posts this cozy selfie-for-two after the Fourth of July.
Touching Tweet
A year after her death, Justin pays tribute to late fan Avalanna Routh, who was 6 when she lost her battle with cancer on Sept. 26, 2012. "Will never forget my girl. RIP Avalanna #mrsbieber," he tweets, reminding some of the cynics out there that he's earned plenty of the adoration that has come his way.
It's No Black Sox Scandal, but...
Chicago Blackhawks fans didn't appreciate this.
Tourist Claptrap
Bieber's bodyguards carry him around the Great Wall of China.
Bill of Rights
For no apparent reason, Bieber says "f--k Bill Clinton" while squeezing soap onto a picture of the former POTUS after urinating in a janitor's bucket. Somehow this earns him phone time with Clinton, who accepts his apology and advises him to be careful about whom he allows into his inner circle.
Guest of a Friend
Justin attends Selena's 21st birthday party in Malibu, days after she says that she'll "always care about him."
It's Not Even Movember Yet!
Not yet, Biebs. Not yet.
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Well, What Did You Expect(orate)?
Bieber's rep later insists that he and his pals were not spitting on fans from the balcony of his Toronto hotel room.
Gentlemen's Agreement
Thinking he was just going regular-clubbing, Bieber visits a gentlemen's club in Sao Paolo (where some ladies do indeed make a living by letting men pay them for the company—which is legal in Brazil if you're over 18), setting off a slew of reports that he went to a brothel.
Shh, He's Sleeping
Somehow he gets himself in a situation where a young woman is able to shoot video of him sleeping in Brazil and post it to YouTube. The clip gets more than 2.7 million views in 12 hours.
He's No Banksy
Seemingly unable to resist leaving his mark while traveling around the Southern Hemisphere, the still-just-a-kid kid was charged with vandalism in Rio de Janeiro (which involved being fined, not arrested), and when he tagged a hotel in Australia, Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate called the singer a "princess" and told him to clean up his act. Literally.
All Grown Up
Some of Biebers' fans are old enough to wear bras now. (Which caused a little controversy in Argentina, when he swept the country's flag offstage with his foot because, as he later said, he had seen a bra and just assumed the other piece of fabric was a shirt.)
Whatever
Sharing the Nov. 20 cover of The Hollywood Reporter with manager Scooter Braun, Bieber lets it be known that he doesn't "give a f--k" what people say about him.