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Best of 2013: Justin Bieber Has a Big, Weird, Successful Year

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Dec 16, 2013 6:30 AM
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Geronimo!

Why not? While in Hawaii making the most of a few days off, he rides ATVs and jumps off a cliff.


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Give Him a V

His "Baby" becomes the top single ever in terms of digital sales and he celebrates by wearing...this.


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Mixed Messages

GQ names him (and Barack Obama, so he shouldn't be too offended) one of the Least Influential People of 2013, but he sure made our list of the Most Influential Teen Celebs around. Not to mention, per Forbes, he made $58 million between June 2012 and June 2013. Surely he's crying into his cornflakes over GQ.


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Wishful Thinking

Bieber breaks a Make-A-Wish Foundation record by becoming the first artist to grant 200 wishes.


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Hanging 10

By air, land or sea, he's all for trying something new, this time learning how to surf in Sydney.


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Blair Golf Project

Yup, that's him golfing in the woods, shirtless.


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More Tats

Biebs added to his ink menagerie with an eagle in Sydney.


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Low-Down Under

In Australia to perform in several different cities, Biebs and his entourage were given a warning "in relation to inappropriate language" at Brisbane International Airport.


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Blame Canada

The native son was attacked at a Toronto nightclub and one of his assailants allegedly stole a gold chain he was wearing.


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Rocky Mountain High

Bieber parties (shirtless, as always) at a Denver club after his concert and, while he enjoys the company of a few VIP waitresses while he's there, no girls get to go to the late-night studio session that followed the outing.


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"All That Matters"

In the end, all that really matters is that the 19-for-a-few-more-months heartthrob continues to please his fans by pushing-the-tween-envelope videos like this one, in which he gets cozy with Cailin Russo.


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She Knows About Popular

Ariana Grande later calls the hullabaloo over this kiss "silly."


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Giving Back

He meets with young victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines after closing out his Believe Tour in Manila, calling it the "most touching trip" of his life.


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Good Son

He jets back to Canada to be there for dad Jeremy after the elder Bieber undergoes knee surgery.


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Wipeout

Maybe he should stick to snowboarding.


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Winning Team

Biebs becomes a member of Floyd Mayweather's entourage when the boxing champ takes on Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas.


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Watch the Double Birdie

Biebs posts this one "4 the haters" on Dec. 12.


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Maybe Baby

Frequent Bieber companion (at the time) Jacque Rae Pyles, 19, characterizes her relationship with the star as "maybe mentorship" when E! News asked about the nature of their relationship in September.


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"Me and Uncle Will"

This shot, posted by Bieber in August, becomes the most "liked" photo of the year on Instagram, with more than 1.5 million "likes."


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Don't Stop Beliebin'

Justin's fans will be rewarded for their unwavering loyalty on—could it be timed better?—Christmas Day when the documentary Justin Bieber: Believe hits theaters. The movie's red-carpet world premiere is scheduled for Dec. 18.

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Getting Spanked

Bieber lets himself be the butt of many jokes when he sits in Zach Galifianakis' hot seat on Between Two Ferns.


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