My World 2.0

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By the end of the 2000, Justin Bieber had become the reigning king of teen idoldom, his feathery bang, velvety voice, and down-to-earth persona winning over young fans all over the world. <i>My World 2.0</i>, the 2010 companion to his 2009 debut EP, <i>My World</i>, reestablished Bieber to his core audience while also signaling to older listeners that the crooner who had been firing up the kids happened to be a talent worth checking out. Opening with the candy-coated “Baby,” an R&B-tinged appeal for reconciliation that was co-produced by hitmakers Christopher “Tricky” Stewart and Terius “The-Dream” Nash, <i>My World 2.0</i> is a slick, compact collection that plays to what were, at the time, Bieber’s two biggest strengths—his still-reedy voice and his adolescent romanticism. Released a few weeks after Bieber turned 16, it places his voice in a variety of scenarios: the pulsing electro-pop of “Somebody to Love” pivots on a pleading chorus on which Bieber channels dance-floor divas of decades past; “Overboard,” a wounded duet with teen-pop upstart Jessica Jarrell, turns teen angst into a track that’s midtempo yet high-drama; and the green-eyed ballad “That Should Be Me” is enough of a classic tearjerker that it was later reworked as a duet between Bieber and the country-pop duo Rascal Flatt. .

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