Justin Bieber's Manager Compares Him To The Beatles, Says 'His Balls Have Dropped'

Are Bieber Fever and Beatle Mania really the same degree of affliction? His manager Scooter Braun thinks so.

The teen pop star covers the newest issue of Billboard Magazine, but this feature, for once, isn't about his personal life. Instead, we get a look at Bieber, Inc., and the business behind making this former small town Canadian kid perhaps the biggest pop star in the world.

Known for drawing tears with a single toss of his hair and inciting riots at the mere spectre of his presence, Bieber has become larger than life for worshipping teen girls, who follow his every move with screams of unbridled excitement. In that sense, Braun sees the connection with the lads from Liverpool.

"All the hype and the kids running down the street screaming, you lose the chance to say that this started because of the music. This album lets the music speak for itself," he tells the magazine. "I don't want to draw comparisons, but there was a band during the British Invasion that had girls screaming at them. I think you know who I'm talking about."

Indeed, one of the reasons the Beatles stopped touring was because the screams were so loud, they couldn't hear themselves play. Bieber's world tour certainly brings that sort of vocal intensity, and he has one thing on his side that the Beatles couldn't have dreamed of: technology.

Bieber is a massive presence on Twitter and other social media pages, and his record label has coordinated an unprecedented launch for his upcoming Christmas album. TV, web video and widgets, radio and live performances will push out his upcoming Christmas disc. The only question is whether his voice will translate; he's grown up since his first songs first became hits, which means a changing voice.

"Vocally, his balls have dropped," Braun reveals -- which made the remix of "All I Want For Christmas Is You" with Mariah Carey a bit difficult to sing.

Will that do the trick? Hard to say, but 22 million views on his new video in just one week isn't too bad.

For more, click over to Billboard.

Comments

[Jumonvillegirl]

12:40 PM on 11/28/2011

Haha funny story...So I was listening to the radio one day, when Justin Bieber's hit song, "Baby" comes on. I was in the car with some friends and after a couple seconds of the song, I say, " Who is that girl singing?" They all started laughing and one of my friends tells me, "That's a boy!" I legite thought that Justin Bieber was a girl the first time I heard him sing. The first time I heard the Beatles sing, I thought, "That's an amazing band!", NOT, "Who is that girl singing?" Obviously the Beatles are the best...

[Jumonvillegirl]

12:36 PM on 11/28/2011

NO! NO! NO! Justin Bieber will NEVER be anywhere as good as the Beatles! Bieber is nothing in comparison to one of the best bands of all time. I don't care how many views his stupid video got....the Beatles still beat down his music to a pulp!

[Cathy Ann Merrill]

04:28 PM on 11/01/2011

Justin Bieber's balls dropped? How would his manager know? Did did he see them? I honestly though Beib was a girl pretending to me a boy. My bad!

[darthgault]

12:06 AM on 11/01/2011

the beatles comparison isn't too far out there ... when the beatles were discovered they were playing the same lame set of music every other band was playing in england at the time. they we NOTHING special at all. their talent didn't develop for some years later.

[RepublicansAreFail]

11:30 AM on 10/31/2011

Comparing Bieber to The Beatles is like comparing an ant to a Lion. Beatles wrote timeless music. Bieber doesn't even write the drivel he releases.

[Dave24]

10:43 AM on 10/31/2011

He's Rachel Maddow.

[Lorraine Danese]

08:18 AM on 10/31/2011

Ok my daughter likes him I heard the Christmas song his voice is changing sounds better then before but to compare to Beatle /Mania the crowds are huge but in my opion he will fade out •••••••••Another pretty boy will
Hit the stage :)

[rksu747]

07:55 PM on 10/30/2011

I just listened to Justin Bieber's "duet" with Mariah Carey on her timeless classic, "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and it was awful! Mariah was great. Clearly, he was given her old recordings and added his voice to it which would be fine if we were actually able to hear his voice. It was like Mariah was singing with 3-CPO of Star Wars or the Jetson's maid, Rosie! This was not good and someone in his camp should have guided him better! I know he likely wanted to be ambitious but all he did was draw negative attention to his voice.

[lopstephan8]

07:01 PM on 10/30/2011

The Beebs!! I cant stand him!! I guess you can call me a hater!!!! I thought he was a girl at first!!! Beeber sucks!!!! :O)

[zonafan51]

11:35 AM on 10/31/2011

LOL I still think he's a she!

[Smarty5]

04:15 PM on 10/30/2011

I thought he was a chick.

[bahootut]

05:30 PM on 10/30/2011

He is.

[Hugo Stiglitz1]

02:59 AM on 10/30/2011

think again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKHgVN7Bjww

[MrPragmatic]

11:22 PM on 10/29/2011

The Biebs is in the lineage of Pat Boone, Bobby Sherman, David Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy, Donny Osmond, the Backstreet Boys...etc. The Beatles, not so much.

[Danny Wilde]

01:57 AM on 10/30/2011

David Cassidy could play so could shaun The Osmonds are ALL mutli talented instrumentalists and vocalists... The Beatles are musical geniuses in the ranks of Deep Purple, Stevie Wonder, Zeppelin etc...

[MrPragmatic]

02:42 AM on 10/30/2011

Hey man, the Bieber can play, too. He plays the piano. But what really puzzles me is that it seems like your defending teen idols? And putting Deep Purple in the same category as The Beatles? Really?

[Nicolletta]

09:01 AM on 10/30/2011

The Bieber plays piano, and plays guitar and drums well enough. Once he breaks out of his teenybopper mode it will be interesting to see how he evolves. But he isn't in the same league and other artists. It's just teens buy the most albums and propel these acts to be huge for the moment.

[calley jack]

03:27 PM on 10/30/2011

your comparison is absolutely perfect - well said!!!

[Tony89]

07:03 PM on 10/29/2011

The difference between Justin Bieber and the Beatles is that you actually want to listen to the Beatles.

Yeah I'm sure Bieber has a lot of screaming fans right NOW but will he still be a big star five years from now? Hm? N'Sync had a lot of screaming fans too. Same thing with the Jonas Brothers. They were HUGE. But they failed to remain that.

The Beatles hasn't been active for over 40 years and people still remember them and listen to their music. Will people still listen to "Baby, baby, baby oh, like baby baby baby no, like baby baby baby oh....." in 2050?

I don't think so....

[KEATSnSKYESMOM]

02:27 PM on 11/01/2011

Perfect!

[ummm]

06:12 PM on 10/29/2011

"I can't stand guys they have ugly eyes they smell like cats and are fats" is a dead-on clever English Beatles' lyric comparison, better even than mono-syllabic drivel from Cole Porter but that's not why the girls are screaming- they're screaming in response to lyrics: you take me to heaven, girl; I'm coming for you; I love you; I'll buy you any ring. Standard pop manipulation of little girls, they all do it but don't compare yourself to Brian Epstein just yet Scooter boy unless you're trying to tell us something.

[Ghetto Bird89]

06:44 PM on 10/29/2011

If he ever compares himself with Brian Epstein he must be gay.

[Skiwee]

02:37 PM on 10/29/2011

You go Biebs, keep rockin'.