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A new report claims that Justin Bieber, one of the most successful pop music recording artists this century, was nearly broke and ruined before he sold his music catalog. The report from TMZ claims that Justin Bieber’s agent, Scooter Braun, advised him against selling off his catalog at such a young age and without being able to reap the full tax benefits.
This revelation has come to light after a new documentary from TMZ, ‘What Happened To Justin Bieber,’ has just hit Hulu. The documentary dives into where Justin‘s life appears to have hit a fork in the road from the once vibrant and thriving pop star a decade ago to now.
One of the biggest claims in the new TMZ report is Justin Bieber made somewhere between $500 million and $1 billion in his career… That is a huge gap. In fact, it’s the same margin as saying ‘Justin made somewhere between 0 and $500M in his career.’ Ultimately, his tours/streaming/album sales/promotions probably raked in close to a billion dollars but there is no telling how much of that money Justin saw himself with all of the middlemen taking their cuts.
Here is the part that caught my attention the most, about Justin Bieber selling his music catalog back in December for $200 million:
People on Justin’s side told us he was on the verge of “financial collapse” back in 2022 … so much so that he felt he had to sell the rights to his music that December.
We’re told Justin’s manager Scooter Braun tried to tell him it was a bad idea to sell so early in his career, and to at least wait until January 2023 to get a tax break … but Justin didn’t want to wait so he sold it in December.
Bieber sold his catalog on December 31st, one day before the new year and new tax year. Waiting 24 hours could have likely benefited him greatly. The catalog was sold to Hipgnosis Songs Capital for $200 million and included all of the publishing rights and master recordings for his 290 tracks.
TMZ focused on their new documentary during Thursday night’s show and discuss the split between Justin Bieber and his former manager Scooter Braun, as well as the latest rumors on Bieber and what validity there appears to be.
If you have been following Justin Bieber’s life lately through social media, you will notice he’s leaned into golf. Bieber reportedly plays most of his golf at The Madison Golf Club in La Quinta, California but interestingly, he logs his GHIN scores (handicap/index) through Idaho, which Claire Rogers was able to dig up:
Update on my Justin Bieber Handicap search: he posts from Idaho pic.twitter.com/rumAewAxgy
— claire rogers (@kclairerogers) May 6, 2025
Videos of Justin Bieber’s golf swing have been going viral lately. It isn’t exactly the smoothest swing but I’ve seen a lot, lot worse. If anything, I’d say he needs to work on his tempo:
What strikes me the most about Justin’s golf game though is what he wears on the course. White tank tops are his signature look but this is golf and rules are rules. Throw on a dang collar, my dude.
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