A look back at the many coifs of Canada's biggest pop export
Once there was a young lad named Justin, whose no-nonsense buzz cut seemed perfectly appropriate to his bucolic boyhood existence in Stratford, OntarioThe Canadian Press
But Justin made no secret of his pop-star aspirations, which caused him to grow out his hair while still maintaining his interest in sporting activitiesThe Canadian Press
As Justin became a household word and global phenomenon, his trademark coif took on a lighter hue and became more slightly contained (possibly so that teen boys wouldn’t feel too embarrassed asking for ‘The Bieber’ at the barber).The Associated Press
On occasion, Justin would shock his fans, if not the world, by allowing a stylist to hack his sheetrock bangs and the rest of his hair, mostly to inconsistent lengths, resulting in more or less the same hairstyle sported by prison inmatesReuters
And then in 2011, Justin surprised everyone–but at least stayed true to his Canadian roots–by morphing from moptop to a windswept hairstyle reminiscent of k.d. lang, circa 1994, avec highlightsBRENDAN MCDERMID/Reuters
For those really special occasions, like the American Music Awards, Justin could instantly affect a respectable Mad Men look with a little dab of Brylcreem and a combThe Associated Press
And today, we have the 2013 Bieber hairstyle, with buzzed and bleached sides and a throwback to the original bangs that made him a star.The Associated Press