Justin Bieber is a globally iconized Canadian singer of pop, R&B, EDM, and dance-pop. He has sold over 150 million records worldwide and is considered one of the best-selling music artists of all time.
Bieber has 33 Guinness World Records in his name and is honored with numerous accolades including 2 Grammy Awards.
Bieber has influenced youth and culture all over the world, and one such influence is his tattoos.
Many of his tattoos have gone viral and many people have copied them out of adoration for him, and out of the meanings and ideas that they convey.
Justin Bieber Tattoos
Bieber has around 60 tattoos all across his body. The singer considers tattoos as a medium to express himself. Many of his tattoos are associated with specific events and particular moments of his life.
Justin Bieber has revealed that if there is a person to be, he would accredit the inspiration for him getting tattooed, that would be his father. His father Jeremy Jack Bieber has his arm filled with tattoos.
To this date, Bieber cherishes the memory of him as a kid held by his father with a tattoo-filled arm. It was his father himself who was present with him when he got his first tattoo.
Read further to know more about Justin Bieber Tattoos, why he has them, and what they mean:
First Tattoo: The Seagull
Justin Bieber got inked his first-ever tattoo at the age of 16. Bieber went to a tattoo parlor accompanied by his father and got inked on his hip. What he got was a small outline of a hip.
The seagull tattoo is a kind of tradition that is followed in his father’s family. Almost all male members of the family have exactly the same tattoo inked to them.
It is known that the seagull comes from the fable named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. The fable conveys a meaning that we can all be so much more than we believe, or are given to believe.
Mother’s Birth Year
Although his inspiration for tattoos was his father, his father was not a constant presence in his life. His parents were not engaged in a marriage pact. He was raised by a single parent, his mother, Patricia Mallette.
In honor of his mother, Bieber has inked her year of birth on his left collarbone. The birth year 1975 is tattooed in Roman numerals as IIX VII V.
Mother’s Eye
Bieber loves his mother so much that he tattooed her again on him. On his arm, he has a big tattoo of an eye, which is his mother’s eye. He considers it to represent that his mother is always watching him.
Religious Tattoos
Justin Bieber considers himself as a faithful and obedient follower of Christianity.
He was baptized in 2104 in New York and he considers having a born-again experience ever since after that. He considers god and prayers as essential parts of his journey to attain salvation.
A Tiny Cross
Justin Bieber has a tiny cross tattooed around the corner of his one eye. He said in a 2016 interview that the tattoo was a representation of his faith in Jesus and his journey to finding purpose in God.
“Yeshua” Or Jesus
Yeshua is the Hebrew name of Jesus. The term is inked on his ribs. The same term is inked on the ribs of his father as well.
Big Cross
Justin Bieber has a tattoo of a big cross inked in the middle of his chest. Bieber has revealed that the cross in the middle of his chest is a symbol of his faith and a reminder of what Jesus endured to rectify all that was broken.
Son Of God
The words SON OF GOD are inked across his upper abs. Bieber considers himself as a son of god.
Jesus Christ
There is a portrait of Jesus Christ inked on his calf. Jesus wearing the Crown of thorns was looking up above.
Prayer Hands
Just below the tattoo of Jesus Christ, there is a pair of folded hands. The hands are in prayer and directed upwards.
Psalm 119:105
Bieber has another religious tattoo on his back which is the verse of Psalm. Psalm 119:105 reads Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.
Angels Dominating Evil
There is a big tattoo of angels defeating evil on his stomach. The tattoo is done as Gothic art and portrays a cathedral, skeletons, and such. On both ends of the tattoo, an angel is inked, and they could be seen dominating the evil below them.
The tattoo shows the contrast between light and dark, the struggle of good to win over evil, the yin, and yang. The tattoo exists as a contrast between the imagery and the subject matter.
Crown
Bieber has inked a crown on his chest. The whereabouts of this tattoo are argued among the fans. While some think that is an attribute of himself some others think of it as a tribute to Michael Jackson, the King of Pop.
Lion
Just below the crown tattoo on his left chest is a fierce lion face tattoo on Biber’s chest. Reportedly he has said that the tattoo represents having a heart of a lion.
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Bear
On the other side of the chest, the right side, below his mother’s birth year he tattooed the face of a bear with an open mouth. It represents rest.
He said in an earlier interview that as a human, going forward without rest would leave the person exhausted and drained.
Rest is attributed to the bear tattoo because bears always find time for hibernation and it is an animal as tough and resilient.
Justin Bieber’s Other Tattoos
The other tattoos are a bird on his neck, a rose on his neck, a treble clef behind his ear, the word forgive, the symbol chi on his arm, the word Believe on his arm, the word Trust on his other arm, the word Patience on his side neck, a pair of wings on his side neck, a diamond on his right wrist, the word purpose above his belly button, an eagle below the Son Of God tattoo, the logo of the Stratford Culliotons mascot, a junior ice hockey team on his back as an honor to his grandfather, an owl tattoo on the arm, a boombox tattoo on his arm, a joker tattoo on his arm, and the word Love near it, a peach tattoo on neck, a face tattoo of the word grace above his eyebrows, the words forever a couple tattoo with his wife, the words LL & G, a tattoo of Make em pay with two guns, a castle and knight tattoo, the words Better At 70 above his knee.
There are also tattoos such as a shooting star, 8 ball, fish scales, a gratified star, Balloon Girl of Banksy, Boo of Super Mario Brothers, a Korean mask, a bleeding globe being crucified on the cross, and the list goes on.
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