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Get to know Drake and Justin Bieber, Canada's new pop superstars.

Get to know Drake and Justin Bieber, Canada's new pop superstars

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Canadian musicians Drake, left, and Justin Bieber are both finding huge audiences south of the border. ((Getty Images))

Canada has exported its fair share ofhigh-profile musical talent-- the Guess Who, Shania Twain, Avril Lavigne,Michael Buble andNickelback among them.The latest Canucks to hit it big are a couple of young turks who are barely old enough to shave: Drake and Justin Bieber.

Not familiar with these top-40 upstarts? Here's a crib sheet.

Drake

Justin Bieber

Birthplace

 Toronto Stratford, Ont.

Age

 23 15

Also known as

 Aubrey Graham (his birth name), Drizzy, Mr. Graham JB, Just (short for Just Waiting for My Voice to Break)

Biggest single

 Best I Ever Had (number two, U.S. Hot 100; number 24, Canadian Hot 100) One Less Lonely Girl (number 16, U.S. Hot 100; number 10, Canadian Hot 100)

Name of debut album

 Thank Me Later (due out February 2010) My World (released Nov. 17)

Music style

 Inoffensive hip-hop Inoffensive hip-pop

Vocal style

 A swaggering yet laid-backflowreminiscent of Kanye West Pinched crooningreminiscent of Britney Spears on Auto Tune

Hairstyle

 Bald taper fade Moppet top

Sponsor

 Hip-hop behemoth Lil' Wayne R&B hearthrob Usher

Previous claim to fame

 Played Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: The Next Generation Posted cover of Chris Brown's With You on YouTube, and got a call not from Brown's lawyer but from the singer himself

Target demographic

 Girls who wear tracksuits, thugs who like Degrassi Suburban tweens, soccer moms, Ellen DeGeneres

Lady-lovin' lyrics

 "Sweat pants, hair tied, chillin' with no make-up on / That's when you're the prettiest, I hope that you don't take it wrong / You don't even trip when friends say you ain't bringin' Drake along / You know that I'm working, I'll be there soon as I make it home" (Best I Ever Had) "When I met you girl, my heart went knock-knock / Now them butterflies in my stomach won't stop-stop / And even though it's a struggle, love is all we got / And we gon' keep-keep climbing to the mountaintop (One Time)

Canadian pride

 For an interview in Fader magazine, Drake took the journalist to visit his bubbe at the Baycrest home for seniorsin north Toronto. Embarked on aCanadian mall tour in which he performed exclusively inoutlets of thehomegrown clothingchain Urban Behaviour.
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