YEP, the GP dislike them, I have friends in the UK and that's what they tell me, I don't know about Bieber in Canada, but his new song Hold Tight is 28 on itunes canada Taylor is 8, I don't think Canadians appreciate his music.

I just turned 21 , I am straight and I just started enjoying his music after Believe came out . if he can stay out of trouble ,work on his public percpetion, watch a movie instead of going to the club every night , find himself a georgeous lightskin girl . In a couple of years , we will start to see a lot more guyz stanning for him . I mean the urban crowd is starting to really like his new music ,the comments on various sites and forum are mostly positive . A couple of days ago , Ebro , Hot 97 program director even gave All that matters some spin during the morning show .He just need to get his act together and will be fine .

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Well they have some singing talent and they're easy to ignore, none of which describes 2010 Bieber.

More respected by who, the 12 year olds who watch the Disney Channel? They play to the exact same audience...and no one outside of their target demographic has any use (respect) for either.

I must add there's a little homophobia involved too, 1D although they act very gay it's obvious that 4 of them are straight, whereas Bieber looks pretty gay and I'm not trying to shade him or use it against him cause I'm homosexual myself but he's such an obvious closet case really..

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This.

1D is more liked by GP i guess because their music is very safe.

I don't think they are respected more.

cos the biebs comes off like such a douche
and the stories about him may be exaggerated but they dont help him at all tbh

They are more 'respected' because no one really cares enough to look into their lives. Justin can't have a pet without whole world going ape **** about it.
It's pretty much the same thing with other pop stars who are on the same level as him

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