The word "Belieber" refers to a fanatical devotee of the Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber. Use of the term predates 2010, and the existence of the community dates back to Bieber's early YouTube videos. Beliebers are mostly pre-teen and teen girls who have a sense of community, but the fandom also includes "Boy Beliebers", who are generally loved by their female counterparts due to their rarity. Many beliebers strictly defend and support Bieber and may resort to extreme methods to protect him against anything they deem as a threat, such as issuing death threats to women connected to Bieber and defacing Wikipedia after he failed to win a Grammy.