Justin Bieber surprises NHS Choir in London after helping them to Christmas Number One

The Canadian singer presented the Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir with their Official Christmas Number One Chart Award
Emma Powell1 March 2016
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Justin Bieber has met the Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir to present them with their Official Christmas Number One Chart Award after they beat the Canadian pop star to claim the top spot.

Bieber, 22, surprised 40 members of the group at a London hotel with their award.

Speaking at the meeting he said: "I was honoured to meet everyone from the choir and I’m really happy that they got their Number One."

Bieber helped the choir to reach the top spot after he encouraged fans to buy their single, A Bridge Over You, over his hit, Love Yourself, tweeting: “So for 1 week it’s ok not to be #1. Let’s do the right thing & help them win. It’s Christmas. @Choir_NHS good luck.”

Award winner: Justin Bieber posing with his record breaker award
Official Chart Company

But the choir also had a surprise for Bieber and presented him with the first ever Official Chart Record Breaker Award after he broke a UK Singles Chart record to become the first ever artist to occupy the top three spots at the same time with What Do You Mean, Sorry, and Love Yourself.

On meeting the world famous star one member of the choir said she was “taken aback”, while another said he looked “smaller in real life” but described him as “gracious”.

Junior doctor and choir spokesperson, Katie Rogerson said: “We are all delighted to meet Justin Bieber today, and congratulate him on his tremendous achievements. It was wonderful that Justin supported the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS choir.

"By doing this, he not only recognised our mental health charities (MIND, SAMH and NIAMH) and Carers UK, but also acknowledged every single member of our hardworking NHS team across the UK. On a personal note... it gives me a bit of street cred with my paediatric patients as Dr Katie! I’m now a Belieber in every sense of the word!"

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