Young Stars

Check out these entertainers who started during their youth.

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Michael Jackson\r - Perhaps one of the most recognized names (if not the most recognzied) in entertainment, Michael Joseph Jackson from Gary, Indiana, got his start singing with his brothers in The Jackson 5. Jackson was roughly six years old when he started his professional career with his brothers and would go on to become the most celebrated name in music history.\r(Photo: Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)

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Michael Jackson\r - Perhaps one of the most recognized names (if not the most recognzied) in entertainment, Michael Joseph Jackson from Gary, Indiana, got his start singing with his brothers in The Jackson 5. Jackson was roughly six years old when he started his professional career with his brothers and would go on to become the most celebrated name in music history.\r(Photo: Anwar Hussein/Getty Images)

Ron Howard\r - Before he was an award-winning director and movie actor, Howard starred on The Andy Griffith Show as Opie Taylor, the son of the show's protagonist, Andy Taylor.\r \r(Photo: CBS/Landov)

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Ron Howard\r - Before he was an award-winning director and movie actor, Howard starred on The Andy Griffith Show as Opie Taylor, the son of the show's protagonist, Andy Taylor.\r \r(Photo: CBS/Landov)

Tia and Tamera - On Sister, Sister, Tia and Tamera Mowry played Tia and Tamera, twin sisters, each raised by a different parent. Although the two had different personalities, they would alway have each other's back. (Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection)

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Tia and Tamera Mowry - These talented twins got their first mainstream roles together as two twins separated at birth on the hit sitcom Sister, Sister. (Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection)

Bow Wow\r \r \r \r  - Before he gained fame as an actor, Shad Gregory Moss was the teenaged rapper Lil Bow Wow. At age six he met Snoop Dogg, who named him Bow Wow and at age 11 he met Jermaine Dupri, who would sign him to his record label So So Def. Bow Wow's debut album, Beware of Dog, would go on to sell over a million units and position him as the face of teenaged rap.\r \r(Photo: Kevin Winter/ImageDirect/Getty Images)

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Bow Wow\r \r \r \r  - Before he gained fame as an actor, Shad Gregory Moss was the teenaged rapper Lil Bow Wow. At age six he met Snoop Dogg, who named him Bow Wow and at age 11 he met Jermaine Dupri, who would sign him to his record label So So Def. Bow Wow's debut album, Beware of Dog, would go on to sell over a million units and position him as the face of teenaged rap.\r \r(Photo: Kevin Winter/ImageDirect/Getty Images)

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Stevie Wonder - By age 13, Stevie Wonder had already released three albums on Motown. Long considered a musical genius he continues to perform and is undeniably a musical icon.(Photo: CBS/Landov)

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Stevie Wonder - By age 13, Stevie Wonder had already released three albums on Motown. Long considered a musical genius he continues to perform and is undeniably a musical icon.(Photo: CBS/Landov)

Destiny's Child\r - Having already appeared on Star Search as Girl Tyme during their youth, the group would evolve into the teenaged quartet known as Destiny's Child by the late '90s. Originally comprised of Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett, their self-titled debut album was released to much success in 1998.\r \r(Photo: Brenda Chase/Getty Images)

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Destiny's Child\r - Having already appeared on Star Search as Girl Tyme during their youth, the group would evolve into the teenaged quartet known as Destiny's Child by the late '90s. Originally comprised of Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett, their self-titled debut album was released to much success in 1998.\r \r(Photo: Brenda Chase/Getty Images)

Willow Smith\r - Currently one of the most talked about up-and-coming young stars in music, the daughter or Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith caught the world's attention with the the catchy "Whip My Hair." Currently signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation, Smith also won the YoungStars Award during BET Awards 2011 (which she tied with her brother Jaden).\r \r(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Willow Smith\r - Currently one of the most talked about up-and-coming young stars in music, the daughter or Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith caught the world's attention with the the catchy "Whip My Hair." Currently signed to Jay-Z's Roc Nation, Smith also won the YoungStars Award during BET Awards 2011 (which she tied with her brother Jaden).\r \r(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Justin Bieber\r - In just two years Justin Bieber has gone from being a modest kid from Canada to an international superstar whose name has been filtered throughout every form of conventional (and non-conventional) media. Not bad for someone who just five months ago turned seventeen.\r \r(Photo: Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

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Justin Bieber\r - In just two years Justin Bieber has gone from being a modest kid from Canada to an international superstar whose name has been filtered throughout every form of conventional (and non-conventional) media. Not bad for someone who just five months ago turned seventeen.\r \r(Photo: Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

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Raven Symone - At age four, Raven-Symone was cast as Olivia in the celebrated Bill Cosby Show. Since then she has turned her name and acting career into a bonafide media empire. (Photo: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd)

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Raven Symone - At age four, Raven-Symone was cast as Olivia in the celebrated Bill Cosby Show. Since then she has turned her name and acting career into a bonafide media empire. (Photo: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd)