Usher

Release date

01 January 1970

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Usher Raymond IV is an American singer, songwriter, actor, businessman, and dancer. He was born in Dallas, Texas,
but raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, until moving to Atlanta, Georgia. At the age of 12, his mother put him in local
singing competitions before catching the attention of a music A&R from LaFace Records. He released his self-titled
debut album Usher (1994), and rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way (1997).
It spawned his first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single “Nice & Slow“, and the top-two singles “You Make Me Wanna…” and “My Way”. His third album, 8701 (2001), produced the number-one singles “U Remind Me” and “U Got It Bad“, as well as the top-three single “U Don’t Have to Call“. It sold eight million copies worldwide and won his
first two Grammy Awards as Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2002 and 2003.

Confessions (2004) established him as one of the best-selling musical artists of the 2000s decade, containing four c
onsecutive Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles—”Yeah!“, “Burn“, “Confessions Part II”, and “My Boo”— and the
top-ten “Caught Up”. It sold over 20 million copies worldwide and was certified Diamond by the RIAA. After
splitting from his manager and mother in 2007, he released the albums Here I Stand (2008) and Raymond v.
Raymond (2010), both of which debuted atop of the Billboard 200 chart and respectively produced the number-
one singles “Love in This Club” and “OMG”. The EP Versus produced the top-five single “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”
before the release of the top-fifteen single “More”. Looking 4 Myself (2012) also debuted atop the Billboard 200
chart with the top-ten single “Scream“. The R&B ballads “There Goes My Baby” and “Climax” received Grammy
Awards in 2011 and 2013. “I Don’t Mind” also reached the top-fifteen in 2014, while Hard II Love (2016) peaked at
five on the Billboard 200 chart. In 2018, he released A, a collaborative album with Zaytoven.

Usher has sold 23.8 million albums and 38.2 million digital songs in the United States. Internationally, he has sold
80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. At the end of 2009,
Billboard named him the second most successful artist of the 2000s decade, the number-one Hot 100 artist of the
2000s decade, and ranked Confessions as the top solo album of the 2000s decade. In 2010, Billboard placed him at
number 6 on their list of Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years. In 2019, Billboard also placed him at
number 14 on their “Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists” list. Usher has earned 9 number-one singles. Considered
an icon and sex symbol, he has had TV and film appearances and seen inductions into the Georgia Music Hall of
Fame and Hollywood Walk of Fame. Usher has won numerous awards and accolades including eight Grammy
Awards, 34 ASCAP Awards, nine Soul Train Music Awards, and eight American Music Awards. With 18 awards,
Usher is the fifth-most awarded artist at the Billboard Music Awards. He owns the record label Raymond-Braun
Media Group (RBMG), that includes Canadian singer Justin Bieber. Alongside a successful music career, Usher is
also acclaimed for involvement in humanitarian causes and is the founder of Usher’s New Look foundation.