Usher recorded 10 songs with the group in 1991, and the ensuing album, Nubeginning Featuring Usher Raymond IV, was only made available regionally and by mail order. CareerĪt age 10, Usher joined an R&B local quintet called the NuBeginnings, which was organized by local music svengali, Darryl Wheeler. While in Atlanta, Usher attended North Springs High School. In the belief that a bigger city would provide greater opportunities for showcasing his talent, Usher’s family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where there was a more conducive environment for beginning singers. Directed by his mother, Usher joined the local church youth choir in Chattanooga, when he was nine years old there, his grandmother discovered his ability to sing, although it was not until Usher joined a singing group that she considered he could sing professionally. Usher grew up with his mother, then-stepfather, and half-brother, James Lackey (born 1984). Usher spent the majority of his young life in Chattanooga: his father left the family when Usher was a year old. Usher was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Jonetta Patton (née O'Neal), from Tennessee, and Usher Raymond III. The most prominent artist Raymond represents is Justin Bieber. In 2008, he started his own record label Raymond-Braun Media Group (RBMG) a joint venture with talent manager Scooter Braun. He has been inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Usher has attained nine Hot 100 number-one singles. Billboard also placed him at number six on their list of “Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years”. At the end of 2009, Billboard named him the number-one Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade, the second most successful artist of the 2000s decade, and ranked Confessions as the top solo album of the 2000s decade. Usher has won numerous awards including eighteen Billboard Music Awards and eight Grammy Awards. To date, his worldwide sales stand over 43 million albums and 75 million records overall, making him one of the best-selling music artists. The RIAA ranks Usher as one of the best-selling artists in American music history, having sold over 23.8 million albums and 38.2 million digital songs in the United States alone. Raymond and Looking 4 Myself notably received Grammy Awards for R&B singles “There Goes My Baby” and “Climax”. Looking 4 Myself (2012), also debuted atop of the Billboard 200 chart and produced the Hot 100 top-ten single “Scream”. The EP, Versus, also produced the Hot 100 top-five single “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love”. Raymond (2010), debuted atop the Billboard 200, produced the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Love in This Club” and “OMG”. Confessions earned him three Grammy Awards in 2005, including Best Contemporary R&B Album. It sold over 20 million copies worldwide, bolstered by its four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number one singles -"Yeah!“, "Burn”, “Confessions Part II”, and “My Boo"-and has been certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The former won him his first Grammy Award in 2002, along with “U Don’t Have to Call” in 2003 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.Ĭonfessions (2004) established him as one of the best-selling musical artists of the 2000s decade. His third studio album 8701 (2001), produced the number-one singles “U Remind Me” and “U Got It Bad”. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, “Nice & Slow”, with top-five singles “You Make Me Wanna…” and “My Way” earning him his first two Grammy Award nominations in 19. He rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his sophomore album My Way(1997), which spawned his first U.S. In August 1994 he released his self-titled debut album, Usher. 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. Born in Dallas, Texas but raised and lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee until moving to Atlanta, Georgia. Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor.
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