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| Name |
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Usher |
| Real Name |
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Usher Raymond IV |
| Nick Name |
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Big Ush, Big Tyme, Mr.
Entertainment |
| Height |
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5' 8½" (174
cm) |
| Date of Birth |
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14 October 1978 |
| Place of Birth |
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Chattanooga, Tennessee,
USA |
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| Biography: |
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Usher Raymond IV started singing
when he was six years old, joining the local church
choir at the request of his mother Jonnetta Patton,
who was a choir director. Usher and his younger
brother, James, were raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee,
before moving to Atlanta, Georgia, when Usher was
12 years old.
After being spotted by an executive of LaFace Records
at a talent show, the 14-year-old Usher Raymond
auditioned for LaFace co-founder L.A. Reid, who
signed the gospel choir boy to a recording contract.
In 1994, Usher released his debut album, Usher,
which contained a hit single, ‘Think
of You’. In 1995, he recorded a national
Christmas jingle for Coca-Cola. He also joined several
top male R&B vocalists to form Black Men United
for the single ‘You Will
Know’ and sang a duet with Monica for
‘Let's Straighten It Out’.
After graduated from high school, Usher released
his second album, My Way (1997)
in which he co-wrote six of the nine songs. His
single, ‘You
Make Me Wanna’, made him one of R&B's
hottest artists. The album hit the top of R&B
charts for 11 weeks, hit number two at pop charts,
and went double platinum. His next singles, ‘Nice
And Slow’ and ‘My
Way’, also went platinum. ‘Nice
And Slow’ even stayed at number one on
the R&B charts for eight weeks and became his
first number one pop single.
In 1998, Usher turned to acting as he appeared in
the horror parody The Faculty and the urban high-school
drama Light It Up (1999).
He then released a concert album, Live (1999)
and returned with his third album, All About U (2000).
His fourth album, 8701 (2001),
moved him from a teen pop star to a hot R&B
singer.
In early 2004, Arista Records released the single
‘Yeah!’
which became a club and radio favorite. By the time
Usher’s fifth album, Confessions, was released
in March, ‘Yeah!’
had hit the top of the Billboard charts. The album
won the Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B Album
2004 while the single ‘Yeah!’
won the Best Rap/Song Collaboration Award. |
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| Albums: |
| 2004 |
Confessions |
| 2001 |
8701 |
| 2000 |
All About U |
| 1999 |
Live |
| 1997 |
My Way |
| 1994 |
Usher |
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