Backed by successful producers like P. Diddy and Jermaine Dupri, Usher made a name for himself with Usher self-titled debut album and the gold hit "Think of You." Released in 1997, My Way featured the platinum hits "You Make Me Wanna..." and "Nice & Slow." The young sensation then followed up with hits like "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad," and broke records with 2004's Confessions.
Usher (born Usher Raymond IV on October 14, 1978 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States) is an American singer and actor. He has been a popular R&B performer since the early 1990s. By the 2000s, Raymond was among the most popular performers in his genre, and achieved significant sales and chart success from his albums and singles. After a reasonably successful self-titled debut, Raymond stormed the charts with My Way, which featured the hit singles "You Make Me Wanna", "Nice and Slow", and the title track. Its follow-up, 8701, included hits such as "U Remind Me", "U Got It Bad", and "U Don't Have to Call".
Usher won a Grammy fashion trends Award for "Best Male R&B Vocal" in the Grammy Awards of 2001 for "U Remind Me" off his 8701 album. His 2004 album Confessions sold 1.1 a million copies in the United States in its first week of release, selling the greatest amount of records in one week for any R&B artist, and has topped the album charts onboth sides of the Atlantic. The first single from the album "Yeah!" featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon has topped the US Billboard Hot 100, European, Australian, World, US and World R&B charts, World Adult, Norwegian, Swiss, Dutch and the UK charts in 2004, it also reached number 2 in Canada and number 3 in Italy. Confessions shipped 9 million copies making it the best selling CD in the United States for the year 2004.
Usher Raymond IV was born to Usher P. Raymond III and Jonetta S. Patton, who is now his manager. The family lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee until 1990 when his free date mother moved him and his brother to Atlanta, Georgia. He started singing in a church choir and soon his singing talents became obvious. L. A. Reid signed him to La Face Records after seeing him at a Star Search audition.
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