There, the climate was more hospitable for aspiring vocalists. Usher’s family relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, thinking that a larger city would offer more opportunities for exposing his ability.
There, his grandmother first heard him sing, though she didn’t think he was good enough to perform professionally until Usher joined a group. Usher joined the neighborhood church youth chorus in Chattanooga at age nine under his mother’s guidance. Usher was raised by his mother, his former stepfather, and James Lackey, his half-brother, who was born in 1984. When Usher was a year old, his father abandoned the family. He lived most of his formative years in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His parents were Usher Raymond III and Tennessee native Jonetta Patton, née O’Neal. On October 14, 1978, Usher Raymond IV was born in Dallas, Texas. Usher is also well-known for his work in politics and social causes. He is the fifth-most awarded artist at the Billboard Music Awards with 18 awards. Usher owns the record label Raymond-Braun Media Group (RBMG), a joint venture with talent manager Scooter Braun that includes Canadian singer Justin Bieber, and has won numerous awards and accolades, including eight Grammy Awards, 34 ASCAP Awards, nine Soul Train Music Awards, and eight American Music Awards. Usher has received various honors and distinctions, including nine Soul Train Music distinctions, 34 ASCAP Awards, eight Grammy Awards, and more. He is regarded as a cultural icon and sex symbol.
He has received inductions into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame, and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Nine of Usher’s singles reached number one. The same publication ranked him sixth among the “Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years” and fourteenth among the “Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Artists” on their respective lists. He collaborated on the album A with the music producer Zaytoven, and it was published in 2018.īillboard listed him as the second-most popular musician of the decade, the decade’s top Hot 100 artist, and the decade’s best solo album with Confessions at the end of 2009. Juicy J’s “I Don’t Mind” (2014) also made it to the top fifteen, while Hard II Love (2016) peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 chart.
Grammy Awards were given to the R&B ballads “There Goes My Baby” and “Climax” in 20, respectively. The top-ten single “Scream” from Looking 4 Myself (2012) debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 list as well. Before the top-fifteen song “More” was released, the EP Versus produced the top-five single “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love” (with Pitbull). Raymond (2010) after divorcing his manager and mother in 2007.īoth albums debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart and, in turn, yielded the number-one singles “Love in This Club” (featuring Young Jeezy) and “OMG” (featuring will.i.am). He released the albums Here I Stand (2008) and Raymond v. The RIAA awarded it a Diamond certification for its global sales of more than 20 million copies. His 2004 album Confessions, which featured the number-one singles “Yeah!” (with Lil Jon and Ludacris), “Burn,” “Confessions Part II,” and “My Boo” (featuring Alicia Keys), as well as the top-ten “Caught Up,” made him one of the best-selling musicians of the 2000s decade. 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” were off of his third album, 8701 (2001).Įight million copies were sold globally, and in 20, he took home his first two Grammy Awards for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. Billboard Hot 100, as well as the top-two songs “You Make Me Wanna” and “My Way.” It gave birth to “Nice & Slow,” which peaked at number one on the U.S. With the release of My Way, his second album, in the late 1990s, he gained popularity. Usher, his self-titled debut album, was published in 1994. His mother entered him in local singing contests when he was 12 years old, and this is how a music A&R from LaFace Records came to notice him.
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