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Usher Raymond IV known simply as Usher, is an American R&B-pop singer-songwriter and actor. He rose to fame in the 1990s, releasing the multi-platinum album My Way and 8701.
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Backed by successful producers like P. Diddy and Jermaine Dupri, Usher made a name for himself with his 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.
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Usher Raymond IV was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on October 14, 1978. His mother, Jonnetta Patton, was a choir director at the local church and enrolled him in the choir when he was 6 years old. When Usher was 12, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia along with his mother and younger brother James.By this time, Usher was on top of the world. In addition to his awards and slew of No. 1 hits, he also had the pleasure of dating the beautiful Chilli from the R&B/pop group TLC for quite a while. Though the relationship fizzled, life still got better for Usher, as his most recent album, Confessions, has topped all his previous successes. Thanks to the prerelease of the club hit "Yeah!" (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris), Confessions sold 1.1 million copies in its first week, making it the highest-selling album debut since 2001. When the singles "Burn" and "Confessions, Pt. 2" joined "Yeah!" in the Billboard Top 10, Usher matched the Beatles in 1964 and the Bee Gees in 1978 as the most recent artists to have three hits in the Top 10 at the same time. Touring across North America in the summer of 2004, this young dancer/singer/songwriter has many more years of hits, awards and record-breaking sales figures to look forward to. As for his acting career, Usher playing Jackie Wilson in 2004's Ray, a biopic of music legend Ray Charles. In 2008, Usher has been ranked into the All time Hot 100 Artist by Billboard magazine. He is one of the few artists of his generation to be mentioned. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Usher has sold over 20.5 million copies of album in the United States.
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