![]() "Yeah!"'s crunk-meets-R&B foundation, featuring an instantly addictive eight-note keyboard vamp and one of Usher's most muscular turns, is so absorbing that Ludacris' 1500th guest verse floats by with little notice. On the other side of the coin, the smartest move Usher makes here is in allowing the Lil Jon-produced "Yeah!" to take its rightful place as the only club track any attempt at doing something stylistically similar would've failed miserably in its presence. At an hour in duration, it could be stripped of five songs and be far more powerful, especially since no one would have to do any wading to get to the meaty parts. He owns the record label Raymond-Braun Media Group (RBMG) a joint venture with talent manager Scooter Braun that includes Canadian singer Justin Bieber.Confessions' most detracting factor is its length. ![]() Considered an R&B icon and sex symbol, he has made TV and film appearances and seen inductions into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and Hollywood Walk of Fame. Usher has attained 9 US Hot 100 number-one singles. Billboard also placed him at number 6 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 second most successful artist of the 2000s decade, the number-one Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade, and ranked Confessions as the top solo album of the 2000s decade. Usher has won numerous awards and accolades including 18 Billboard Music Awards and 8 Grammy Awards. Throughout his career, he has sold 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Usher has sold 23.8 million albums and 38.2 million digital songs in the United States. "I Don't Mind" also reached the top-fifteen in 2014, while Hard II Love (2016) peaked at five on the Billboard200 chart. ![]() Raymond and Looking 4 Myself received Grammy Awards for R&B singles "There Goes My Baby" and "Climax". Looking 4 Myself (2012), also debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart with top-ten single "Scream". The EP, Versus, produced the top-five single "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" before top-fifteen single "More". Raymond (2010) debuted atop of the Billboard 200 and produced the number-one singles "Love in This Club" and "OMG". Bolstered by its four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number one singles "Yeah!", "Burn", "Confessions Part II" and "My Boo", it has been certified Diamond by the RIAA. It sold 8 million copies worldwide and won his first two Grammy Awards as Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 20.Ĭonfessions (2004) established him as one of the best-selling musical artists of the 2000s decade, selling 20 million copies worldwide. 8701 (2001) produced the number-one singles "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad", and top-three single "U Don't Have to Call". Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, "Nice & Slow", amongst top-two singles "You Make Me Wanna." and "My Way". ![]() He released his self-titled debut album, Usher (1994) but rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way (1997). 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. He was born in Dallas, Texas, but raised 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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