The smash hit currently holds the #2 position on both the Hot 100 and Hot Digital Tracks charts. Usher’s newest single, “Love In This Club,” features Young Jeezy, and is co-written by Usher and produced by Polow Da Don. The video for “Love In This Club” will make its worldwide debut on MTV April 7th and the latest smash hit sits comfortably at #2 as the weeks greatest Airplay Gainer on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Originally scheduled for a June release the highly anticipated album has been pushed up in order to satiate increasing global demand from all of his fans. In 2005, Usher played a disc jockey in the film In the Mix, and a year later, he landed the lead role of Billy Flynn in the Broadway play Chicago (2006).New York, NY - LaFace/Zomba recording artist Usher sets to release his eagerly awaited album “Here I Stand” on May 27th. He went on to make guest appearances on several television shows, including a role as Marvin Gaye on the program American Dreams (2002). One of his earliest roles was in the teen horror film The Faculty (1998). Outside of music, Usher has worked as a film and stage actor. In March 2013 Usher announced he was working on his eighth studio album entitled UR, which he described would be 'more R&B, more urban' than his previous album Looking 4 Myself. A few of his singles have already been released from the album: 'Good Kisser,' 'She Came to Give It to You' featuring Nicki Minaj, and 'I Don't Mind' featuring Juicy J. In June 2012, he produced the album Looking 4 Myself, which found a No. In all, the singer has won 17 Billboard Music Awards eight Soul Train Music Awards five Grammys and nine awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, among other honors. Raymond) and best male R&B performance ('There Goes My Baby'). Raymond (2010), Usher won two more Grammys, for best contemporary R&B album ( Raymond v. A year later, he received two People's Choice Awards and three Grammy Awards (best contemporary R&B album, best R&B performance by a duo or group and best rap/sung collaboration).įollowing the release of Raymond v. In 2004, he was named 'Artist of the Year' at the Billboard Music Awards. By this time, Usher had an incredibly impressive track record: He had achieved 13 Top 20 hits-seven of which were No.

The album included the songs 'Burn,' 'Confessions Part II' and 'Yeah!'-a collaboration with Ludacris and Lil Jon. More than 1 million copies of the album were sold in its first week, and sales accumulated to nearly 20 million copies worldwide. Nearly a decade after making his first album, Usher released Confessions (2004), which was extremely well-received. 1 song 'U Got It Bad,' as well as two Grammy Award–winning singles, 'U Remind Me' and 'U Don't Have to Call.' More than 4 million copies of 8701 were sold in the United States alone.

Usher released Usher Live in 1999, followed by 2001's incredibly successful 8701, which included the No. He also became known for incorporating sexual undertones into his songs, performances and music videos. Usher was quickly lauded for his fluid vocals and addictive melodies. The album-including singles 'Nice & Slow' and 'You Make Me Wanna?'-skyrocketed the young artist to fame, selling more than 7 million copies. Following Usher (1994), he released his second album, My Way, in 1997. He's moved across several different musical genres, including R&B, blues and pop. For more than 15 years, Usher has been a dominant player in the music industry.

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