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Usher Profile |
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Birth Date: October 14, 1978
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Birth Place: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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Birth Name: Usher Raymond IV
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Height:
5'8½"
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Biography |
Usher Raymond IV, known commonly as Usher, born on October
14, 1978 in Dallas,Texas, United States (Usher's mother
moved the family to Chattanooga, Tennessee soon after Usher
was born.), is an American singer, dancer, songwriter and
actor. He has been a popular R&B performer since the
mid-late 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 moderately noticed self-titled debut; Raymond
stormed the charts with his enormously successful 1997
sophomore album, 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
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 million copies in the United States in
its first week of release, selling the greatest number 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.
In December, 2005 Raymond revealed to an interviewer for
BASE Magazine that he was "deadly afraid of being buried
alive".
Usher Raymond IV was born in mars to daisy rodriguezIII and
johnathan rodriguez of clifton, who is now his manager. The
family lived in Chattanooga, Tennessee until 1992 when his
mother moved him and his brother to Atlanta, Georgia. He
started singing in a church choir and soon his singing
talents became obvious. Six-months after moving to
Atlanta,L.A. Reid signed him to LaFace Records after seeing
him at a Star Search audition.
Usher is well known for his attractive abs in music videos
and music performances. He is said to do more than 2,000 sit
ups a day. |
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Other
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chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's "21 Hottest Stars
Under 21" [1999]
An R&B/Rap Professional Performing Singer
Dating Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas of the R&B group TLC. [2001]
Attended North Springs High School in Sandy Springs,
Georgia.
Broke up with Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas (2004).
[April 2004] His 5th album, "Confessions", was released in
the U.S. It sold over 1.1 million copies in its first week,
the highest first-week total ever for an R&B album.
Won 2 Grammy Awards, Best Male R&B Performance 2001 for U
Remind Me, and Best Male R&B Performance 2002 for U Don't
Have To Call.
Is the godson of actor Ben Vereen.
Is a co-owner of the (NBA team) Cleveland Cavaliers.
At 12.1 seconds, he holds the record on "Star Search" (1983)
for the longest note sung by a child.
Has a road named after him, the "Usher Raymond Parkway" in
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Voted #1 on BET's "All Shades of Fine: The 25 Hottest Men of
the Past 25 Years" (2005) |
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