Portal:Usher
Template:/box-header File:Usherraymond (300dpi).jpg Usher Raymond IV (/ˈʌʃər/; born October 14, 1978), who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American recording artist and actor. He rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, "Nice and Slow". His follow-up album 8701 (2001) produced the Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad". Both albums sold over 8 million copies worldwide, establishing Usher as one of the biggest selling R&B artists of the 1990s.
Usher's success continued with his 2004 album Confessions, which has sold over ten million copies in the United States, and been certified diamond by the RIAA. Confessions has the highest first week sales for an R&B artist in history, and sold over 20 million copies worldwide. It spawned a record breaking four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits—"Yeah!", "Burn", "Confessions Part II", and "My Boo". Usher's 2008 album Here I Stand sold over 5 million copies worldwide, and its lead single "Love In This Club" peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot 100.
On March 30, 2010, Usher released his sixth studio album Raymond v. Raymond, which became his third consecutive album to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA and spawned another Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit "OMG". The song became his ninth number one in the United States, making him the first 2010s artist to collect number one singles in three consecutive decades, and only the fourth artist of all-time to achieve the feat. He later released an extended play and deluxe edition of "Raymond v. Raymond", entitled Versus, which debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 chart. Its lead single "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love", achieved international success and has reached number-five on the Billboard Hot 100.
To date,Usher has certified sales of over 50 million albums worldwide.He has won numerous awards including five Grammy Awards, four World Music Awards, six American Music Awards, and nineteen Billboard Music Awards. In 2008, Usher was ranked as the 21st most successful Hot 100 Singles Artist of all-time by Billboard magazine. The RIAA ranks Usher as one of the best-selling artists in American music history, having sold over 23 million copies in the United States alone. Billboard Magazine ranked Usher the number one Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade. They also named him the second most successful artist of the 2000s decade, and his 2004 album Confessions was ranked as the top solo album and second most successful overall album of the last decade. Usher has attained nine hot 100 number-one hits (all as a lead artist) and has attained sixteen hot 100 top-ten hits. Aside from his musical career, he is regarded as a sex symbol. In 1998 People Magazine named him the sexiest R&B artist alive. In 2010, Glamour Magazine named him one of the 50 sexiest men alive.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. Here I Stand is the fifth studio album by American R&B singer Usher, released May 23, 2008 on LaFace Records. Production for the album took place during 2007 to 2008 and was handled by several record producers, including Jermaine Dupri, will.i.am, Stargate, The-Dream and Dre & Vidal.
The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 443,000 copies in its first week. It ultimately sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States and produced four singles that achieved chart success. Despite mixed criticism towards its thematic departure from his previous album Confessions (2004), Here I Stand received generally positive reviews from most music critics. To date the album has sold over five million copies worldwide.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Box-header/colours' not found. "Caught Up" is a song by American R&B singer Usher. The song was written by Ryan Toby, Andre Harris, Vidal Davis and Jason Boyd, and was produced by Dre & Vidal for Usher's 2004 album Confessions.
The song was released as the fifth and final single from the album. The single peaked at number eight in the United States, the only single released from Confessions without topping the Billboard Hot 100, and generally below top ten on most charts worldwide. It received positive reviews from contemporary critics. The remix version featuring rapper Fabolous was the version sent to radio.
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