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Usher Raymond

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Usher Terrence Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American recording artist, dancer, and actor.He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R&B   .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 followup 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 65 million records worldwide,  making him one of the Best selling music artists of all time. He has won numerous awards including seven 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.  In November 2010, Billboard ranked Usher 6th on its list of the top 25 R&B/Hip-Hop artists of the past 25 years (1985–2010).  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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Usher Raymond, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 14, 1978 In Dallas, Texas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
63
First Appeared:
In the series Hey Hey It's Saturday 1971-10-09
Latest Project:
Movie Burden 2020-02-28
Known For
Poster of What We Started
Poster of Dancing with the Stars
Poster of The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Poster of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Filmography
Movie Burden Clarence Brooks 2020-02-28
Movie What We Started Unknown 2018-03-23
Movie Incredibles 2 Frozone's Fan (voice) 2018-06-14
Movie Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life Himself 2017-06-08
Series Drop the Mic Unknown 2017-10-24
Movie The Tenth Man Unknown 2016-02-11
Movie Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping Himself (as Usher) 2016-06-03
Movie Hands of Stone Sugar Ray Leonard 2016-08-26
Movie BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration Himself - Performer (as Usher) 2016-11-15
Series Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party Himself 2016-11-07
Movie Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert Unknown 2015-12-06
Series The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Himself 2014-02-17
Movie iHeartRadio Music Festival Unknown 2014-09-19
Movie Muppets Most Wanted The Usher 2014-03-20
Movie Scary Movie 5 Ira the Janitor 2013-04-11
Movie Justin Bieber's Believe Himself 2013-12-19
Movie Usher - Amex Unstaged Unknown 2012-11-15
Movie Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation Unknown 2012-07-17
Series OK! TV Unknown 2011-02-14
Series The Voice Judge 2011-04-26
Movie Justin Bieber: Never Say Never himself 2011-02-11
Movie Nothing But The Beat Himself 2011-09-01
Movie Usher - OMG Tour (Live from London) himself 2011-11-01
Movie Killers Kevin the Manager 2010-06-04
Movie Michael Jackson Memorial Himself 2009-07-07
Series Live from Studio Five Unknown 2009-09-14
Series The Graham Norton Show Himself 2007-02-22
Movie One Night One Star: Usher Live Himself 2005-03-03
Movie Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up Himself 2005-03-08
Series The X Factor Unknown 2005-02-06
Series Dancing with the Stars Unknown 2005-06-01
Movie In The Mix Unknown 2005-11-23
Series The X Factor Himself 2004-09-04
Movie Genius. A Night for Ray Charles Himself 2004-10-07
Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Unknown 2003-01-26
Series Celebrities Uncensored Unknown 2003-06-04
Series Punk'd Himself 2003-03-17
Series The Ellen DeGeneres Show Unknown 2003-09-08
Series Top of the Pops Saturday Unknown 2003-09-20
Series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Unknown 2003-12-03
Series The Twilight Zone Unknown 2002-09-18
Series The Saturday Show Unknown 2001-09-22
Movie Texas Rangers Randolph Douglas Scipio 2001-11-30
Movie Geppetto Ring Leader 2000-05-07
Series Soul Food Unknown 2000-06-28
Series 106 & Park Unknown 2000-09-11
Movie She's All That Campus D.J. 1999-01-29
Movie Light It Up Lester Dewitt 1999-11-04
Movie The Faculty Gabe Santora 1998-12-25
Series TRL Unknown 1998-09-14
Series The Famous Jett Jackson Unknown 1998-10-25
Series The View Unknown 1997-08-11
Series 7th Heaven Unknown 1996-08-26
Series Moesha Unknown 1996-01-23
Series Promised Land Unknown 1996-09-17
Series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch The Love Doctor 1996-09-27
Series The Parent 'Hood Unknown 1995-01-18
Series MADtv Unknown 1995-10-14
Series GMTV Unknown 1993-01-01
Series Late Night with Conan O'Brien Unknown 1993-09-13
Series The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Unknown 1992-05-25
Series LIVE with Kelly and Mark Unknown 1988-09-05
Series Hey Hey It's Saturday Unknown 1971-10-09