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Trivia
Birth name:
Usher Raymond IV
Date of birth:
14 October 1978
Place of birth:
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Nickname: Big
Ush, Big Tyme
Height: 5'
8½" (1.74 m)
chosen as one of Teen People Magazine's
"21 Hottest Stars Under 21" [1999]
An R&B/Rap Professional Performing
Singer.
Trademark is a
diamond-encrusted 'U' medallion. A new one is made everytime Usher
records a new album.
Usher's favortie
candy is M&Ms and he likes to sort them by color before he eats
them.
The 8701 album so called because of the date of its release proved to be another success. It reached number 1 in the UK and Canada, number 4 on the Billboard 200 and number 3 on the R&B charts.
Dating 'Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas'
of the R&B group TLC. [2001]
Has an unreleased CD
made with Dallas Austin. It would have came out between his first one
and My Way. Confirmed in Request Magazine in 1998.
"Pop Ya
Collar" reached number 2 in the UK, and top 30 in Australia.
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.
"My Boo"
featuring R&B artist Alicia Keys, has reached number 1 on the
Billboard Hot 100 and was featured on a re-release/repackaged version of
Confessions, giving him a total of 7 number 1 singles in the US.
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.
Usher worked with
rapper Jermaine Dupri for his second album "My Way".
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.
"U Got It
Bad" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B/Hip Hop
charts, number 3 in Australia and number 5 in the UK.
"U Don't Have To
Call" reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 3 on the
US R&B chart.
"U Remind
Me" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B/Hip Hop
charts, number 2 on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart, number 3 in Canada and
the UK, and number 4 in Australia.
Is the godson of actor Ben Vereen.
Most famous
relationship was with Rozanda "Chili" Thomas of the music
group, TLC. The relationship lasted for 3 years.
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.
In 2005, Usher finalized a deal with
the Cleveland Cavaliers to purchase partial ownership of the team and
set up a residence in Solon, Ohio, one of the more affluent suburbs of
Cleveland.
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).
Confessions sold over 8 million
copies making it the best selling CD in the United States for the year
2004.
Has won 5 Grammys, 2 for 8701 and 3
for Confessions: -Best Male R&B Vocal Performance - "U Remind
Me" -Best Male R&B Vocal Performance - "U Don't Have To
Call" -Best Contemporary R&B Album - "Confessions"
-Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - "Yeah!" (feat. Lil' Jon &
Ludacris) -Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals -
"My Boo" (with Alicia
Keys)
The first single from the album
"Confessions". "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, and it also reached number 2 in Canada.
In the movie "In The Mix,"
all his tattoos are edited out. However in some photos you can still see
them.
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