USHER

Usher Raymond IV was born October 14, 1978, in Dallas, Texus. He rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which got him his first "Billboard Hot 100" number-one hit, "Nice and Slow". His followup album 8701, which was released in 200,1 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.

Ushers success then carried on with his 2004 album Confessions, this has sold over 10 million coppies in the United States. Confessions has the highest first week sales in history for an R&B artist - selling over 20 million coppies world wide confsessions has been named the best selling album of the 2000s decade. Ushers 2008 album Here I Stand, has sold over 5 million copies world wide.

To date, Usher has sold over 45 million albums world wide. He has won numous awards over the years - including 5 Grammys, 4 World Music Awards, 4 American Music Awards and 19 Billboard 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 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.In 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. Raymond Vs Raymond featured the number one single OMG, this 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. It's lead single "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love", achieved international success and has reached number-five on the Billboard Hot 100.