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Usher Raymond IV who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American recording artist and actor. He rose to fame in the later 1990s with the loss of his 2nd 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, sold over 20 million copies worldwide, and was named the best selling R&B album of the 2000s decade. 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 straight album to entry at act 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 strain 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 but the fourth artist of all-time to reach the feat. He subsequently released an extended sport and sumptuous version of "Raymond v. Raymond", entitled Versus, which debuted at number 4 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 sold over 45 million albums worldwide.He has won numerous awards including five Grammy Awards, four World Music Awards, four 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 23 million copies in the United States alone.Billboard Magazine ranked Usher the issue one Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade.

They also named him the 2nd most successful artist of the 2000s decade,and his 2004 album Confessions was ranked as the top solo album and 2nd most successful overall album of the last decade. Usher has attained nine hot 100 number-one hits (all as a principal 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.

Usher announced on July 8, 2010,a follow-up extended play to his sixth studio album Raymond v. Raymond called Versus, and a deluxe version of Raymond v. Raymond, both to be released on August 24, 2010.Usher described Versus as "the concluding chapter of Raymond v. Raymond", and that it would search the subjects of being newly single and a father.

The album included 9 tracks, including 7 new tracks, Raymond v. Raymond single "There Goes My Baby", and Justin Bieber single "Person to Love (Remix)". The tracks would be included on a deluxe version of Raymond v. Raymond. The album debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 chart and is preceded by the singles "DJ Got Us Fallin` In Love" featuring Pitbull, for mainstream audiences, and "Hot Tottie" featuring Jay-Z, for urban circuits.

The strain became the 4th highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100 of his career, behind 1997′s "Nice & Slow" at number nine, 1998′s "My Way" at eight, and 2010′s "OMG" at number fourteen. Since its release, it has gained international success, peaking in the top 5 in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. It reached the top 10 in Canada, and Europe.

It reached number-nine on the Billboard Hot 100 in its third week of release, and became the start time Usher has had two top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time since his album Confessions. It too became Ushers sixteenth Billboard Hot 100 top-ten hit of his career. The 2nd single, Hot Tottie has reached number 13 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number twenty-five on the Billboard Hot 100. About the source Cynthia Hoffman is the author of Ticketwood.com . Ticketwood is a leader tickets market search engine that enable Ticket shoppers to easily find, compare and buy Usher Tickets sports tickets, theatre tickets Concerts Tickets plus other events tickets.