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Government Name
Usher Raymond (Born October 14, 1978 in Dallas, TX)

Albums
Usher
Usher - My Way
Usher - Live
Usher - 8701
Usher - Confessions
Usher - Confessions (Special Edition)
Usher - Rarities!
Usher - Sex Appeal
Usher - Here I Stand
Usher - Raymond V Raymond (Advance)
Usher - Raymond V Raymond
Usher - Versus E.P.
Usher - Raymond V Raymond (Deluxe Edition)
Usher - Looking 4 Myself

Mixtapes
Usher - Life Of A Star (Collabo Edition Part 3)
Usher - The Masterpiece
Usher - Tell Me You Love Me Collection Vol. 1

Singles
Usher - Love In This Club (Single)

Also Featured On...
Akon - The Koncrete Mixtape
Beyoncé - Revolution (Deluxe Edition)
Big Mike & Big Stress - R&B Jumpoff Volume 48
Mary J. Blige - Growing Pains
Breaking Out: The Alcatraz Concert
Cam'Ron - Confessions Of Fire
Mariah Carey - Rainbow
Mariah Carey - The Ballads
Daz Dillinger - Who Ride Wit Us: Tha Compalation Vol. 1
Deliver Us From Eva
Diddy - Dirty Money - Last Train To Paris
DJ Finesse - The One And Only R&B King Pt. 4
DJ Khaled - Victory
Drake - Seasonal Intuition
Drake - It's Been A Pleasure
Jermaine Dupri - Instructions
Jermaine Dupri - The Party Continues (Single)
Gucci Mane - The State Vs. Radric Davis
Jason's Lyric
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come
Quincy Jones - Q: Soul Bossa Nostra
R. Kelly - Double Up
R. Kelly - 12 Play: 4th Quarter
Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys - The Hits
A LaFace Family Christmas
The LOX - Three Brothers
Merry Fucking Christmas (Thug Radio Mixtape)
Nicki Minaj - Official White Label
Monica - Miss Thang
Panther
Poetic Justice
Promo Only Urban Club April '08
Promo Only Urban Radio February 2010
Rhythm Of The Games: 1996 Olympic Games Album
So Amazing: An All Star Tribute To Luther Vandross
Trey Songz - Gentlemen's Club
Soul Food
T.I. - Paper Trail
Welcome To Tha Chuuch Volume 9: Run Tell Dat
Kanye West - The Remixes
X-Mix Radioactive Urban: January 2009

Bio From AllMusic.Com
After being spotted by a LaFace record executive at a talent show in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, it took no time for hip-hop crooner Usher Raymond's career to take off. The 14-year-old auditioned for LaFace Records co-founder L.A. Reid, who signed the gospel choir boy to a recording contract. Raymond was introduced to the world simply as "Usher," and released his debut album of the same name in 1994, which featured co-executive producer Sean "Puffy" Combs. The first single, "Think of You," gained Usher notoriety and reached gold status. From that initial exposure, Usher was approached to do other projects. In 1995, he recorded a national holiday jingle for Coca-Cola. He also joined several top male R&B vocalists to form Black Men United for the single "You Will Know," featured on the Jason's Lyric soundtrack. He also teamed with teen singing sensation Monica for a duet remake of Lattimore's "Let's Straighten It Out."

After graduating from high school, Usher graduated as well to his sophomore release, My Way, in 1997. In an attempt to display his maturity and songwriting abilities, Usher co-wrote six of the nine songs and enlisted the help of producers Jermaine Dupri, Babyface, and, again, Sean "Puffy" Combs. The album's first single, "You Make Me Wanna," re-established Usher as one of R&B's hottest artists, and also made him a crossover sensation; it topped the R&B charts for 11 weeks, hit number two pop, and eventually went double platinum. Both of the follow-up singles, "Nice & Slow" and "My Way," also went platinum; the former stayed at number one on the R&B charts for eight weeks and became his first number one pop single. In the meantime, Usher launched an acting career, appearing in the 1998 horror spoof The Faculty and the 1999 urban high-school drama Light It Up.

To tide fans over, he issued a concert recording titled simply Live in 1999. Usher returned with his third proper album, All About U, toward the end of 2000. His third album, 8701 (All About U was the original title for 8701, so they're actually the same album - D), (2001) moved Usher from a teen pop star to a sultry R&B singer. In early 2004, Arista released the single "Yeah!" Produced by Lil Jon and guesting Ludacris, the addictive, lightly crunk cut fast became a club and radio favorite. By the time the Usher full-length Confessions dropped later that March, "Yeah!" had hit the top of the Billboard charts. The album itself was Usher's most mature work to date and won the Grammy for best contemporary R&B album 2004 while "Yeah!" took home the best rap/sung collaboration award. He starred in the 2005 flop In the Mix and went back to music with 2008's Here I Stand, an album that topped the Billboard 200 and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts.

Raymond V Raymond, inspired in part by the end of his marriage, was released in 2010 as three of its songs were climbing the charts. Its buzz single, "Papers," had already topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart. An EP titled Versus followed later in the year. Led by Hot R&B/Hip Hop chart-topper "Climax" (co-produced by Diplo), Looking For Myself was issued in 2012. — Lynda Lane

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