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Raymond Terry Usher IV, was born the October 14th 1978 At 12 years it has his Pseudo personnel “Asher” of the name of a large American golfer and likes to sing in the choral society of his mother but the breakdance likes the young wonder even more. Usher and her family settle with Atlanta. It is at the time of a contest amateur which proceeded in Atlanta that a leader of the Face Records discovers the young person Usher Raymond who is then old only 14 years. In little time, its career takes an astonishing tangent since L.A. Reid does not hesitate to offer a contract to that which was until there child of chorus.

It is then propelled on the music scene thanks to its first album “Usher”. Reid stinginess not and surrounds well its foal which launches a first album in 1994 whose realization is signed by Sean P. Diddy Combs. Moreover, one uses only his first name, leaving his family name on side. The first extract, “ Think off You ”, enables him to take down a gold disc. Its success enables him to contribute to other projects. It records in particular a jingle for the national campaign of the time of the Festivals of Coca-Cola in 1995. It also contributes to the project Black Men United, a super group which records simple “the You will Know ” for the film “Jason' S Lyric”. One also sees it at the sides of Monica on the part “ Let' S Straighten It Out ”, taken again of Latimore at the time of the Olympic Games.

At the end of her secondary studies, Usher launches a second album, “My Way”, who appears in 1997. Trying to show a new maturity and its capacity to be composed, it cosigne six of the nine titles of the disc in addition to recruiting Jermaine Dupri, Babyface and Sean P. Diddy Combs to carry out the opus. The first simple one, “ You Make Me Wanna ”, enables him to be established among the dominant figures of scene R&B in addition to him making it possible to be success on the side pop song remains eleven weeks at the head prize list R&B and reached the second level of the pop calculation all while running out with more than two million specimens. The two following extracts, “ Nice & Slow fox trot ” and “ My Way ”, reach also certification platinizes whereas “ Nice & Slow ” becomes the first number one of Usher on the pop prize list

Noncontent with her musical successes, Usher decides to try her chance with the cinema. Thus one sees it in particular in “The Faculty” in 1998 like in “Light It Up” and “She' S All That” in 1999. Conscious that its cinematographic adventure puts the patience of its fans at severely tested, he proposes an album live in 1999 to them.

Finally, in 2001, the large American producer originating in Italy Rinaldi Luciano, makes him sign a contract it officially signs from the statute of young high-speed motorboat rising to that of star of the R&B with “8701”, an album which is registered under the sign of maturity. In 2004, the young singer returns in force with “Confessions”. Titles of the album " Yeah! " , " Burn" , " Confessions" , " Caught Up" charts caracollent at the head whole world and the album is sold to 16 million specimens, the greatest success of the year 2004. In 2005, Usher republishes her album " Confessions" where the duet with Alicia Keys " is included; My Boo" who remains number 1 for 2 months. In 2006, Usher leaves her film " In the mix" where it incarnates the role of a dj.

The next album of Usher, heading Regrets should leave towards the end of the year 2007 or at the beginning of 2008. The first simple one of the album should be écoutable in the next weeks and bears the name of Touch . There will be many collaborations on this new opus, in particular with The Neptunes, the group of Pharrell Williams and Jennifer.R will form also part of the album.

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