Usher

Usher was born on October 14 in Dallas, Texas he was raised by his mother Jonnetta Patton. Usher began singing in 1992 in his church choir at the age of six, and entered a lot of talent shows.He was discovered at a talent show by Bryant Reid of laface record. Usher spent his majority of his young life in Chattanooga: Usher's father left Usher and the rest of the family when he was a year old. Usher grew up with his mother Jonnetta Patton, then his stepfather, then his half brother, James Lackey born in 1994. At the end of 2009, Usher was named number on out of the Hot 100 artist in the 2000's decade. But the Billboard named him the second successful in the 2000's decade.
 * __Usher early life__**

At age 13, Usher competed on //Star Search//, where he was spotted by an A&R representative from LaFace Records, who arranged an audition for Usher with L.A. Reid, the co-founder of LaFace; Reid signed Usher to a contract with the record company.Usher's mother left her job as a medical technician to manage his career, but later broke-up their relationship as manager-client in May 2007. Usher was introduced on "Call Me a Mack", a song he recorded for the soundtrack album to the 1993 drama-romance film //Poetic Justice.//

**__Music Career__** In 1997, Usher released his second album, My Way, which was success on the R&B charts. One of the singles from the album "You Make Me Wanna" earned him the 1997 Soul Train Award for best R&B single by Male and a Grammy nomination. Usher got nominated for the Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for his role as Raymond on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful in 1999. He Won the Young Hollywood Award for One to Watch - Male in 2001. Usher Is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. The RIAA ranked Usher as one of the best selling artist in American history that sold over 23 million alone.

Usher has seven studio albums and Grammy awards. Usher is one of R&B music's most successful stars. Usher has gone from 'My way" to "U got it Bad" and "U Don't Have To Call" to "OMG" and "Climax" and many more beyond giving his music fans a mix traditional R&B, dance, soul and others in between.

**__Awards and Music Releases__** For the 32 annual American Music Awards in 2004 he won all four categories that he was nominated, including Favorite Male Artist and Favorite Album in both the Pop/Rock and Soul/R&B. Usher released Here I Stand in 2008 and it quickly became the #1 album in the country. It was certified platinum and has sold over 5 million copies.He continued his streak of albums debuting #1 in March 2010, when his third straight album debuted at the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart. Usher's album in 2004 Confession had sold over 10 million copies in the united States, and had been certified diamond by the RIAA. Usher's 2004 album Confession has the highest fist sales for an R&B artist worldwide.

__**Ushers Personal**__ life in January 2007, Usher proposed to his girlfriend Tameka Foster, a stylist she had three sons. In February 2007, Usher announced his engagement Their Son Usher Raymond V was born on November 26 2007. On December 10, 2008, Tameka gave birth to there second child, Naviyd Ely Raymond. In an interview in the best show in Atlanta radio channel Q100 in February 2004, Thomas complained the Usher cheated on her: "Usher did the ultimate no-no to me....I will never be with him again, and that was that. Usher defended himself:"...it just didn't work out. But cheating is not what caused the relationship to collide and crash. That ain't what broke it up".

__**Other Info About Usher**__ Other then recording albums and songs Usher was involved in many different things like businesses that includes several restaurants and some acting in films. The first album to be released by US was the soundtrack to in the mix late 2005 that was used to introduce the label's acts such as the rapper Rico Love, The Canadian teen R&B artist named Justin Bieber, R&B vocal group One Chance, and singer Rayan. Usher had served as the songwriter producer in the project. Usher is a part owner of the Oleveland Cavalier a professional basketball team. Usher is part of a group which bought the team a total price of $375 million. Usher became the third pop artist to own a large stake a NBA team. Usher had served the contestant mentor for the Top 10 Week of Season of 9 on the the television show American idol.

List of Albums and The year __**Albums** **Year Awards Year**__ =And the Winner Is 2005= =My Way 1997= =Live 1999= =Here I Stand 2008= =Usher 1994= =Looking 4 Myself 2012= =Confessions 2004= =87001 2001= =U-Turn 2002= =Versus 2002= =Usher & Friends 2005=

=**__Ushers Top 10 Hit Songs__**= =#1. 'Here I stand'= =#2. 'My Boo'= =#3. 'Love In This Club Part ll'= =#4. 'Burn'= =#5. 'Confession Part ll'= =#6. 'U Got it Bad'= =#7. 'Papers'= =#8. 'Nice and Slow'= =#9. 'U Remind Me'= =#10. 'You Make Me Wanna'=