Usher Raymond IV was born on October 14, 1978, also known as Usher, he’s an American recording artist and actor. Usher also called as "R&B teen dream" by Rolling Stone, he was only 15 years old when he released his self-titled first album in 1994. Usher's 1997 hit single "You Make Me Wanna..." gained him international fame, and his album My Way earned him the 1998 Billboard Best Performer of the Year award. Usher’s success continued with the release of his breakthrough album, Confessions at 2004, which has sold over ten million copies in the United States, and been certified diamond by the RIAA. He has sold approximately 38 million albums worldwide and has won five Grammy Awards, to date. In 2008, Usher was ranked as the 21st most successful Hot 100 Singles Artist of all-time by Billboard magazine. He ranked higher than any other artist of his generation. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Usher has sold over 21.5 million albums in the United States.

Aside from recording, Usher ventured in to other business. He had established his own record label, US Records, and is a part owner of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers franchise. He has also been appearing in films, debuting in the 1998 The Faculty. Usher made his Broadway debut in August of 2006, playing slick lawyer Billy Flynn in the long-running revival of Chicago for six weeks.

Usher founded US Records, a vanity label, in 2002. The label is a subsidiary of Clive Davis's J Records, which is distributed by Sony BMG. In late 2005, the first album released by US was the soundtrack to In the Mix, which was used to introduce the label's acts, such as rapper Rico Love, R&B vocal group One Chance, and singer Rayan. Usher served as songwriter-producer in the project.

Usher, whose group bought with a reported total purchase price of $375 million, is a part owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers franchise. He became the second pop artist to own a large stake in an NBA team. Also he has opened restaurants. Recently, Usher sang Gone Too Soon at the memorial of Michael Jackson last July 7, 2009.





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