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Born:
1979 in Atlanta, GA

BIOGRAPHY

      After being spotted by a La Face record executive at a talent show in his hometown of Atlanta, GA, it took no time for Usher Raymond's career to take off. The 14-year-old auditioned for La Face 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 Latimore's "Let's Straighten It Out." After graduating from high school, Usher released his sophomore album, 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, 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 (2001), moved him 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. ~ Lynda Lane, All Music Guide

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AVAILABLE VIDEO CLIPS

	1	"Rize" Dance Performance			11	My Boo (Feat. Alicia Keys)			21	Usher on Justin Timberlake
	2	'Yeah!' live from the 2004 VMAs			12	My Way			22	Usher on the "Caught Up" video
	3	3 Questions with Usher			13	Nice			23	Usher on the state of R
	4	Bedtime (Live)			14	Nice And Slow			24	Usher shoots an emotional scene
	5	Burn			15	Think of You			25	Usher talks about the video "Yeah"
	6	Caught Up			16	U Don't Have To Call			26	Usher's stylin'
	7	Confessions, Pt. II			17	U Got It Bad			27	VMA Nominees: Best R&B Video
	8	Diddy's $100,000 Fashion Challenge			18	U Remind Me			28	Yeah!
	9	Exclusive 'In The Mix' Clip			19	Usher on a Grammy win			29	Yeah!
	10	MTV2 Sucker Free Sunday with Usher			20	Usher on his competition with Justin during his VMA acceptance speech

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