Biography

Usher Raymond IV, known simply as Usher, is an American multi-talented entertainer born on October 14, 1978. Usher gained fame in the late 1990s when he released his second album, My Way. The album spawned his first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Nice & Slow". It has been certified 6-times platinum by the RIAA. Usher's subsequent album, 8701, also achieved great success, producing two more Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits, "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad". This album has been certified 4-times platinum by the RIAA.