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Usher Fun Facts!

R&B superstar Usher has won Grammys and topped the charts with his unforgettably catchy ballads and smooth dance moves, and he’s even branched out into acting! Find out more about the multitalented performer in Usher Fun Facts!

Usher has won many Grammys and Awards over his career

Usher signed singing sensation Justin Bieber

Usher is part owner of The Cleveland Cavaliers

Did You Know...

He was born Usher Terry Raymond IV in Dallas, Texas
His birthday is October 14, 1978
Spent most of his childhood in Chattanooga
He first started singing as a kid in a local church choir in Chattanooga
When he was 11 he joined a singing quintet called NuBegginings
His family moved to Atlanta, Georgia so he could pursue music as a teenager
He has a younger half-brother, James
Competed on Star Search when he was 13, where he was spotted by an agent at LaFace Records
His mother, Jonetta Patton, quit her job as a medical technician to manage his career until 2007
His single “You Make Me Wanna” off of the album My Way was his first to reach number one on the charts and go gold and platinum
You Make Me Wanna" won the Best Male R&B/Soul Single at the 1999 Soul Train Awards
“U Remind Me” and “U Got it Bad” off the album 8701 each topped the Billboard Charts for 6 weeks
Made his acting debut on the show Moesha
He also starred in The Faculty, She’s All That and Light it Up
He was in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
8701 went 4 times platinum in the U.S.
In 2002 he won a Grammy for Best Male R&B Performance
Confessions came out in 2004 and sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. winning a Recording Industry Artist Award, it had the highest first week sales of an album by any R&B artist
He dated TLC singer Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas for 2 years, many thought that Confessions was written about her
He started US Records and signed pop sensation Justin Bieber
He is part of owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team
Usher became the first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay with four consecutive number-one singles
Appeared in 2001 movie Texas Rangers
His 6^th studio album Raymond Vs. Raymond debuted at number 1 on the charts
Usher is involved with several restaurants
He released Looking 4 Myself June 2012-08-06
He married girlfriend Tameka Foster in 2007, they have two children together and divorced in 2009
Founded New Look, a charity that encourages young people to get real world work experience and the charity went on to create Our Block, an initiative to help rebuild New Orleans neighborhoods