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 American R&B singer Usher Raymond IV was born on 14 October, 1978. The singer was born in Dallas, Texas, but raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, until moving to Atlanta, Georgia. The mother of his son encouraged him to perform in local competitions at the age of 12 before his discovery by LaFace Records' music A&R. The self-titled debut album of Usher came out in the year 1994. He rose to fame through the release of My Way (1997), which was his second album. The album's debut U.S.. single spawned from it. This was the beginning of his first U.S. single, "Nice & Slow" that became Billboard's most-popular single. The top-two singles included "You Make Me Wanna " as well as "My Way". His third album 8701 (2001), produced the number-one hits "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad", as well as the number-three hit single "U Don't Have to Call". The album sold 8 million copies around the world and earned him his first two Grammy Awards as Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2002 and 2003. Confessions (2004) established him among the most popular artists of the 2000s. It had four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number one singles which included "Yeah!" (featuring Lil Jon & Ludacris),"Burn",Confessions Part II" and "My Boo (with Alicia Keys). The top ten songs were "Caught Up". The RIAA has certified it as a Diamond after it sold over 20 million copies in total. Seven years after separating from his manager and mother in 2007, he dropped the albums Here I Stand (2008) and Raymond v. Raymond (2010), each of which debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart and respectively recorded the top two singles "Love in This Club" (featuring Young Jeezy) and "OMG" (featuring will.i.am). Before the debut of "More", Versus' top 15 single "DJ Got Us falling' in Love" (featuring Pitbull), the EP Versus produced "DJ Got Us fallin' in love" (featuring Pitbull). The Billboard 200 chart debuted Looking 4 Myself (2012) with the top-ten hit single "Scream". Grammy Awards were given in 2011 and 2013 to R&B songs "There Goes My Baby" (featuring Juicy J) and "Climax". "I Don't Care", featuring Juicy J, reached the top-fifteen on the Billboard 200 chart in 2014. Hard II Love (2016) also reached five. The singer released A in 2018 which was a joint album with Zaytoven 2018.