Usher Raymond

Usher is the only artist to have spent over half of a year (28 weeks) atop the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart in one year with "Yeah" (12 weeks), "Burn" (6 weeks), "Confessions Part 2" (5 weeks), and "My Boo" (5 weeks). As an afterthought, Atlantic Records released the Best of White Lion compilation album in 1992. Confessions has so far been certified 7x platinum in the US selling over 6 million albums by November 2004. Unfortunately, by the end of 1991, White Lion had broken up. Confessions has so far spawned the following hits:. This was followed, in 1991, by Mane Attraction. "Yeah" features contributions by Ludacris and Lil Jon and was released as the first single. In August 1989, White Lion released their third album Big Game.

The album topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic as well as topping US R&B charts and Internet albums charts and reaching number 2 in Australia. The Pride album's third single When The Children Cry made it to #3, making Pride one of about 18 hard rock albums to ever have multiple top 10 hits. Along with the success of the Norah Jones album Feels Like Home, it was seen as a sign that record sales were slowly recovering after three straight years of decline in the US. White Lion concluded the Pride tour by opening for Stryper from September 1988 to February 1989 during Stryper's In God We Trust tour. Confessions sold 1.1 million records in its first week of release, the most first-week sales by any R&B artist and the highest sales by any artist in three years. Like Guns N' Roses, White Lion's show at the Ritz was filmed and later aired on MTV. Usher released the Confessions album on March 23, 2004. Around the time this single was released, White Lion played at the Ritz club in New York City.

Usher was in a relationship with fellow R&B singer Rozonda Thomas (Chilli of TLC), but it was over as of 2004. In August 1988, the album's second single Tell Me stopped at #58. Usher continued in his acting career, appearing in Texas Rangers in 2001 and in Geppetto in 2000. Wait hit #8 on the singles chart, while Pride stalled at #11 on the album chart. He won a Grammy for best male R&B vocal for his work on "U Remind Me". While opening for AC/DC, the Pride album and Wait single finally charted. 8701 contained a number of hit singles including:. In January 1988 started opening for AC/DC on their Blow Up Your Video tour.

This album started to build a market for Usher outside his traditional markets in Canada and the US. White Lion spent the rest of 1987 on tour with KISS. It reached number one in the UK and Canada, number four on the Billboard 200 and number three on the R&B charts. In September 1987, White Lion became the opening band for KISS (who had just started their Crazy Nights tour). The 8701 album so called because of the date of its release proved to be another success. The Pride tour started in July 1987 as White Lion opened for Ace Frehley's 80s band Frehley's Comet. However, this album to be called All About U was extensively leaked on Napster, leading to new material being recorded for release later in the year. However, it took seven months before the song became a hit.

The live album was widely perceived as a stopgap measure while he recorded his follow-up album, scheduled for release in early 2001. On June 21, 1987, their second album, Pride, was released (the same day as Keel's Keel album, and Helix's Wild in The Streets) The first single from Pride was 'Wait/Don't Give Up, released on June 1, 1987. Usher released a live album that failed to achieve the success of My Way, only reaching number 73 on the Billboard 200 and number 30 on the R&B/Hip Hop Charts. By then, their debut album was out of print and extremely hard to find. Usher also commenced an acting career appearing in TV series such as The Bold and the Beautiful and Moesha and movies such as The Faculty and She's All That. Early in 1987, the band was signed by Atlantic Records. The album would eventually go multi-platinum on the back of the hit singles from the album such as:. In 1986, White Lion, with a fictitious "female" member, had a brief part in the Tom Hanks/Shelley Long movie The Money Pit.

When released in 1997, My Way was the breakthrough album for Usher reaching number 4 on the Billboard 200, number 1 on the R&B album charts, and number 13 on the Canadian charts. A few months later, Grand Slam records went bankrupt. Diddy to ensure its success. The band then finished their debut album, Fight to Survive, which was released on November 9, 1985. Usher co-wrote 6 out of the 9 tracks on the album and recruited leading producers Jermaine Dupri, Babyface and P. Within a month of joining, Dan spitz left and was replaced by former Anthrax drummer Greg D'Angelo. Usher produced his second album My Way after graduating from high school. Nicki Capozzi was replaced by Dan Spitz, and Felix Robinson was replaced by James Lomenzo.

This song proved to be his most successful to date reaching number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in late 1994 and reaching number 5 of the Hot R&B/hip Hop Charts. While recording the song The Road to Valhalla, both Capozzi and Robinson left the band. He also formed a vocal group with other vocalists called Black Men United which recorded a song called "U Will Know" from the Jason's Lyric soundtrack. The band was signed by a small label called Grand Slam records in January 1985. Usher continued to build a national profile by recording jingles for Coca-Cola and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Later, the band grew to include drummer Nicki Capozzi and bassist Felix Robinson. There were three singles released in the US from the album namely:. After moving from Denmark, Mike met guitarist Vito Bratta, forming a band.

It made a modest impact on the charts peaking at number 167 on the Billboard 200 Album charts although it did reach number 4 on the Heatseeker charts for prospective stars. The band was formed in New York City in 1984 by Denmark-born vocalist Mike Tramp. Diddy, then known as Puff Daddy and was released in 1994.
White Lion was a hard rock/heavy metal music band of the 1980s and early 1990s. His self-titled debut record was executive produced by P. For help, see How to Edit a Page and the Style and How-to Directory. Reid signed him to La Face records after an audition while still in school. After the article has been cleaned up, you may remove this message.

A. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of article quality. L. He started singing in a church choir and his singing talents soon became obvious. Usher Raymond was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1978 and moved to Atlanta, Georgia when he was 12.

The first single from the album "Yeah" featuring Ludacris and Lil Jon has topped the US Billboard Hot 100, European, Australian, World, US and World R&B charts, World Adult, Norwegian, Swiss, and the UK charts in 2004, and it also reached number 2 in Canada. Usher won a Grammy Award for "Best Male R&B Vocal" in the Grammy Awards of 2001 for "U Remind Me" off his 8701 album. His 2004 album Confessions sold over a million copies in the United States in its first week of release, selling the greatest amount of records in one week for any R&B artist, and has topped the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Usher Raymond (born October 14, 1978) has been a popular R&B/pop musician since the early 1990s. Texas Rangers (movie) as Randolph Douglas Scipio (movie 2001).

Geppetto as Ring Leader (TV movie 2000). "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" as The Love Doctor. Light It Up as Lester Dewitt (movie 1999). She's All That as Ron James, campus DJ (movie 1999).

The Bold and the Beautiful as Raymond (TV series 1998). The Faculty as Gabe Santoro (movie 1998). Moesha as Jeremy (TV series 1997-98). Confessions (2004) #1 8x platinum.

8701 (2001) #4 4x platinum. Live (Usher album) (1999) #73. My Way (1997) #4 6x platinum. Usher (1994)#167.

9 in the UK. "Caught Up" charted at No. "My Boo", a duet with Alicia Keys, has reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was featured on a re-release/repackaged version of Confessions, giving him a total of 7 number 1 singles in the US. It is Usher's 6th number 1 single since 1998; and.

"Confessions Part II" has so far topped the Billboard Hot 100 and the US and World R&B Charts, and reached number five in the UK and Australia (as a double A-side with "My Boy", see below). "Burn" has so far reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and US R&B/Hip Hop charts as well as the Rhythmic Top 40 charts, and also topping the UK and Australian charts;. "Yeah" has topped the Billboard Hot 100, European, World, US and World R&B charts, World Adult, Australian, Norwegian, Swiss and the UK charts and reached number 2 in Canada;. "U Turn" reached the top 10 in Australia and top 20 in the UK.

"U Don't Have To Call" reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the US R&B chart; and. "U Got It Bad" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B/Hip Hop charts, number three in Australia and number five in the UK;. "U Remind Me" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B/Hip Hop charts, number two on the Rhythmic Top 40 chart, number three in Canada and the UK, and number four in Australia;. "Pop Ya Collar," which reached number two in the UK, and top 30 in Australia;.

"Nice" number 12 dance and number 22 Top 40 mainstream. "Nice & Slow" (1998) Number 1 Billboard Hot 100, R&B and Rhythmic Top 40, number 2 dance number 6, UK Top 40 number 24; and. "My Way" (1998) Number 2 Billboard Hot 100, number 4 R&B, number 5 Rhythmic Top 40, number 20 Canada;. "You Make Me Wanna" (1997) Number 2 Billboard Hot 100, number 1 US R&B (11 weeks), Rhythmic Top 40 and Dance charts number 6 Canada, Number 1 in the UK Top 40 (1998 release);.

"The Many Ways" Number 42 Hot R&B/Hip Hop Charts. 59 Billboard Hot 100;. "Can U Get Wit It" Number 13 Hot R&B/Hip Hop Charts, No. "I Think Of You" Number 8 Hot R&B/Hip Hop charts, No 58 Billboard Hot 100;.