'DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love' was released as the first single from the EP Versus which was considered an extension of the album Raymond v. His dance routines received strong praise and earned comparisons to Michael Jackson. Usher performed 'DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love' along with 'OMG' at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards. It sold over three million digital copies and became a top 10 pop hit around the world including in the UK. 'DJ Got Us Falling In Love' became Usher's 16th top 10 pop hit. Rapper Pitbull is featured on the record. The song was originally offered to Rihanna, but she turned it down. However, what we have to understand as music fans is that most artists make anywhere from 30 or more songs and then they decide what 12-18 songs will actually make the CD. He has 17 songs of sure 'fire' on his hands.

Songwriting and production are handled by pop mastermind Max Martin and his team. Usher's 'Confessions' has maintained its stay on the Billboard charts for awhile now. 'DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love' found Usher venturing strongly into Eurodance territory. It earned two nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video and Best R&B Video. Chilli of TLC plays Usher's girlfriend in the clip. The music video for 'U Got It Bad' was directed by Little X. Shortly after, they began talking on the phone prompting Jermaine Dupri to say, 'You got it completely too bad right now.' While he was attempting to work with Usher in the studio, Usher was continually distracted by a girl he brought with him. It reached #5 on the UK pop singles chart.Īccording to co-writer and co-producer Jermaine Dupri, the lyrics of 'U Got It Bad' were based on a true story. 'U Got It Bad' spent six weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Reportedly, the song 'I Don't Know' produced by the Neptunes was in line to be the second single from 8701, and Usher himself decided to release 'U Got It Bad' claiming it demonstrated his unique sound better. It is a slow R&B jam and features some of Usher's most exposed and beautiful vocals. In 2011, he was given a Freedom Award by the National Civil Rights Museum.'U Got It Bad' was the second single and second #1 hit from Usher's album 8701. Additionally, Usher has also acted (in television, in movies, on Broadway), taken an ownership stake in the Cleveland Cavaliers, mentored a young Justin Bieber, and worked on both American Idol and The Voice, all while maintaining a steady presence in a variety of philanthropic causes. In late 2018, he celebrated his 40th birthday by releasing “A”, his ninth studio album.

1 singles in three consecutive decades-behind, among others, Michael Jackson. His 2004 album, Confessions, reportedly inspired by his breakup with TLC star Chilli, went not just Platinum but Diamond his 2010 single “OMG” made him only the fifth artist in history to have No.

He went on to become one of the most bulletproof figures in pop, capable of straddling club music (2004’s “Yeah!”), ballads (2004’s “Confessions Part II”), boundary-pushing R&B (2012’s “Climax”), and the kind of borderless, big-tent anthems everyone seems to agree on (2008's “Love in This Club”). That performance led almost instantaneously to a deal with LaFace Records, then home to TLC and Toni Braxton, with Usher releasing his self-titled debut album when he was just 15. See him on Star Search, circa 1991, singing Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road,” wading through a sea of admirers (“I was a ham,” he joked later). A pop star who’s hovered in the spotlight for three decades running, with little sign of slowing down.Born Usher Raymond IV in 1978, and raised in Chattanooga and Atlanta, Usher started his career at age 10, making the rounds and honing his craft on Atlanta-area talent shows. It turns out, Usher might be the closest thing we have to Jackson since Jackson himself-a singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, and consummate performer whose appeal seems to transcend genre and demographics. “I love you!” Usher replied, pointing back. Usher juked, Jackson followed suit, the two traded moves. Few moments define Usher's career quite like that night in September 2001, when he stood opposite Michael Jackson at a sold-out Madison Square Garden and shared a dance.

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