Usher Biography

Biography

Beautiful" and in the family series "Promised Land" before completed two more films, "She's All That" and "Light It Up", both hit the theaters in 1999. Later that year he released a live album, titled "Live", featured Lil' Kim, Jagged Edge, Trey Lorenz, Shanice, Twista, and Manuel Seal, Jr., which sadly failed to repeat the success of "My Way," peaked only at number 73 on the Billboard 200 and number 30 on the R&B/Hip Hop Charts.

In the wake of the failed effort, Usher got back in the recording studio, worked on his third album "8701", meant as a referring to its release date of August 7, 2001. Proved to be another success, the set peaked at number one in the UK and Canada, number four on the Billboard 200 and number three on the R&B charts, thus started to build a market for Usher outside his traditional markets in Canada and the US. Greater than all, the album's hit singles "U Don't Have To Call" and "U Remind Me" won the star two Grammys for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2002 and 2003 respectively, made him the only artist besides Luther Vandross and Stevie Wonder to win that ...

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award in consecutive years. Then again added more film projects into his resume, he made an appearance in "Geppetto" in 2000 and "Texas Rangers" in 2001. Stepped back to where he from, Usher worked on his next music effort, "Confessions", dropped on March 23, 2004, sold 1.1 million records in its first week of release, the most copies ever sold in one week by an R&B artist. Following this, the album became one of the most successful records of the year, topped the world charts for several weeks and eventually sold over 9 million copies in the US alone, made it Usher's most successful album to date, as not only the set spawned several chart-topper hits, like "Yeah", "Burn", and "My Boo," which is a duet with singer Alicia Keys, but also it certified 9x platinum in the US while won him the 2005 Grammys Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for "My Boo", and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Yeah" among others. Then again in November 2005, Usher back to act, starred in Lions Gate's drama musical comedy "In the Mix," portrayed New York's hottest nightclub deejay named Darrell. The following year, he ...