Profile
Famous as :
R&B/pop singer, actorBirth Name :
Usher Raymond IVBirth Date :
October 14, 1978Birth Place :
Dallas, Texas, USASpouse :
Tameka Foster (stylist, 3-Aug-07 - June 2009)Claim to fame :
Single "You Make Me Wanna" from album "My Way" (1997)
Biography
R&B professional singer Usher Raymond IV was born on October 14, 1978 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was raised there alongside his younger brother James by his single parent mother named Jonnetta Patton, who previously worked as a full-timer in an office. Usher began his singing career at his six-year age by joining the local church choir. Next at his twelfth year age, the guy followed his family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he began participating in various local talent shows. Later on in 1992, he met Bryant Reid, brother of the famed R&B producer and co-president of LaFace Records Antonio Reid, in an audition in his school. Got impressed by Usher's singing talent, Bryant attempted his audition for Reid, who at the end offered him a recording contract.
Discography
2009 : Monster
2008 : Here I Stand
2007 : Usher and Friends, Vol. 1-2
2005 : Usher and Friends, Vol. 2
2005 : My Way/8701
2004 : Confessions
2001 : 8701
2000 : All About U
2008 : Here I Stand
2007 : Usher and Friends, Vol. 1-2
2005 : Usher and Friends, Vol. 2
2005 : My Way/8701
2004 : Confessions
2001 : 8701
2000 : All About U
Filmography
2007 : The Ballad of Walter Holmes
2005 : In the Mix
2001 : Texas Rangers
2000 : Geppetto
1999 : She's All That
1999 : Light It Up
1998 : The Faculty
1987 : The Bold and the Beautiful (TV)
2005 : In the Mix
2001 : Texas Rangers
2000 : Geppetto
1999 : She's All That
1999 : Light It Up
1998 : The Faculty
1987 : The Bold and the Beautiful (TV)
