A similar fate awaited the album « Raymond v. Critics were at variance – some celebrated Usher’s musical growth as a songwriter, some criticized the departure from his usual style. In spite of the warmly received single « Love in This Club», the album barely managed to reach one million sales in the U.S. The success of « Confessions» was once again confirmed by Usher’s next album « Here I Stand», released in 2008. On the peak of his popularity, Usher decided to diversify his activities further - in addition to filming, he opened a restaurant and founded a recording studio he is also engaged in charity. « Confessions», headed by the singles «Yeah!» and «Burn», had broken many records and brought the singer into the rank of the very best and inscribed him forever in the history of rhythm & blues. At the moment, the album is certified “diamond”, with over 30 million copies sold worldwide. but in Europe as well.īut the biggest success turned out to be his fourth album titled « Confessions» (2004), which sold over a million copies in its first week after the release and quickly ascended to the top of the charts. Man-hours invested in the work were wholly justified - the album received positive reviews from critics and went multi-platinum, not only in U.S.
It did not go without a hitch - the number of songs had been stolen and uploaded to the Internet, which made Usher decide to postpone the album release and even go back to the studio to redo some songs. According to the singer, back then he drew the inspiration for the work from love and amorous struggles. The third album “ 8701” was released in 2001. Since then, he managed to appear in several more films and television series, however the music remained in the foreground for the singer.
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His screen debut took place in 1998 in the movie “ The Faculty”. In the process of writing the third album, Usher discovered the other branches for his activity - such as acting. List of people involved in the album production has grown - before that the future king of rhythm and blues had been partially supported by a well-known rapper Sean Combs, however now he was joined by Jermaine Dupri, with whom Usher developed a friendship. Song « My Way» also brought the first “Grammy” nomination to the young singer. The singles « Nice and Slow», « My Way» and « You Make Me Wanna» have played a significant role in this success. Despite a rather cool reception from critics, Usher did not loose his heart and engaged into a long and productive work on his second album « My Way», which was released at the end of 1997 and almost instantly went like hot cakes throughout America, easily overcoming the bar of platinum sales six times. Singles « Can U Get Wit it» and « Think of You» were a little luckier - they were among the top hundred of the new recordings. The singer's self-titled debut album « Usher» was released in 1994, and reached only No.167 in the U.S. Over the fifteen years he has sold nearly seventy million albums worldwide, received seven “Grammy” awards and many others. Dancer and singer-songwriter in the genre of rhythm and blues, Usher Terry Raymond IV, who took his first name as a stage mononym, is one of the most successful contemporary artists.
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