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Music: Usher
Usher Raymond IV, born in 1978, who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American R&B/Pop singer, dancer, and occasional actor. His overall discography consists of six studio albums, one live album, eight compilations, one extended play, and around 30 singles;

To date, he has shipped 22 and a half million albums in the US, and a combined 65 million records worldwide. He has attained nine Hot 100 number-one hits (all as a lead artist) and sixteen Hot 100 top-ten hits on the Billboard Music charts. In addition to his work as a recording artist, Usher has acted in several films, is part-owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team, owns several restaurants, has his own cologne, and has served as a contestant mentor on American Idol.

His latest radio singles are DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love (feat. Pitbull) and Hot Tottie, both off of "Versus".

Discography:
  • Usher (1994)
  • My Way (1997)
  • 8701 (2001)
  • Confessions (2004)
  • Here I Stand (2008)
  • Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
  • Versus (2010)

Filmography:
  • The Faculty (1998)
  • She's All That (1999)
  • Light It Up (1999)
  • Geppetto (2000)
  • Texas Rangers (2001)
  • In The Mix (2005) as "Darrell"
  • Killers (2010) as "Kevin"

Tropes that apply to Usher and his works:

  • The Casanova: Has romanced Chilli of TLC, Brandy, Mya, Naomi Campbell, Rihanna, and one time wife Tameka Foster.
  • Eleventy Zillion: "Burn" has this:
    "It's been fifty-eleven days, umpteen hours,
    I'm gonna be burnin' 'til you return!"
  • In Da Club: The video for his single Yeah! certainly applies, complete with slow motion effects.
  • Mentor: To Justin Bieber.
  • Mother F-Bomb: A censored one in "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love".
  • Mr. Fanservice: In 2010, Glamour Magazine named him one of the 50 sexiest men alive.
  • Stage Names: Subverted in that Usher is his real name too, so he just left out the Raymond IV part.
  • Super Bowl: Made a surprise appearance at Super Bowl XLV to sing his song, OMG with the Black Eyed Peas' musician will.i.am.

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