As Usher preps for the Super Bowl halftime show and his first album in nearly a decade, revisit the entertainer's biggest hits and underrated gems that made him the King of R&B.
Usher’s self-titled debut flew under the radar, mostly because if you listen back to it now it hardly sounds like Usher. One of Usher’s strongest skills is the ability to pull you into his story and make it yours, too. Usher was only 15 years old when he released his debut album...
At the age of 16, Usher released his self-titled debut album in 1994. Sean 'Puff Daddy' Combs was heavily involved in the project and produced several tracks. The album performed mediocre, with the only single even breaking the top ten of the R&B charts being 'Think Of You.' As time...
Name at birth: Usher Raymond IV Called an "R&B teen dream" by Rolling Stone, Usher was only 15 years old when he released his self-titled first album in 1994. (The album was executive produced by hitmaker Sean "P. Diddy" Combs.) Usher's 1997 hit single "You Make Me Wanna..." ...
His 1994 self-titled debut was foundational in furthering Combs’ development of a new R&B sound that took production cues from hip-hop—but much of the album felt like an artist figuring out his sound in real time. When he returned three years later with a deeper voice, a jawline ...
1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as “Looking 4 Myself” debuts atop the list with 128,000 sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.The pop/R&B star’s last full-length studio album, 2010’s “Raymond v Raymond,” also launched at No. 1, but with bigger sales. It started with 329,...
while recording his self-titled 1994 album, and Pitts had a top A&R role at Arista during Usher’s early-2000s tenure there. Asked if he still sees that precocious teen in Usher today, Pitts laughs fondly. “The pain in the ass? Yeah, absolutely,” he says. “He was always singing...
The trailer ends with the words, "One performance. 30 years in the making." Usher released his self-titled debut album in 1994, three decades ago. Super Bowl LVIII takes place Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. It will air on CBS and stream on Paramount+....
The new album follows a slate of 2022 releases: EPsI LoveandI Feel, and their first studio album,I Never Die. Known for self-produced, challenging concepts, the group had a stellar 2023 with the success of "Queencard," which topped several Korean charts and was one of the year’smost ...
on his 1994 self-titled debut. he had the tender pedigree of a tevin campbell, but he was an old soul who embraced a level of showmanship that could veer toward hokey. he skated across stages with the grace of a swan, and he was charming and shameless enough to pull off tricks like...