![]() His friend and former A&R rep named Kawan "KP" Prather thought the album would let the public know Usher personally, as Kawan "KP" Prather speaks, " The music has never been the question, but people tend to buy into the artist. One of Usher's first steps of recording Confessions was deciding to reveal " his own little secrets". Diddy and The Neptunes during one of those sessions but were not released. He went on recording a few more tracks with help from fellow Atlantian's Lil Jon and Ludacris.Įventually, the team was able to produce songs like "Red Light" and "Yeah!". Usher was displeased with the decision and he felt that returning to the studio was the hardest part & needed to re-motivate himself. Reid, who listened to the record however, they thought something was missing in it, " You know what, there's like one or two more records that we just gotta get." Initially, he submitted the album to his record label, Arista. With forty recorded songs, Usher felt the album had already been completed. The album features productions by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Just Blaze, R. You gotta look for something different."ĭupri also invited his frequent collaborator Bryan-Michael Cox. In spite of his vision, Usher stated, " With this album I chose some new producers who I figured would definitely allow me to really articulate myself in a different way. Production began between Usher and Jermaine Dupri, who produced his last two albums My Way (in 1997) and 8701 (in 2001). ![]() When he began recording "Confessions" in 2003, Usher claimed that he did not want to work with any new producers. He most recently launched a successful line of signature fragrances, actively heads up his own charity, New Look Foundation, a camp for teens that teaches them about the entertainment business, and he is part owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team.Album Background Album Production Usher Raymond IV has achieved what few other contemporary entertainers have ever accomplished. The Tennessee-born, Atlanta raised performer, songwriter, producer, dancer, actor started his multi-faceted career at the age of 15- years old. With four studio albums, the eponymous first release, Usher (1994) and multi-platinum albums, the 6x- platinum My Way (1997),the 4x-platinum 8701 (2001), and the 9x-platinum Confessions (2004) and one gold-certified live album simply titled Live (1999), and a string of #1 hit singles including "U Remind Me," "U Got It Bad," "Yeah," "Burn," and "My Boo" Usher's return to the top of the charts is inevitable. ![]() Over the span of his 14-year career, Usher has sold close to 26 million albums worldwide and combining all of his single, album and DVD sales, he's sold in excess of 36 million units globally. Worldwide, the multi-talented, five-time Grammy-winner, musician and actor has sold nearly 14 million copies of Confessions and it earned a multitude of honors including MTV, BET, and People's Choice awards. 1 position on The Billboard Hot 100- which is more than any other male artist in the nearly 50 year history of the chart. The album spawned four #1 hit singles and Usher spent 40 weeks in the No. Within the first week of the release of Confessions, Usher sold more than any other R&B artist in the history of SoundScan. Slated for global release on May 27th, Here I Stand is Usher's follow-up to his history-making, 9x platinum-selling Confessions. The video for "Love In This Club" was directed by the rising directing tandem of the Brothers Strause and will have its worldwide debut on MTV, BET and VH1 on April 7th. The song became his eighth #1 hit and is the lead single from his forthcoming, fifth studio album, Here I Stand. The smash hit currently holds the #2 position on both the Hot 100 and Hot Digital Tracks charts. Usher's newest single, "Love In This Club," features Young Jeezy, and is co-written by Usher and produced by Polow Da Don. The video for "Love In This Club" will make its worldwide debut on MTV April 7th and the latest smash hit sits comfortably at #2 as the weeks greatest Airplay Gainer on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. ![]() Originally scheduled for a June release the highly anticipated album has been pushed up in order to satiate increasing global demand from all of his fans. LaFace/Zomba recording artist Usher sets to release his eagerly awaited album "Here I Stand" on May 27th.
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