High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Usher Terry Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), who performs under the mononym Usher, is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He is considered around the world to be the reigning King of R B. Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, "Nice Slow". The album has been certified 6-times platinum by the RIAA. His follow-up album, 8701, produced the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad". The album has been certified 4-times platinum by the RIAA. Both albums have sold over 8 million copies worldwide.