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中 文 名 亚瑟小子
外 文 名 Usher Raymond IV
别 名 Big Ush/Big Tyme
国 籍 美国
星 座 天秤座
血 型 A型
身 高 174cm
出 生 地 德克萨斯州达拉斯
出生日期 1978年10月14日
职 业 歌手
经纪公司 US唱片公司
代表作品 Yeah!、My Boo、U Remind Me、OMG
艺人资料
亚瑟小子原名Usher Raymond IV,父母在他很小的时候离婚。母亲很看重亚瑟的音乐天赋,带他搬往亚特兰大,就读那里的艺术学校。13岁时,在偶然参加的选秀节目中,亚瑟获得冠军。更意外的是,他得到了签约LaFace 唱片公司、师从制作人吹牛老爹的机会。
1994年8月30日,亚瑟小子的首张专辑《Usher》发行。吹牛老爹是这张专辑的特别监制。专辑单曲《Think of You》在公告牌排行榜上进入前十。
1995年,亚瑟小子又为可口可乐公司录制了假日单曲,并且在一年之后的亚特兰大奥运会上,与R&B女歌手Monica合作演唱《Let’s Straighten It Out》。
1997年,18岁的亚瑟小子高中毕业。同年,他的第二张个人专辑《My Way》发行。这张专辑连续11周成为公告牌R&B专辑榜的冠军,并且在公告牌专辑排行榜上排名第四;专辑单曲《Nice & Slow》成为公告牌冠军单曲。之后,亚瑟小子也开始投身到其他方面的发展,1998年首次参演电影,在《夺命高校》中饰演Gabe Santora。1999年参演舞台剧《点燃》。同年,亚瑟小子发行演唱会专辑《Live》。
2001年,他的第三张专辑《8701》发行,在公告牌专辑排行榜获得第四名。同年,他凭借专辑单曲《U Remind Me》获得第44届格莱美最佳R&B男歌手奖。
2002年,他凭借专辑中的另一首单曲《U Don't Have To Call》在第45届格莱美上蝉联了最佳R&B男歌手奖。
2004年3月23日,亚瑟小子发行第四张专辑《Confessions》(爱的告白)。专辑发售的第一周,便取得了110万张的销量,打破R&B男歌手专辑单周销售纪录;专辑连续9周获得公告牌专辑排行榜冠军;专辑单曲《Yeah!》、《Burn》和《Confessions Part II》均在公告牌单曲榜中夺冠。其中单曲《Yeah!》蝉联公告牌单曲榜冠军达12周。同年,专辑还在格莱美、全美音乐奖等颁奖典礼上获得奖项,而亚瑟小子本人也在该年获得了包括全美音乐奖流行摇滚类最佳男歌手在内的诸多奖项。
2007年,他的第五张专辑《Here I Stand》发行,与说唱歌手Young Jeezy合作的专辑主打单曲《Love in This Club》在公告牌单曲榜获得三周冠军。
2010年,亚瑟小子发行第六张专辑《Raymond Vs. Raymond》(巅峰对决),专辑收录了包括他与黑眼豆豆的Will.i.am共同创作完成的《OMG》在内的20首歌曲。推出首周便排名公告牌专辑排行榜第二。同年,他首次造访中国,在五棵松体育馆举行演唱会,并与嘉宾王力宏合唱歌曲《唯一》。
2011年,开启“OMG”世界巡演,先后在美国、欧洲各国以及上海举行巡回演唱。同年,在第53届格莱美颁奖典礼上,亚瑟小子获得最佳R&B男歌手与最佳R&B专辑奖。
2012年,发行第七张专辑《Looking 4 Myself》,专辑收录了他和瑞克·罗斯、法瑞尔·威廉姆斯、Empire Of The Sun成员Luke Steele等多位艺人合作的单曲。同年加盟音乐选秀节目《美国之声》担任导师。同年7月,于2004年发行的专辑《Confessions》销量突破1000万,获得“钻石唱片”称号。
2013年,他凭借专辑单曲《Climax》获得第55届格莱美最佳R&B男歌手。
2015年,凭借单曲《Good Kisser》获得第57届格莱美最佳R&B歌手和最佳R&B歌曲两项提名。
Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. Born in Dallas, Texas but raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee was where he lived until moving to Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 12 where his mother put him in local singing competitions all over the city. At one of these competitions is where he would catch the eye of a music A&R from LaFace Records. In August 1994 he released his self-titled debut album, Usher with the lead singles "Can U Get wit It" and "Think of You". He rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way (1997), which spawned his first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, "Nice & Slow". The album has been certified 6-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). My Way also earned Usher his first Grammy Award nomination for his debut single "You Make Me Wanna..." that reached number-one on the Rhythmic Top 40, Hot Dance Singles Sales, and US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts.His follow-up album, 8701, produced the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad"as the former won him his first Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in 2002 along with "U Don't Have to Call", consecutively earning him his second in 2003.
Usher's 2004 album, Confessions, established him as one of the best-selling musical artists of the 2000s decade. It sold over 20 million copies worldwide, bolstered by its four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number one songs — "Yeah!", "Burn", "Confessions Part II", and "My Boo" — and has been certified diamond by the RIAA.His follow-ups, Here I Stand (2008) and Raymond v. Raymond (2010), debuted atop the Billboard 200 and produced the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Love in This Club" and "OMG". A follow-up EP, Versus, was released in July 2010 and produced the successful track "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love". His seventh studio album, Looking 4 Myself (2012), debuted at number-one on the Billboard 200 chart.
The RIAA ranks Usher as one of the best-selling artists in American music history, having sold over 23.8 million albums and 38.2 million digital songs in the United States alone.To date, his worldwide sales stand over 43 million albums and 75 million records overall, making him one of the best-selling music artists.Usher has won numerous awards including eight Grammy Awards.At the end of 2009, Usher was named the number one Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade. Billboard named him the second most successful artist of the 2000s decade,with his 2004 album Confessions being ranked as the top solo album of the 2000s decade.Billboard also placed Usher at number six on their list of Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years.Usher has attained nine Hot 100 number-one singles.On September 8, 2007 Raymond was inducted into the 29th Annual Georgia Music Hall of Fame.In 2008, he started his own record label Raymond-Braun Media Group (RBMG) a joint venture with talent manager Scooter Braun. The most prominent artist Raymond represents is Justin Bieber. Under Raymond's minority ownership, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2016 NBA championship.