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Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), best known as Usher, is an American R&B and pop singer and actor who rose to fame in the mid-late 1990s. To date, he has sold approximately 30 million albums worldwide and has won five Grammy Awards.[1] Usher is also a part owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers National Basketball Association franchise. He also has his own record label, US Records. Usher was born to Usher Terry Raymond IV and Jonetta (O\\\\\\\'Neal) Patton in Dallas, Texas, but spent the majority of his young life in Chattanooga, Tennessee. As a child, he joined his local church choir where he discovered his ability to sing. As early as junior high school, Usher successfully entered local talent shows imitating his idol Michael Jackson. As a preteen, Usher was a member of a boy band, although his mother (who was managing his career) later withdrew him from the group to concentrate on his solo work. Usher\\\\\\\'s family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in the belief that the city ...