Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B/pop singer and actor who rose to fame in the mid-late 1990s. To date, he has sold approximately 20 million albums in the United States, and over 35 million worldwide. Usher was born in Dallas, Texas and was raised primarily by his mother, Usher and his family later relocated to her home town of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Usher 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 pre-teen Usher was a member of a boy band, although his mother (now managing his career) later withdrew him from the group to concentrate on his solo work. At the age of 12, Usher and his family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, in the belief that the city would provide greater opportunities for showcasing his talent. At age thirteen, Raymond performed on Star Search,where he was spotted by an A&R representative from LaFace Records, who arranged an audition for him with L.A. Reid. A contract with the company soon followed. In 1993, Usher was introduced on “Call Me A Mack,” a song he recorded for the soundtrack album to the John Singleton film, Poetic Justice
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