Usher Net Worth ([current_date format=’F, Y’]): Earnings, House, Age, Height, wife, Biography

Usher Net Worth: $200 Million (approx.)

Usher Net Worth is around $200 million. Usher is a famous American singer, songwriter, producer and actor.

Usher has sold more than 75 million records globally till date. He is also the co-founder, with Scooter Braun, of RBMG Records, Justin Bieber’s record company.

Usher net worth [current_date format=’Y’]:

Usher net worth is $200 million in [current_date format=’F, Y’].

Usher business Ventures:

As an actor, Usher has made appearances in many notable titles including Moesha, The Faculty, She’s All That and In the Mix.

Usher’s side projects include US Records, which he established, co-ownership of professional basketball team the Cleveland Cavaliers, and co-ownership of Tidal.

Usher House:

Usher paid $1.2 million for a 10,000 square-foot mansion in Alpharetta, Georgia in 1998. He sold this home in 2018 for $1.5 million. He actually first came upon this home in 1991 while still a teenager. At the time it was owned by music industry titan LA Reid.

Usher bought the home 7 years later when he was just 20 years old. At the time the seller was Reid’s ex-wife Perri “Pebbles” Reid – creator of the girl group TLC.

Usher paid $3.04 million for a 13,000 square-foot palatial estate in Roswell, Georgia in 2007. He sold this home in 2013 for $2.2 million.

In 2015 Usher bought a home in the Hollywood Hills above the Sunset Strip for $3.37 million. He sold this house for $3.3 million when he found a buyer in November 2018.

Usher Biography:

Usher Raymond IV was born on October 14, 1978. Born in Texas but raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Usher’s mother Jonetta and his father Usher Raymond II recognized his vocal talent at an early age.

They pushed Usher when he was 9 to join the local church choir in Chattanooga.

The family moved the family to Atlanta where Usher began recording professionally and making guest vocal appearances. He attended North Springs High School.

Usher Music Career:

After Usher’s performance on Star Search at the age of 13, a rep from LaFace Records arranged audition with the co-founder of the record label. They signed Usher on the spot after he auditioned with Boyz II Men’s “End of the Road.” Usher’s mother left her job in order to manage his career.

As Usher was preparing his debut album, he was going through puberty and experiencing difficulties in adjusting his singing voice.

The label put his record on hold and sent Usher to New York in 1994 to live with Puff Daddy as a singing/coaching “camp”. On August 30, 1994, Usher’s self-titled debut album was released. He was just 16 years old. It peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard charts.

Usher’s second album, My Way, was released in September 1997. The lead single “You Make Me Wanna…” reached No. 1 in the U.K. It became his first gold and platinum-certified single in the U.S. “Nice & Slow” peaked at No. 1 in January 1998.

The album has been certified six-time platinum. “8701”, Usher’s third album, was released in August 2001 with the leading singles “U Remind Me” and “U GotIt Back” topping the Billboard Hot 100.

Usher was awarded a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for “U Remind Me”, and he won the same award the next year for “U Don’t Have to Call”.

“Confessions“, Usher’s fourth album, came out in March 2004. It sold 1.1 million units at its debut, making it the highest first-week numbers ever recorded by a male R&B Artist. The first single “Yeah!” dominated at No. 1 for six weeks. Confessions earned usher tons of awards and accolades, including three Grammy awards.

Usher went on to release 5 more albums with success but none quite topping his early four: Here I stand (2008), Raymond v. Raymond (2010), Looking 4 Myself), 2016’s Hard II Love, and A from 2019. In 2019, he announced he was working on Confessions II for a 2020 release.

Several of Usher albums debuted at the number one position on the US Billboard 200 chart. Five of his albums have been certified platinum by the RIAA (My Way, 8701, Confessions, Here I Stand) with Confessions selling over 10 million copies and achieving a diamond certification in the USA.

Usher ten hit number one singles include U Remind Me (8701), OMG (Raymond v. Raymond), and Yeah! (Confessions), which reached number one across nine countries and became the best performing single of 2004 in the USA.

Usher continues to wow audiences with his high energy and creative live performances. He is considered by many to be legendary in R&B and has made many top lists of best R&B vocalists of all time. He’s served as an inspiration and influence for a whole new generation of R&B artists.

Usher has also enjoyed partnerships and endorsements through the years with big names such as Samsung, Mastercard, and Pepsi, turning him into a household name.

“Confessions”, Usher’s fourth album, came out in March 2004. It sold 1.1 million units at its debut, making it the highest first-week numbers ever recorded by a male R&B Artist.

The first single “Yeah!” dominated at No. 1 for six weeks. Confessions earned usher tons of awards and accolades, including three Grammy awards.

Usher went on to release five more albums, each to moderate-to-high success but none quite topping his early four: Here I stand (2008), Raymond v. Raymond (2010), Looking 4 Myself), 2016’s Hard II Love, and A from 2019. In 2019, he announced he was working on Confessions II for a 2020 release.

Usher has also enjoyed partnerships and endorsements through the years with big names such as Samsung, Mastercard, and Pepsi, turning him into a household name.

RBMG Records

In 2008 Usher and music manager Scooter Braun co-founded a record company called Raymond Braun Media Group, also known as RBMG Records. They created the company with Island Def Jam specifically to debut teen singer Justin Bieber.

Braun discovered Bieber on YouTube and brought him to Usher in Atlanta for a tryout. Usher then had Justin audition for Island Def Jam honcho LA Reid. A deal was quickly signed.

Usher Аgе, Неіght, Wеіght:

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Usher Philanthropy:

Usher founded a non-profit charity to “provide young people with a new look on life through education and real-world experience” called New Look.

He’s launched chapters in many major countries across the U.S. Usher was given the Freedom Award for his work with New Look by the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.

This award is reserved for people who have worked tirelessly for justice, equality, civil and human rights.

After Hurricane Katrina, he launched Project Restart to help more than 700 families with finding or rebuilding housing. Usher was given the key to the city of New Orleans in 2008 for his efforts. The mayor of the city proclaimed a day in his honor, Usher Day.

He teamed up with other artists in 2015 to donate over $500,000 in scholarships for students attending historically black colleges. He partnered with UNCF to create the Usher Raymond Scholarship Program, where he gave a student a $100,000 scholarship to Tuskegee University.

USher wife:

Usher dated TLC member Chilli Thomas from 2001-2003. He got married to stylist Tameka Foster in 2007. Upon their marriage, he became a stepfather to her 3 sons from a previous relationship. The couple also has two sons together.

Usher and Foster divorced in 2009 and a highly publicized child custody dispute followed. It was RESOLVED only in 2012, when a judge gave Usher primary custody of their two sons.

Usher married long-time girlfriend and manager Grace Miguel in September 2015. In December 2018, Usher filed for divorce.