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In between albums, Usher appeared in US TV series Moesha and in a string of movies, including chick flick She's All That.

However, it was with his second album My Way that his career really took off, with its lead single, You Make Me Wanna, becoming a huge global hit, topping the UK charts on its release in 1998.The follow-up, Nice And Slow, hit No.1 in the US.

Usher signed his first record deal aged just 13, after being discovered on US TV talent show Star Search.His self-titled debut album, released in 1994, was produced by P Diddy and was a modest success Stateside.

Usher returned to the charts in 2001 with Pop Ya Collar, which went straight in at No.2 on the UK charts.

8701 was Usher's third studio album and was a huge success worldwide, reaching No.1 on the UK album chart and going four times Platinum in the US.Hits from this album included U Got It Bad and U Remind Me.

Usher's fourth album Confessions was even more successful, selling more than 20 million copies worldwide. It produced the huge No.1 hit Yeah!, the deeply personal ballad Burn and his hit duet with Alicia Keys, My Boo.

Usher posing during the Here I Stand era. Released in 2008, the album scored the second highest first week sales of the year in the US.

Usher looks off into the distance

Usher produced Justin Bieber's Never Say Never film, February 2011