American Music Festival

With over 45 million records sold and five GRAMMY awards, Usher is the singer, composer, producer, actor, businessman, designer and philanthropist recognized around the world as the quintessential contemporary icon. Performing at the Ocean Center Arena on Friday September 3rd, Usher headlines the second night of festival concerts. With a celebrated career spanning nearly two decades, Usher earned the distinction of being the « Top Hot 100 Artist of the Decade » with 13 consecutive top 20 singles - seven reaching No.1 and collectively spending the most weeks atop the Hot 100 Singles chart for any act in the decade. Released in Spring 2010, Raymond V. Raymond is Usher’s third consecutive album to debut at the top of the charts in the US and also peaked in the top ten in US, the UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and on the European Top 100 chart. The album has spawned the hit singles « Papers, » « Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home),” « There Goes My Baby, » and most recently the summer hit and currently at the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 “OMG » featuring will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas.