Usher has built one of contemporary R&B’s most influential catalogs, moving from youthful new jack swing and slow jams into confessional soul, dance-pop, electronic production, Atlanta-rooted collaborations, film songs, and mature reflections on love and relationships. This complete A-to-Z guide gathers his studio recordings, soundtrack songs, guest appearances, remixes, live performances, interludes, non-album singles, collaborative releases, and recent recordings through 2026.

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Usher Raymond IV, a multifaceted performer born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, transformed the landscape of contemporary R&B with his soulful voice, electrifying stage presence, and groundbreaking hits. Born on October 14, 1978, Usher’s musical journey accelerated after his family relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, where his mother, Jonetta Patton, nurtured his burgeoning talent. Recognizing his potential, Usher joined the local singing group NuBeginnings before embarking on a solo career that would establish him as one of the most successful artists in modern music history.
Usher’s career took off in 1993 when he signed with LaFace Records after impressing L.A. Reid during an audition. At fifteen years old, he released his self-titled debut album in 1994, produced in part by Sean “Puffy” Combs. While the album introduced his potential, it was his sophomore release, My Way (1997), that propelled him to superstardom. Featuring hits like “You Make Me Wanna…,” “Nice & Slow,” and the title track, My Way established Usher as one of R&B’s leading young performers.
In 2001, Usher solidified his position as an R&B icon with 8701, a record that blended sensual ballads and uptempo tracks. Singles like “U Got It Bad,” “U Remind Me,” and “U Don’t Have to Call” became major hits, with the latter two earning Grammy Awards for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in consecutive years. His success reached unprecedented heights with the release of Confessions (2004), an album that explored love, infidelity, regret, and redemption. The album included the chart-topping songs “Yeah!,” “Burn,” “Confessions Part II,” and “My Boo.”
Usher continued evolving across Here I Stand (2008), Raymond v. Raymond (2010), Looking 4 Myself (2012), and Hard II Love (2016). Songs such as “Love in This Club,” “OMG,” “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love,” “Climax,” and “No Limit” demonstrated his ability to move between traditional R&B, pop, electronic music, and contemporary hip-hop production. In 2018, he released the collaborative project A with producer Zaytoven, reconnecting with his Atlanta roots.
Usher returned with his ninth solo studio album, Coming Home, in 2024. The twenty-track album featured “Good Good,” “Ruin,” “A-Town Girl,” “Risk It All,” “Coming Home,” and “Standing Next to You (USHER Remix).” Its expanded edition added “Believe” and “Naked,” bringing the project to twenty-two songs.
The same period brought one of the defining performances of Usher’s career when he headlined the Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show in Las Vegas. The performance drew from three decades of hits and featured appearances by Alicia Keys, H.E.R., will.i.am, Lil Jon, Ludacris, and Jermaine Dupri.
Usher has won eight Grammy Awards from twenty-four nominations. His official site credits him with more than seventy-five million records sold worldwide, while his catalog includes nine Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles. His ability to adapt to changing musical trends without abandoning the vocal control, choreography, and emotional directness at the center of his work has sustained a career spanning more than three decades.
His catalog continued expanding after Coming Home through Victoria Monét’s “SOS (Sex on Sight),” Chris Brown’s “It Depends (The Remix),” Kehlani’s “Shoulda Never,” T.I.’s “GORGEOUS,” and the 2026 The-Dream collaboration “Tampa.”
Beyond music, Usher has built a substantial career in film, television, theater, and live entertainment. His acting credits include The Faculty (1998), She’s All That (1999), and Hustlers (2019), along with a Broadway appearance in Chicago. His Las Vegas residencies further reinforced his reputation as a consummate live entertainer.
Offstage, Usher has used his platform to make a difference. In 1999, he founded Usher’s New Look, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering underserved young people through education, mentorship, and leadership development. His philanthropy has also included disaster-relief efforts and advocacy connected to social justice and community opportunity.
Usher’s enduring appeal lies in his ability to evolve as an artist while remaining true to the R&B foundation that first introduced him to audiences. His journey from a young singer raised in Chattanooga and Atlanta to an international superstar reflects talent, resilience, discipline, and a continuing commitment to performance.
Complete List Of Usher Songs From A to Z
#–D
- “2nd Round” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Appetite” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “ATA” – A (2018)
- “A-Town Girl” – featuring Latto – Coming Home (2024)
- “Bad Girl” – Confessions (2004)
- “Bad Habits” – non-album single (2020)
- “Bedtime” – My Way (1997)
- “Before I Met You” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Believe” – Coming Home (Expanded Edition) (2024)
- “Best Thing” – featuring Jay-Z – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Better on the Other Side” – multi-artist Michael Jackson tribute single (2009)
- “BIG” – Coming Home (2024)
- “Birthday” – A (2018)
- “Bop” – Coming Home (2024)
- “Boyfriend” – non-album single (2023)
- “Bump” – Hard II Love (2016)
- “Burn” – Confessions (2004)
- “California” – featuring Tyga – non-album single (2020)
- “Call Me a Mack” – Poetic Justice soundtrack (1993)
- “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Can U Get wit It” – Usher (1994)
- “Can U Handle It?” – Confessions (2004)
- “Can You Help Me” – 8701 (2001)
- “Caught Up” – Confessions (2004)
- “Chains” – featuring Nas and Bibi Bourelly – non-album single (2015)
- “Champions” – with Rubén Blades – Hands of Stone soundtrack (2016)
- “The Christmas Song” – Justin Bieber featuring Usher – Under the Mistletoe (2011)
- “Climax” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Clueless” – non-album single (2014)
- “Cold Blooded” – with The-Dream – Coming Home (2024)
- “Come Back” – My Way (1997)
- “Come Thru” – Summer Walker with Usher – Over It (2019)
- “Comin’ for X-Mas?” – non-album single (1995)
- “Coming Home” – with Burna Boy – Coming Home (2024)
- “Confessions (Interlude)” – Confessions (2004)
- “Confessions Part I” – Confessions (2004)
- “Confessions Part II” – Confessions (2004)
- “Confessions Part II (Remix)” – featuring Shyne, Kanye West, and Twista – Confessions (2004)
- “Crash” – Hard II Love (2016)
- “Crazy” – Usher (1994)
- “Dientes” – J Balvin, Usher, and DJ Khaled – non-album single (2023)
- “Dive” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love” – featuring Pitbull – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Doin’ the Most” – Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up (2005)
- “Do It to Me” – Confessions (2004)
- “Don’t Be Cruel” – Live (1999)
- “Don’t Waste My Time” – featuring Ella Mai – non-album single (2019)
- “Dot Com” – Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up (2005)
- “Down Time” – Hard II Love (2016)
E–H
- “Euphoria” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Every Little Step” – Live (1999)
- “Fed Up” – DJ Khaled featuring Usher, Drake, Young Jeezy, and Rick Ross – Victory (2010)
- “Final Goodbye” – Usher (1994)
- “First Dance” – Justin Bieber featuring Usher – My World (2009)
- “Follow Me” – Confessions (2004)
- “Foolin’ Around” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “FWM” – Hard II Love (2016)
- “Get in My Car” – featuring Bun B – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Gift Shop” – featuring Gunna – A (2018)
- “Glu” – non-album single (2023)
- “Go Missin'” – with Diplo – non-album single (2013)
- “Good Good” – with Summer Walker and 21 Savage – Coming Home (2024)
- “Good Kisser” – non-album single (2014)
- “Good Love” – City Girls featuring Usher – non-album single (2022)
- “Good Ol’ Ghetto” – 8701 (2001)
- “GORGEOUS” – T.I. and Usher – KILL THE KING (2026)
- “Guilty” – featuring T.I. – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Hard II Love” – Hard II Love (2016)
- “Here I Stand” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “His Mistakes” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Hottest Thing” – 8701 (2001)
- “Hot Thing” – featuring A$AP Rocky – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Hot Tottie” – featuring Jay-Z – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “How Do I Say” – 8701 (2001)
I–L
- “I Am the Party” – Coming Home (2024)
- “I Can’t Let U Go” – 8701 (2001)
- “I Care for U” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “I Cry” – non-album single (2020)
- “I Don’t Know” – featuring P. Diddy – 8701 (2001)
- “I Don’t Mind” – featuring Juicy J – non-album single (2014)
- “If I Want To” – 8701 (2001)
- “I.F.U.” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “I’ll Make It Right” – Usher (1994)
- “I’ll Show You Love” – Usher (1994)
- “I Love U” – Coming Home (2024)
- “I Need a Girl (Part One)” – Diddy featuring Usher and Loon – We Invented the Remix (2002)
- “I Need Love” – Live (1999)
- “Interlude 1” – Usher (1994)
- “Interlude 2 (Can’t Stop)” – Usher (1994)
- “Intro (Confessions)” – Confessions (2004)
- “Intro (Here I Stand)” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Intro-Lude 8701” – 8701 (2001)
- “It Depends (The Remix)” – Chris Brown featuring Bryson Tiller and Usher – non-album single (2025)
- “It Is What It Is” – Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up (2005)
- “I Will” – My Way (1997)
- “Just Like Me” – featuring Lil’ Kim – My Way (1997)
- “Keep on Dancin'” – Coming Home (2024)
- “Kissing Strangers” – Coming Home (2024)
- “LaLaLa” – Black Coffee featuring Usher – Subconsciously (2021); originally released in 2019
- “Lay You Down” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Lemme See” – featuring Rick Ross – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Lessons for the Lover” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Let Me” – Hard II Love (2016)
- “Lifetime” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Lil Freak” – featuring Nicki Minaj – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Lingerie” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Looking 4 Myself” – featuring Luke Steele – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Looking for Love” – Last Train to Paris (2010)
- “Love ‘Em All” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Love in This Club” – featuring Young Jeezy – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Love in This Club Part II” – featuring Beyoncé and Lil Wayne – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Lovers and Friends” – Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris – Crunk Juice (2004)
- “Love Was Here” – Usher (1994)
- “Love You Gently” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Luckiest Man” – Coming Home (2024)
- “Lullaby (Mega Remix)” – JayDon, Paradise, and Usher – non-album single (2025)
M–P
- “Make U a Believer” – Hard II Love (2016)
- “Making Love (Into the Night)” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “The Many Ways” – Usher (1994)
- “Margiela” – Coming Home (2024)
- “Mars vs. Venus” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Milk Carton” – non-album single (2015)
- “Mind of a Man” – Hard II Love (2016)
- “Missin U” – Hard II Love (2016)
- “Monstar” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “More” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Moving Mountains” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “My Boo” – with Alicia Keys – Confessions (2004)
- “My Life Your Entertainment” – T.I. featuring Usher – Paper Trail (2008)
- “My Way” – My Way (1997)
- “Naked” – Coming Home (Expanded Edition) (2024)
- “Need U” – Hard II Love (2016)
- “New Flame” – Chris Brown featuring Usher and Rick Ross – X (2014)
- “Nice & Slow” – My Way (1997)
- “No Limit” – Hard II Love (2016)
- “Numb” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Okay” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “OMG” – featuring will.i.am – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “One Day You’ll Be Mine” – My Way (1997)
- “One of Them Ones” – Coming Home (2024)
- “On the Side” – Coming Home (2024)
- “Papers” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Party” – Chris Brown featuring Usher and Gucci Mane – Heartbreak on a Full Moon (2017)
- “The Party Continues” – Life in 1472 (1998)
- “Peace Sign” – A (2018)
- “Peaches (Remix)” – Justin Bieber featuring Usher, Ludacris, and Snoop Dogg – non-album single (2021)
- “Pianolude” – Live (1999)
- “Please U” – Coming Home (2024)
- “Pop Ya Collar” – 8701 (2001)
- “Prayer for You (Interlude)” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Pro Lover” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Promise” – Romeo Santos featuring Usher – Formula, Vol. 1 (2011)
Q–T
- “Red Light” – Confessions (2004)
- “Rest of My Life” – Ludacris featuring Usher and David Guetta – Ludaversal (2015); originally released in 2012
- “Revolver” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Risk It All” – with H.E.R. – The Color Purple soundtrack; Coming Home (2024)
- “Rivals” – featuring Future – Hard II Love (2016)
- “Rock Wit’cha” – Live (1999)
- “Roni” – Live (1999)
- “Room in a Room” – Coming Home (2024)
- “Ruin” – with Pheelz – Coming Home (2024)
- “Same Girl” – R. Kelly and Usher – Double Up (2007)
- “Say the Words” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Say What U Want” – A (2018)
- “Scream” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Seduction” – Confessions (2004)
- “Separated” – 8701 (2001)
- “SexBeat” – with Lil Jon and Ludacris – non-album single (2020)
- “She Ain’t Tell Ya” – A (2018)
- “She Came to Give It to You” – featuring Nicki Minaj – non-album single (2014)
- “She Don’t Know” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Shoulda Never” – Kehlani featuring Usher – Kehlani (2026)
- “Show Me” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Simple Things” – Confessions (2004)
- “Sins of My Father” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Slow Jam” – featuring Monica – My Way (1997)
- “Slow Love” – Usher (1994)
- “Smile Again” – Usher (1994)
- “Somebody to Love (Remix)” – Justin Bieber featuring Usher – non-album single (2010)
- “Something Special” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “SOS (Sex on Sight)” – Victoria Monét and Usher – JAGUAR II: Deluxe (2024)
- “Spotlight” – Gucci Mane featuring Usher – The State vs. Radric Davis (2009)
- “Standing Next to You (USHER Remix)” – Jung Kook and Usher – Coming Home (2024)
- “Stay at Home” – featuring Future – A (2018)
- “Stone Kold Freak” – Coming Home (2024)
- “Stranger” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Stronger” – Hard II Love (2016)
- “Superstar” – Confessions (2004)
- “Superstar (Interlude)” – Confessions (2004)
- “Sweet Lies” – non-album single (2004)
- “Take Your Hand” – Confessions (2004)
- “Tampa” – The-Dream and Usher – Love/Hate II (2026)
- “Tell Me” – Hard II Love (2016)
- “Tender Love” – Live (1999)
- “That’s What It’s Made For” – Confessions (2004)
- “There Goes My Baby” – Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
- “Think of You” – Usher (1994)
- “This Ain’t Sex” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “This Day” – featuring Kiana Ledé – Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
- “Throwback” – Confessions (2004)
- “Too Much” – non-album single (2020)
- “Touch’N You” – Rick Ross featuring Usher – God Forgives, I Don’t (2012)
- “Trading Places” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Transparency” – 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne featuring Usher – Welcome 2 Collegrove (2023)
- “Truth Hurts” – Confessions (2004)
- “T.T.P.” – 8701 (2001)
- “Twisted” – featuring Pharrell – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “Twork It Out” – 8701 (2001)
U–Z
- “U Don’t Have to Call” – 8701 (2001)
- “U Got It Bad” – 8701 (2001)
- “U Remind Me” – 8701 (2001)
- “U R the One” – 8701 (2001)
- “U-Turn” – 8701 (2001)
- “Wait for It” – The Hamilton Mixtape (2016)
- “Whatever I Want” – Confessions (2004)
- “What Happened to U” – Looking 4 Myself (2012)
- “What More Can I Give” – Charity Record (2003)
- “What’s a Man to Do” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “What’s Your Name” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “What You Need” – Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up (2005)
- “Whispers” – Usher (1994)
- “Will Work for Love” – Here I Stand (2008)
- “Without U (Interlude)” – 8701 (2001)
- “Without You” – David Guetta featuring Usher – Nothing but the Beat (2011)
- “Yeah!” – featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris – Confessions (2004)
- “You Decide” – A (2018)
- “You Make Me Wanna…” – My Way (1997)
- “You Took My Heart” – Usher (1994)
Usher Studio Albums
Usher (1994)
My Way (1997)
8701 (2001)
Confessions (2004)
Here I Stand (2008)
Raymond v. Raymond (2010)
Looking 4 Myself (2012)
Hard II Love (2016)
Coming Home (2024)
Usher Live, Collaborative, Expanded, and Anniversary Releases
Live (live album, 1999)
A with Zaytoven (collaborative album, 2018)
My Way (25th Anniversary Edition) (expanded edition, 2022)
Coming Home (Expanded Edition) (expanded edition, 2024)
Confessions (20th Anniversary Edition) (expanded edition, 2024)
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