Q 01/05

Atlanta made Usher a star, but in which city was he born?

A) Memphis, Tennessee

B) Detroit, Michigan

C) Dallas, Texas

D) Miami, Florida

Answer · why

C) Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas was only his birthplace. When he was 12 his mother moved the family to Atlanta, a bigger city whose music scene could give his singing a...

Q 02/05

In which city did Usher spend most of his childhood before his family moved to Atlanta?

A) Nashville, Tennessee

B) Birmingham, Alabama

C) Savannah, Georgia

D) Chattanooga, Tennessee

Answer · why

D) Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga, Tennessee got a surprise in 2015, when he walked unannounced into an awards assembly at Dalewood, his old middle school, and presented a ...

Q 03/05

Usher has been a part-owner of which NBA team since 2005?

A) Brooklyn Nets

B) Memphis Grizzlies

C) Cleveland Cavaliers

D) Charlotte Hornets

Answer · why

C) Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers: he joined the group that bought the team in 2005, so when LeBron James led it to the 2016 title, Usher became an NBA champion...

Q 04/05

Which label, home to TLC, released Usher's debut album when he was 15?

A) Bad Boy

B) LaFace

C) So So Def

D) Death Row

Answer · why

B) LaFace

LaFace signed him in his early teens. He later called that debut "the wrong direction" and said its bad-boy image, all frowning for the camera, was ne...

Q 05/05

Which Usher album sold more than a million US copies in its first week in 2004?

A) 8701

B) Here I Stand

C) Raymond v. Raymond

D) Confessions

Answer · why

D) Confessions

Confessions almost went out without its biggest hit: when he first handed the album in, his label asked for more songs, and those extra sessions produ...