Q 01/05

In which city was Usher born?

A) Dallas, Texas

B) Atlanta, Georgia

C) Chattanooga, Tennessee

D) Memphis, Tennessee

Answer · why

A) Dallas, Texas

He is a Texan by birth only; the family moved to Chattanooga, then to Atlanta to find him a bigger stage.

Q 02/05

In which city did Usher spend most of his childhood and join a church youth choir at nine?

A) Nashville, Tennessee

B) Birmingham, Alabama

C) Savannah, Georgia

D) Chattanooga, Tennessee

Answer · why

D) Chattanooga, Tennessee

The city later named a road Usher Raymond Parkway in his honour, in 2001.

Q 03/05

Usher's surname and suffix are what?

A) Raymond IV

B) Terry Raymond

C) Patton Raymond

D) Raymond Jr.

Answer · why

A) Raymond IV

His father was Usher Raymond III, who left when his son was a year old and reconciled with him shortly before dying in 2008.

Q 04/05

How old was Usher when his self-titled debut album came out in 1994?

A) 13

B) 15

C) 17

D) 19

Answer · why

B) 15

The songs were about sex, and the public had trouble believing a singer that young was singing them.

Q 05/05

Which 2004 album remains the best-selling album by a Black artist of the 21st century?

A) 8701

B) Here I Stand

C) Raymond v. Raymond

D) Confessions

Answer · why

D) Confessions

It sold nearly 1.1 million copies in its first week, then the most ever for a male R&B artist.