Usher

By Robbie Daw Handler  busted him on what we all think when it comes to teen pop stars—that the “Favorite Girl” and “One Less Lonely Girl” singer spends a lot of time singing about love and relationships. “Do you have a ton of experience with that kind of thing?” she asked him.

By Becky Bain The 15-year-old Canadian heartthrob took a break from playing video games on the floor of Ellen’s set to talk up his album My World, out today (like you needed us to tell you that, we’re sure you had today’s date circled in red on your Justin Bieber calendar). And just when viewers were involu...

By Becky JT even won an Emmy for his hilarious work on Saturday Night Live (not to mention for co-writing classy love song “Dick in a Box”). Is an Oscar far off? Okay, that might be stretching it. We missing anybody, folks? Pissed we left off Oscar-winner Cher? Sometimes-actor Jon Bon Jovi? Or perhaps...

By Robbie If you thought Usher protege Justin Bieber was gonna be content with racking up his umpteen iTunes hits—like the Cardigans/”Lovefool”-interpolating “Love Me”—and then just walk away with his bookbag full of royalty cash, think again!

By Robbie 6. Favorite R&B Artist: Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey, Usher AMERIE! 7. Favorite Pop Artist: Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Lady GaGa, Taylor Swift Kelly Clarkson was clearly way too controversial for this one.

By Chris Molanphy Aiken’s and Hicks’ tracks can be eliminated right away. These were American Idol coronation songs that each topped the Hot 100 based on a couple of fluke weeks of massive CD-single sales. I defy anyone reading this column, pop fan or no, to hum me a bar of those two tracks.

By Maura Usher’s “cutting you loose via legal document” comeback single “Papers” was pretty awesome, an incendiary throw-down that was right back in Confessions mode. Unfortunately, for the follow-up single, he’s enlisted the knob-twiddler RedOne, who is fresh off assisting in the ruinatio...

By Maura Favorite Female Artist Alicia Keys Beyoncé Britney Spears Katy Perry Mariah Carey Miley Cyrus Pink Rihanna Shakira Taylor Swift Whitney Houston Favorite R & B Artist Alicia Keys Beyoncé Jennifer Hudson Jeremih Keri Hilson Mariah Carey Mary J. Blige Maxwell Ne-Yo Usher

By Maura Johnston Usher, "First Class Flight (To The Moon)": Usher rewrites Ne-Yo's "Closer." It sounds better than anything on Here I Stand, but you have to admit that's a pretty low bar. Bobby Valentino feat. Ludacris, "Me & You": My favorite track on the mix, a straight-up old-school confessional bal...

By Maura Johnston Pro: Right, but it's a play on "upping the ante." What would you have rather seen, something like USHER LOWERS THE BRA? Con: This is the paper that brought us HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR. Shouldn't we demand higher standards? USHER UPS THE PANTY [NYP]

By Anono-Critic For the July "Swagger" issue, the mag secured the participation of Usher Raymond for both a photo shoot and a sit-down chat. In "Caught Up," penned by Mitzi Miller, Usher addresses the issue that has enveloped his public profile in the past year: the dismissal of his "mom-ager" of 30/15 yea...

By Maura Johnston 1. Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III (100,000) 3. N*E*R*D, Seeing Sounds (16,000) 5. Disturbed, Indestructible (12,000) 6. Sex And The City soundtrack (10,000) 7. Weezer (8,900) 8. Jakob Dylan, Seeing Things (8,500) 9. Plies, Definition Of Real (6,100) 10. Usher, Here I Stand (5,300)

By Maura Johnston The top 10 digital albums, with sales totals in parentheses: 1. Weezer (41,000) 2. Disturbed, Indestructible (41,000) 3. Sex And The City soundtrack (19,000) 4. Usher, Here I Stand (9,900) 5. Death Cab For Cutie, Narrow Stairs (6,400) 6. Jewel, Perfectly Clear (6,300)