Usher is the winner of 17 Billboard Music Awards, nine ASCAP awards, eight Soul Train Music Awards and five Grammy Awards. Discovered on "Star Search" and based in Atlanta, the teenage Usher arrived on the international music scene in 1994 with his eponymous debut album. His second album, 1997's "My Way", sold more than 7 million copies worldwide and included the singles Nice & Slow and You Make Me Wanna ...
After releasing "Usher Live" in 1999, Usher cemented himself as a musical force with the release of "8701", featuring the number one hit U Got It Bad and Grammy-winning singles U Remind Me and U Don't Have to Call.
Usher's 2004 "Confessions" sold more than a million copies its first week in stores and eventually sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, thanks to a steady succession of chart-topping singles, Yeah!, Burn and Confessions Part II.
In early 2010, Usher released his seventh album, "Raymond V. Raymond". It sold more than 7 million tracks and ringtones combined. It held the No. 1 spot in the US Billboard R&B chart for seven weeks with the first single OMG, featuring will.i.am, topping the charts in the UK.
Only a few months later, Usher returned with "Raymond V. Raymond - Deluxe Edition", a conceptual sequel. Featuring eight new songs the album finds Usher connecting with his female fans in new and exciting ways.
The American singer-songwriter, dancer, entrepreneur, and actor has just teamed up with David Guetta to release a new track, Without You. Usher has also recently been presented with the Philanthropy Freedom Award by the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, for his charitable work with his foundation, New Look, which provides leadership skills and qualifications to young adults as well as fundraising for national emergencies.
* 3 March: Grand Arena, GrandWest, Cape Town. Tickets from R275 to R450
* 7 March: The ICC Durban Arena, Durban. Tickets from R250 to R450
* 10 March:Orlando Stadium, Soweto. Tickets from R200 to R600
Tickets go on sale on Friday, 4 November, 2011, at 9am from Computicket (915 8000)
This event is for over-18s only.
Tour updates will be made available on www.facebook.com/bigconcerts or www.twitter.com/BigConcerts
