“He stands alone as the leading male R&B artist of that period,” Vogue Wilborn, a music and culture commentator, said of Usher’s run in the 2000s. It solidified an unassailable truth: Aside from Usher, there is no other contemporary male R&B artist with the combination of vocals, catalog, showmanship and presence. The Tiny Desk performance also officially laid to rest any lingering talk of wanting to see Usher in a Verzuz setting. One who’s proud of his catalog but even more moved by how his music connects to the people responsible for making him a star. Usher’s Tiny Desk concert showcased an artist who’s comfortable in his superstardom. He’s won eight Grammy awards, four BET awards, had four albums hit number one on the Billboard Hot 200 chart, has sold out shows around the globe, and was named one of the top artists of the decade in 2009. Since his self-titled debut dropped in 1994, he’s released eight studio albums - four platinum albums, and one certified diamond album in Confessions. Life is a collaborative process and being able to lift each other up, stand with each other, is all it’s really about.” “I think that if life has taught us anything it is that we should share with each other, not just the music. I’m really happy to be able to share,” Usher told the intimate crowd during the performance. “I’m really happy to be able to celebrate all of the years of music. Related Story Our top musical moments of 2022, from favorite song to verse of the year Read now
Usher’s performance, which capped off Black Music Month back in June, was a mix of emotions from sensual, comical, open and revealing.
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Like MTV Unplugged for the generation prior, NPR’s Tiny Desk series features stripped down musical offerings from some of the top artists in the world. And his Las Vegas residency has been so popular, it’s been extended multiple times.īut if there was a singular moment that highlighted Usher’s dominance in 2022, his Tiny Desk performance was just that. Weaving in and out of his vast collection of hits, the performance was a masterclass. He returned to Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, thanks to the City Girls’ bouncy “ Good Love.” The feature was his 52nd charting single, and his first since Summer Walker’s 2019 smash “ Come Thru.” He delivered an electric set at Pharrell’s Something In The Water festival in DC. The singer experienced his own “renaissance” (shout out to Beyoncé) this year. While many were debating whether R&B was dead, Usher almost single-handedly proved the genre was not only alive, but thriving. Nearly 30 years after his debut album dropped, 2022 was an unexpected, but well-deserved, victory lap for one of the true kings of R&B. It’s hard to deny that Usher had one hell of a year.
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