Usher Choosen As Male Celebrity Fragrance Of The Year

Usher Chosen As Male Celebrity Fragrance Of The Year

The Fragrance Foundation recently announced that The Board of Directors had chosen multi-platinum recording star Usher as Male Celebrity Fragrance of the Year.

Rochelle Bloom, President of The Fragrance Foundation, commented “Usher has introduced a hugely successful, sophisticated and gentlemanly wardrobe of fragrances to a new generation of consumers who love his music and his style.”

Usher's Four Fragrances

Usher himself said “I consider fragrance to be one of the most important tools of engagement for seduction! My {{asin=B00375FRVC,text=fragrances}} are all about what you do with confidence and how you make an impact on the lives of those around you.”

The superstar has released four fragrances, Usher for Men, Usher for Women, Usher UR and Usher VIP.

He won the celebrity fragrance award for Usher VIP at the 38th annual {{asin=B004C600G2,text=fragrance}} award ceremony.

More About Usher

Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, 1978), known mononymously as Usher, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, philanthropist, businessman, and actor.   Usher was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Jonetta Patton (née O'Neal) and Usher Raymond III.

He rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, "Nice & Slow".

The album has been certified 6-times platinum by the RIAA. His follow-up album, 8701, produced the Billboard Hot 100 number one hits "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad". The album has been certified 4-times platinum by the RIAA.

Always Challenging Himself

Challenging himself creatively and testing musical boundaries are characteristics that have defined Usher's career since he was first discovered twenty years ago on Star Search.

Usher has been ranked by the Recording Industry Association of America as one of the best-selling artists in American music history, having sold over 46 million albums worldwide.

He has won numerous awards including eight Grammy Awards and was named the #1 Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade.

Usher's Success

Usher has attained nine Hot 100 #1 hits (all as a lead artist) and 18 Hot 100 top-10 singles.

Usher's business ventures besides his best-selling line of {{asin=B004FQYY34,text=fragrances}} includes a business interest with RBMG (Raymond Braun Media Group), home to superstar Justin Bieber.

Usher will star as boxer Sugar Ray Leonard in the upcoming film “Hands of Stone,” a biopic of boxer Roberto Duran, played by Edgar Ramirez and co-starring Robert De Niro, that is due out late 2014.