The R&B singer Usher has left his manager, Billboard reported. In a statement released by his label, LaFace/Zomba, Usher said that he had “dissolved his management arrangement with Benny Medina and has re-engaged Jonnetta Patton,” his mother, “as his manager.” Usher was managed by his mother until May 2007, when he hired Mr. Medina, who manages Mariah Carey and other artists. Usher’s latest album, “Here I Stand,” has sold 948,000 copies in the past 10 weeks in the United States and is the eighth best-selling album of the year to date. But it hasn’t sold nearly as well his “Confessions” album from 2004, which sold 3.77 million copies in its first 10 weeks.
8.14.2008
Usher Rehires mother as manager
The R&B singer Usher has left his manager, Billboard reported. In a statement released by his label, LaFace/Zomba, Usher said that he had “dissolved his management arrangement with Benny Medina and has re-engaged Jonnetta Patton,” his mother, “as his manager.” Usher was managed by his mother until May 2007, when he hired Mr. Medina, who manages Mariah Carey and other artists. Usher’s latest album, “Here I Stand,” has sold 948,000 copies in the past 10 weeks in the United States and is the eighth best-selling album of the year to date. But it hasn’t sold nearly as well his “Confessions” album from 2004, which sold 3.77 million copies in its first 10 weeks.
Usher opens up NFL season
The NFL has now confirmed that its 89th season will be ushered in by … well, none other than Usher. The R&B star will perform during a special and (more importantly) free pregame event on September 4 at 3 p.m. in New York’s Columbus Circle. Country crooner Keith Urban will also take the stage, right before the defending Super Bowl champs, the New York Giants, face the Washington Redskins in this year’s season opener.
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