FIRST LISTEN: Usher's New Single 'She Came to Give It To You' ft. Nicki Minaj

By: Jul. 08, 2014
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Usher stopped by Chicago WGCI 107.5's 'Morning Riot with Tony Sculfield' show on Tuesday, July 8th and shared the world premiere his new single "She Came To Give It To You" featuring Nicki Minaj and produced by Pharrell. Get a first listen below!

The track is confirmed is the second single from Usher's forthcoming yet currently untitled eighth studio album, due in stores later this year via RCA Records.

Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first Billboard Hot 100number-one hit, "Nice & Slow". The album has been certified 6-times platinum by the RIAA. His follow-up album, 8701, produced the BillboardHot 100 number one hits "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad". The album has been certified 4-times platinum by the RIAA.

Usher's 2004 album, Confessions, sold over 10 million copies in the United States and has been certified diamond by the RIAA. Confessions has the highest first week sales for an R&B artist in history. It spawned four consecutive Billboard number one hits - "Yeah!", "Burn", "Confessions Part II", and "My Boo". Usher's 2008 album, Here I Stand, sold over 5 million copies worldwide, and its lead single "Love in This Club" spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

On March 30, 2010, Usher released his sixth studio album Raymond v. Raymond, which became his third consecutive album to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA, and spawned another Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit "OMG". The song became his ninth number one in the United States, making him the first 2010s artist to collect number one singles in three consecutive decades. He later released an extended play and deluxe edition of Raymond v. Raymond, entitled Versus, which debuted at number four on theBillboard 200 chart. Its lead single "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100.



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