Usher releases his album 'Coming Home' ahead of Super Bowl performance
He will be performing at the Super Bowl Half-Time show
Last updated 9th Feb 2024
Usher Raymond IV, simply Usher to most, has now released his first album in seven years called 'Coming Home', featuring a tracklist of 20 songs with some huge collabs, such as Burna Boy, 21 Savage, Latto and many more.
On the day of the album's release, Usher shared a video featuring some of the album's tracks with their collaborators, such as BTS' Jung Kook, H.E.R. and Pheelz.
He captioned his video: 'To my Day 1s...I love y’all...I know it’s been a long time coming. I hope U love it as much as I do. #COMINGHOME go get it!!!'. (sic)
The singer, who was announced to perform at this year's Super Bowl Half-Time show, back in September, took to social media at the time to announce the exciting news along with the album artwork, confirming the name of the record is: 'COMING HOME.'
Despite releasing many songs over the last few years, including 'Good Good' with 21 Savage and Summer Walker, his last album was released back in 2016, called 'Hard II Love'.
'Hard II Love' featured two Top 20 hits in the UK, 'Good Kisser' and 'She Came to Give It to You' featuring Nicki Minaj.
It's not long until Usher will take to the stage to perform at the 2024 Super Bowl Half-Time show, which is set to take place in Las Vegas. The announcement was made on social media, with various promo videos shared by Usher, including one with Kim Kardashian, his future self, and American footballer Odell Beckham Jr.
What is the tracklist for 'Coming Home'?
Usher has now released the tracklist, the full 20 songs are listed below.
- ‘Coming Home’ performed by USHER & Burna Boy
- ‘Good Good’ performed by USHER, Summer Walker & 21 Savage
- ‘A-Town Girl’ performed by USHER & Latto
- ‘Cold Blooded’ performed by USHER & The Dream
- ‘Kissing Strangers’
- ‘Keep On Dancin’’
- ‘Risk It All’ performed by USHER & H.E.R.
- ‘Bop’
- ‘Stone Kold Freak’
- ‘Ruin’ performed by USHER and Pheelz
- ‘BIG’
- ‘On The Side’
- ‘I Am The Party’
- ‘I Love U’
- ‘Please U’
- ‘Luckiest Man’
- ‘Margiela’
- ‘Room in a Room’
- ‘One of Them Ones’
- ‘Standing Next To You’ (Remix) performed by USHER & Jung Kook
When is 'Coming Home' released?
Usher's album was released on 9th February 2024, two days before he performs at the Super Bowl.
You can hear songs by Usher on Northsound 1.
Take a look through Usher's collaborations:
'I Don't Know' with P. Diddy
The 2001 hit 'I Don't Know' featuring P. Diddy was a single from Usher's '8701' album. Written by Pharrell, the track managed to push Usher to the forefront of the music industry, leading to many more lucrative collaborations.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
'I Need a Girl' with P. Diddy
'I Need a Girl' was another single released in 2001 with P. Diddy, which well and truly stormed the charts. It reached Number 1 in the US and Number 4 in the UK.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
'My Boo' with Alicia Keys
'My Boo' was released in 2004 on Usher's fourth studio album, 'Confessions.' Alicia Keys featured on the track, which stayed at Number 1 in the US for six consecutive weeks. It peaked at Number 5 in the UK.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
'Throwback' with Jadakiss
'Throwback' merges Hip-Hop and jazz music and interestingly, it samples Dionne Warwick's song 'You're Gonna Need Me.' Produced back in 2004, the song featuring Jadakiss reached Number 35 in the US. The song was first written for Dr Dre.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
'Yeah' with Ludacris and Lil John
'Yeah' was Usher's first collaboration with Ludacris and Lil Jon in 2004. It was released as the lead single for his fourth studio album, 'Confessions', and it ended up staying at Number 1 in the US for 12 consecutive weeks, as well as reaching the top spot in the UK.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
'Lovers and Friends' with Lil Jon and Ludacris
'Lovers and Friends' was released in 2004 and was Usher's second collaboration with Lil Jon and Ludacris. The single stormed the US charts, peaking at Number 3 and Number 10 in the US and UK respectively.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
'Best Thing' with Jay-Z
If you're going to do a collab, you may as well do it with the top dogs, might you? Well Usher certainly took that motto on board, and in 2008, teamed up with Jay-Z to produce the iconic single, 'Best Thing.' It reached the Top 40 in the US.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
'OMG' with will.i.am
Released in 2010, Usher collaborated with The Black Eyed Peas front-man will.i.am on the up-tempo dance track, 'OMG.' It peaked at Number 1 in the UK and Number 2 in the US.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
'Somebody To Love' with Justin Bieber
And who can forget when Usher teamed up with teen heartthrob Justin Bieber back in 2010?! The pair collaborated on Justin's catchy track 'Somebody To Love', and it's fair to say it's a certified banger!
'Lil Freak' with Nicki Minaj
'Lil Freak', featuring US rapper Nicki Minaj, was the next single to be released after 'OMG.' However, it wasn't as successful as Usher's previous release, peaking at Number 40 in the US and only reaching 109 in the UK charts.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
'Fed Up' with DJ Khaled, Drake, Lil Wayne, Usher, Rick Ross and Jeezy
2010 was a good year for Usher, right? The singer teamed up with DJ Khaled, Drake, Lil Wayne, Usher, Rick Ross and Jeezy, to produce 'Fed Up.' The song peaked at Number 45.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
'Without You' with David Guetta
Released in 2011, Usher collaborated with David Guetta to produce 'Without You', which became one of the biggest tracks of the year. It reached Number 2 in the UK and Number 4 in the US. The duo have since performed the song across the globe at huge music events, including Coachella in 2012.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
'I Don't Mind' with Juicy J
'I Don't Mind' became Usher's 13th Number 1 single in the US, tying him with the legends Michael Jackson and Marvin Gaye for sixth place among artists with the most Number 1's on the US charts. The single, which features Juicy J, charted at Number 3 in the UK in 2014.
Watch the music video on YouTube.
'Good Good' with 21 Savage and Summer Walker
Usher released 'Good Good' with 21 Savage and Summer Walker on 4th August 2023. The track is the lead single from Usher's upcoming ninth studio album 'Coming Home'.
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