So Usher's new album came out on Aug. 7, 2001, and it's called 8701. Not much guesswork involved there. The truth, though, is much more complex. Let's let Usher explain the title. First, a ...

Billboard’s Executive Director, R&B/Hip-Hop Gail Mitchell sat down with Usher, Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox to discuss the album 8701 20 years later at the 2021 Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Summit.

21st Century Soul has two camps: in the red corner, the nu classic soul warriors with a nostalgic, rootsy sound – step forward Macy Gray, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo and Jill Scott; in the blue corner ...

Raymond Usher cruised to the top of the RandB scene back in 1999, ... Two years on, he's regressed so far as to appear like a caricature of himself. 8701 is a really awful album, ...

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R&B; heartthrob Usher says he called his latest album “8701” to reflect the growth and maturity he achieved between 1987, when he launched his career, and 2001, when “8701” came out.

USHER “8701” i i ½ Arista When Usher canned this album six months ago, it looked like the project was dead in the water. But, after eight new songs and a lot of tweaking, he managed to … ...

There’s been a bit of controversy surrounding Usher’s latest album, 8701, his first since 1997’s six-times platinum My Way. Like many artists, his music was leaked via Napster months before ...

Usher has sailed to the top of the albums chart with Here I Stand, ... having previously hit the top spot with 2001's 8701 and fourth album Confessions, released four years ago.

Usher is performing at the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show, and millennials everywhere just pulled a muscle busting out dance moves from the 8701 album. (OK, maybe that was just me, but ...