Raymond v. Raymond

***Raymond v. Raymond*** is the sixth studio album by American singer Usher. It was released on March 26, 2010. Recording the album happened between 2008 and 2010. It was produced by Jermaine Dupri, The Runners, Ester Dean, Polow da Don, RedOne, Jim Jonsin, Danja, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Bangladesh, and Tricky Stewart.

The album debuted at number one on the _Billboard_ 200 chart. It sold 329,000 copies the first week. It sold over 1,000,000 copies in the United States. It was then certified platinum by the RIAA. This means that the album shipped 1,000,000 copies in the United States. _Raymond v. Raymond_ released five singles. These include the hit single "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)", "Lil Freak", "There Goes My Baby", "OMG", and "More".

After the album was released, it was given mixed reviews from music critics. Many music critics did not like the lyrics and the themes of the songs. Others liked it. The album won several awards. It won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. Usher went on his OMG Tour in 2011 to promote the album worldwide.

## Personnel

Credits for _Raymond v. Raymond_ from Allmusic.

- Kory Aaron – assistant
- Marcella Araica – engineer
- Alex Barajas – assistant
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Ian Cross – engineer, mixing, vocal engineer
- Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – engineer
- Dylan "3-D" Dresdow – mixing
- Jermaine Dupri – mixing
- Joe Gallagher – assistant
- Conor Gilligan – assistant
- Matty Green – assistant
- Blake Harden – assistant
- Kemal Harris – stylist
- Patrick Hewlett – assistant
- Gordon Hogan – assistant
- Sam Holland – assistant
- John Horesco IV – engineer
- Bob Horn – mixing
- Jaycen Joshua – mixing
- Damien Lewis – assistant
- Giancarlo Lino – assistant
- Erik Madrid – assistant
- Michael Makowski – assistant
- Anthony Mandler – photography
- Rob Marks – engineer
- Frank Romano – guitar

- Matt Marrin – engineer, mixing
- Manny Marroquin – mixing
- Thurston McCrea – assistant
- Andrew Mezzi – assistant
- Brandon Middleton – assistant
- Vernon Mungo – engineer
- Brandon Parks – assistant
- Nicole Patterson – make-up
- Jonetta Patton – artist development
- Karl Peterson – assistant
- Mark Pitts – executive producer, A&R
- Shawn Porter – groomer
- Usher Raymond – executive producer
- Rob Skipworth – engineer
- Tim Sonnefeld – mixing
- Brian Stanley – mixing
- Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
- Jay Stevenson – engineer
- Phil Tan – mixing
- Matt Taylor – art direction, design
- Miles Walker – engineer
- Jason Wilkie – assistant
- will.i.am – engineer
- Tre Williams – engineer
- James Wisner – engineer
- Lauren Evans - background vocals

### Chart positions

|scope="col"|Chart (2010)|scope="col"|Peak position|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Australian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|2||
|Australian Urban Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|1||
|Austrian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|68||
|Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)|style="text-align:center;"|43||
|Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)|style="text-align:center;"|67||
|Canadian Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|4||
|Dutch Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|34||
|French Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|32||
|German Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|47||
|Greek Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|4||
|Irish Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|17||
|New Zealand Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|8||
|Polish Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|40||
|Scottish Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|8||
|South African Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|17||
|Swiss Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|20||
|UK Albums Chart|style="text-align:center;"|2||
|UK R&B Chart|style="text-align:center;"|2||
|US _Billboard_ 200|style="text-align:center;"|1||
|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|style="text-align:center;"|1||

### Year-end charts

|Chart (2010)|Position||
| --- | --- | --- |
|US _Billboard_ 200|style="text-align:center;"|18|
|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|style="text-align:center;"|6|

### Certifications

|scope="col"|Country|scope="col"|Provider|scope="col"|Certification|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Australia|ARIA|Platinum||||
|Canada|CRIA|Platinum||||
|United States|RIAA|Platinum||||

## Release history

|Region|Date|Deluxe Edition|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Germany|March 26, 2010||||
|United States|rowspan="2"|March 30, 2010|rowspan="2"|August 24, 2010|
|Canada|||||
|Brazil|April 15, 2010||||
|Japan|April 21, 2010||||
|United Kingdom|April 26, 2010|September 20, 2010|||

## Other websites

- _Raymond v. Raymond_ at Discogs
- _Raymond v. Raymond_ at Metacritic

## Infobox (album)

- **name**: Raymond v. Raymond
- **type**: studio
- **artist**: Usher (musician), Usher
- **released**: March 26, 2010
<small>(see #Release history, release history)</small>
- **recorded**: 2008–2010
- **genre**: contemporary R&B, R&B, electropop
- **length**: 58:59
- **border**: yes
- **label**: LaFace Records, LaFace, Jive Records, Jive
- **producer**: Usher <small>(executive producer, exec.)</small>, Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox, will.i.am, Zaytoven, Polow da Don, RedOne, Danja, The Runners, Jim Jonsin, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Bangladesh (producer), Bangladesh, Sean Garrett
- **prev title**: Here I Stand
- **prev year**: 2008
- **next title**: Versus (EP), Versus
- **next year**: 2010