Versus (EP)

Versus EP is the first extended play by American singer Usher. It was released on August 24, 2010 on LaFace Records and Jive Records. It was produced by Polow da Don, Jim Jonsin, Rico Love, Drumma Boy, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Tha Cornaboyz and Max Martin. Versus was the "last chapter of Raymond v. Raymond". The songs talked about Usher being a single father.

The EP debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. It sold 46,000 copies the first week. It became Usher's sixth top-ten album in the United States. The album released two singles. These include "Hot Tottie" and "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love". Versus reached the top-20 in Canada, top-30 in France, top-40 in Germany, Belgium, and on the Dutch Albums Chart. Many music critics did not like that album was a "pop" album. However, it was given most positive reviews.

 Track listing 

Personnel
Credits for Versus from Allmusic.[ Credits: Versus]. Allmusic. Retrieved on September 10, 2010.

 The Avila Brothers - Producer
 Bobby Ross Avila - Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Strings, Composer, Vocoder, Fender Rhodes
 Issiah J. Avila - Composer
 Walid Azami - Photography
 Marc Benno - Composer
 Charlie Bisharat - Strings
 Benny Blanco - Drums, Keyboards, Programming, Remix Producer, Remix Engineer
 Heather Bright - Composer
 Al Burna - Vocal Engineer
 Shawn Carter - Composer
 Dru Castro - Harp
 Lysa Cooper - Stylist
 Tom Coyne - Mastering
 Ian Cross - Engineer
 Lisa D. Dandlinger - Strings
 Paul Dawson - Composer
 Ester Dean - Composer
 Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine - Engineer
 Aubry Delaine - Composer
 Lamar Edwards - Keyboards
 Lauren Evans - Vocals (bckgr)
 Bernard Freeman - Composer
 Serban Ghenea - Mixing
 Christopher "Drumma Boy" Gholson - Composer, Programming, Producer
 Matty Green - Assistant
 John Hanes - Mixing
 James Harris III - Composer
 Jennifer L. Heilig - Strings
 Patrick Hewlett - Assistant
 Sam Holland - Engineer
 Bob Horn - Mixing
 Hot Sauce - Keyboards
 Jimmy Jam - Strings, Producer
 Jaycen Joshua - Mixing
 Jamal Jones - Composer
 Jim Jonsin - Keyboards, Programming, Producer
 Josh Mosser - Engineer
 Savan Kotecha - Composer
 Songa Lee - Strings
 Jeremy "J Boogs" Levin - Remix Production Coordinator
 Terry Lewis - Composer, Producer
 Giancarlo Lino - Assistant
 Rico Love - Composer, Vocals, Producer
 Ryon Lovett - Composer

 Marjan Malakpour - Stylist
 Rob Marks - Engineer, Mixing
 Matt Marrin - Engineer
 Max Martin - Composer, Producer, Instrumentation
 Thurston McCrea - Assistant
 Andrew Mezzi - Assistant
 Danny Morris - Composer, Keyboards
 Dwayne Nesmith - Composer, Keyboards, Programming, Producer
 Alec Newell - Engineer
 Anthony Palazole - Assistant
 Joel Pargman - Strings
 Alexander "Prettyboifresh" Parhm, Jr. - Composer, Producer
 Nicole Patterson - Make-Up
 Jonnetta Patton - Artist Development
 Armando C. Perez - Composer
 Mark Pitts - Executive Producer
 Polow da Don - Producer
 Shawn Porter - Groomer
 Usher Raymond - Composer, Executive Producer
 Jeremy Reeves - Composer
 Tim Roberts - Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
 Frank Romano - Guitar, Composer
 Ray Romulus - Composer
 Leon Russell - Composer
 Lisa Rydell - Art Direction, Design
 James Scheffer - Composer
 Shellback - Composer, Producer, Instrumentation
 Rob Skipworth - Engineer
 Brian Stanley - Mixing
 Mark "Spike" Stent - Mixing
 The Stereotypes - Vocal Producer
 Jay Stevenson - Composer, Engineer, Mixing
 Jeremy Stevenson - Engineer
 Keith Thomas - Composer
 Usher - Vocals (bckgr)
 Jason Wilkie - Assistant
 Tremaine Williams - Engineer
 Evan Wilson - Strings
 James Wisner - Engineer
 Emily Wright - Engineer
 Christine Wu - Strings
 Andrew Wuepper - Assistant
 Jonathan Yip - Composer

Charts

Chart (2010)PeakpositionBelgium Albums Chart (Flanders)27Belgium Albums Chart (Wallonia)Usher – Versus (EP) Ultratop 50. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 1, 201055Canadian Albums Chart12Dutch Albums Chart40French Albums Chart26German Albums Chart35German Downloads Chart	7Greek Albums Chart60Italian Albums Chart91Mexican Albums Chart	92Swiss Albums Chart53US Billboard 2004US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums3

Year-end charts
Chart (2010)PositionUS Billboard 200186

Release history
RegionDate United States August 24, 2010 Canada Germany October 1, 2010 France October 25, 2010 Brazil November 15, 2010

 References 

 Other websites 

 Versus at Metacritic

Category:Usher albums
Category:2010 albums