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.

 Track listing 

 Personnel 
Credits for Raymond v. Raymond from Allmusic.[ Credits: Raymond v. Raymond]. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-04-10.

 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

 Charts 

 Chart positions 
Chart (2010)PeakpositionAustralian Albums Chart2Australian Urban Albums Chart1Austrian Albums Chart68Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)43Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)67Canadian Albums Chart4Dutch Albums Chart34French Albums Chart32 German Albums Chart47 Greek Albums Chart4 Irish Albums Chart17New Zealand Albums Chart8Polish Albums Chart40Scottish Albums Chart8South African Albums Chart17Swiss Albums ChartAlbum Performance: Raymond v. Raymond. acharts. Retrieved on 2010-05-10.20UK Albums Chart2UK R&B ChartUK Top 40 RnB Albums – 8th May 2010. Official Charts. Retrieved on April 5, 2011.2US Billboard 2001US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1

 Year-end charts 
Chart (2010)PositionUS Billboard 20018US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums6

 Certifications 
CountryProviderCertificationAustraliaARIAPlatinumCanadaCRIAPlatinumUnited StatesRIAAPlatinum

 Release history 
RegionDateDeluxe Edition Germany March 26, 2010 United States March 30, 2010 August 24, 2010 Canada Brazil April 15, 2010 Japan April 21, 2010 United Kingdom April 26, 2010 September 20, 2010

 References 

 Other websites 

 Raymond v. Raymond at Discogs
 Raymond v. Raymond at Metacritic

Category:2010 albums
Category:Usher albums