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.

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

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

Other websites

Raymond v. Raymond at Discogs

Raymond v. Raymond at Metacritic

2010 albums

Usher albums