Usher announces ninth studio album

Coming Home will be released on February 11th

Hours after Usher was named Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show headliner for 2024, the global superstar has announced the February 11th release of his highly anticipated ninth full-length album, Coming Home. The album includes his hit single โ€œGood Goodโ€ featuring 21 Savage and Summer Walker which debuted at No. 1 on Billboardโ€™s R&B Digital Song Sales Chart upon release and posted triple-digit gains at urban, rhythm, and top 40 radio this week. โ€œGood Goodโ€ was also featured on the cover of Spotifyโ€™s Are & Be for 1 week, on Apple Musicโ€™s R&B Now for two consecutive weeks and peaked at No. 1 on Shazam in Atlanta, Memphis, San Francisco, New Orleans, Philadelphia and more.

Usher also released โ€œBoyfriendโ€ with a video featuring multi-hyphenate Emmy Award-winning entertainer Keke Palmer, breaking the internet and cementing a permanent spot in pop culture history.

โ€œWeโ€™ve put a lot of thought and creativity into this new album to tell a story that is open to interpretation and that will connect with people in different ways,” Usher says of the project. “I know this has been a long time coming for my fans and what Iโ€™ll say is that all good things come to those who wait. I hope you enjoy it once you hear it.”

โ€œUsher is one of the greatest superstars of our time,” adds L.A. Reid. “His undeniable talent, work ethic and charisma has sustained an incredibly successful career for over 30 years in the business, an achievement not to be taken lightly. Our history of working with each other made putting this body of work together a true passion project and Iโ€™m proud to be by his side as he reveals it to the world on February 11th.”

The album will be released via Mega, a music collective founded by L.A. Reid and Usher in partnership with Gamma. the artist-first multimedia platform providing creative and business services across all artistic and commercial formats co-founded by CEO Larry Jackson and President Ike Youssef. This joint venture will see Gamma. exclusively distribute and market all music released by Mega.

In conjunction with new music coming, Usher My Way: The Las Vegas Residency kicked off its second sold out year, birthing numerous viral moments and ending in December. Usher: Rendez-vous ร  Paris, the European residency at La Seine Musicale, kicks off on September 24th and runs until October 5th.

 

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn