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ThereвЂ™s the existential issue, common to superstar artists in 2014, of making the transition from diamond-certified albums and near-annual No. The hard times arenвЂ™t necessarily behind him, although they are perhaps of a less personal nature. UsherвЂ™s aunt had been watching them, and the boy was unhurt.

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(In October 2013, she sued for temporary full custody of their sons after the older child was caught in a pool drain. One is clearly his acrimonious relationship with Foster, who was UsherвЂ™s stylist before they married, and now stars on the VH1 reality show Atlanta Exes. Usher often alludes to challenges to overcome, to crises that left him smarter and tougher. Usher Releases вЂBelieve MeвЂ™ Single, Announces вЂThe UR ExperienceвЂ™ Tour вЂњShe has helped me through some of the hardest times in my life and my career.вЂќ вЂњI have an incredible partner and manager,вЂќ says Usher. When heвЂ™s not with them, he spends most of his time with his manager вЂ“girlfriend Grace Miguel, who, at 44, is eight years older than Usher and has been part of his career for three years. He won primary custody of them when he divorced their mother, Tameka Foster, in 2009, after two years of marriage. Usher lives in Atlanta with his sons Usher V, age 6, and Naviyd Ely, 5. Or, as Usher describes these things: вЂњI get to see life through rose-colored glasses a lot of the time.вЂќ Then he laughs.

(Just to be clear: Last season, Usher did not lobby his buddy LeBron James to come home, because that would be against NBA rules.) He has played the Super Bowl and Michael JacksonвЂs funeral, and discovered Justin Bieber, provided him with the Usher playbook and set him loose upon the world. He has a profitable perfume line and owns a small piece of the NBAвЂ™s Cleveland Cavaliers. He has acted on Broadway ( Chicago in 2006), starred in movies (heвЂ™ll play Sugar Ray Leonard opposite Robert De Niro in the forthcoming Hands of Stone) and coached two seasons on NBCвЂ™s The Voice, winning the second time around. THIS COVER STORY FIRST APPEARED IN BILLBOARD MAGAZINE GET THIS WEEKвЂ™S ISSUE HERE OR SUBSCRIBE TO BILLBOARD HEREДЄnd why not? During a two-decade career, Usher, 36, has sold nearly 24 million records in the United States alone, won eight Grammy Awards and, with 2004вЂ™s Confessions, scored the top-selling album of the 2000s.