It finished at the top of the year-end Billboard charts. The single stayed at number one on the chart for four weeks, including three consecutive. Usher also became the third artist ever to have at least one Hot 100 number-one hit from five consecutive studio albums. The song became his ninth number-one hit in the US, making him the first 2010s artist to collect number-one singles in three consecutive decades, and only the fourth artist of all-time to achieve the feat. It also reached number one in Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The album's fourth single, " OMG", featuring will.i.am, reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It also peaked at number 109 on the UK Singles Chart.
The single reached number eight on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. For the album's second single, " Lil Freak", Usher and featured artist Nicki Minaj shot a music video for the song on Main Los Angeles with director TAJ. Its music video was directed by Chris Robinson, and was shot in West Hollywood at "The London". The song also peaked at number sixty-eight on the Austrian Singles Chart. The single peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. " Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" was released as the first single on December 8, 2009. The latter reiterated that the album is not specifically about his marriage, and that it is "about the tug-of-war between man and woman, and the honesty a man has to have." Singles Raymond addressed the rumors that circulated around Usher's marriage. Dust off the bed and get it popping and young again." Pitts noted that it was important Raymond v. We felt like we had to get his swagger back. Pitts told The New York Times that "Usher had a rough couple years", elaborating: "The scrutiny of everything going on, he was worrying too much about what people were thinking. Jive Records urban music president and album executive producer Mark Pitts also conceived the album as a return to the themes of the latter album "based on what happened with Confessions", Pitts wanted to reproduce its success. Raymond mirrors Usher's 2004 Confessions, as a self-confessional album, with several recordings from the album inferring to Usher's marriage. Raymond, taking inspiration from the 1979 American drama film Kramer vs. Initially under the title Monster, the album's name was changed to Raymond v. Producers involved with its production included Jermaine Dupri, The Runners, Ester Dean, Polow da Don, RedOne, Jim Jonsin, |Danja, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Bangladesh and Tricky Stewart. The album was recorded at the Studio at the Palms in Vegas and Atlanta.
Prior to the filing, Usher relocated to Las Vegas in 2009 to begin working on his sixth studio album. Usher's interpretation of Here I Stand 's low performance. Here I Stand was very specific to where I was in my life. People felt like I'd stepped away from the perception I'd sold for all the years I'd been doing this, when people buy my albums, they buy them for the connection.
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