Ciara has said that she would like to collaborate on a track with Usher so the pair can have a dance-off in the video.

The singer, whose new album is called Basic Instinct, admitted that she also wants to work with Fergie as well as the R&B superstar on her next record.

She told OK: “If I could work with anyone it would be either Fergie or Usher. I love Fergie, I love her attitude.

“When it comes to Usher, it’d be fun to see us dance together – a dance-off would be really fun. He’s an incredible performer and I really respect what he does.

“I appreciate it and think it would be really fun to do it together.”
 

Basic Instinct is out on October 5.

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Reggae Sumfest organiser Johnny Gourzong has expressed pleasure at having international R&B star Usher as the headline act on International Night II, Saturday, July 24 and agreed that Usher’s performance would certainly go down as one of the best in the entire 18-year history of Reggae Sumfest.

A tweet on Usher’s Twitter page yesterday, stated: “Incredible weekend in Montego Bay for Reggae Sumfest!”

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Usher ft. Jay Z & Ester Dean - Hot Toddy

Usher has confirmed the track listings for both his new EP Versus and the new deluxe edition of his smash-hit album Raymond V. Raymond.

The EP will feature eight new tracks and will also be included with the deluxe edition. Both collections will hit stores August 24.

Raymond V. Raymond first hit stores on March 30 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, moving 329,000 copies in its first week.

Versus features tracks produced by Polow Da Don as well as Max Martin, and will also feature a remix of “Somebody to Love” featuring Justin Bieber.

The tracklistings for both releases appear below.

“Raymond V. Raymond“ (Deluxe Edition)

Disc 1

1. “Monstar”

2. “Hey Daddy (Daddy’s Home)”

3. “There Goes My Baby”

4. “Lil’ Freak” (featuring Nicki Minaj)

5. “She Don’t Know” (featuring Ludacris)

6. “OMG” (featuring will.i.am)

7. “Mars Vs. Venus”

8. “Pro Lover”

9. “Foolin’ Around”

10. “Papers”

11. “So Many Girls”

12. “Guilty” (featuring T.I.)

13. “Okay”

14. “Making Love (Into The Night)”

Disc 2

1. “Love ‘Em All”

2. “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love” (featuring Pitbull)

3. “Hot Toddy” (featuring Jay-Z & Ciara)

4. “Lay You Down”

5. “Lingerie”

6. “Get In My Car” (featuring Bun B)

7. “Somebody To Love (Remix)” (featuring Justin Bieber)

8. “Stranger”

“Versus“

1. “Love ‘Em All”

2. “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love” (featuring Pitbull)

3. “Hot Toddy” (featuring Jay-Z & Ciara)

4. “Lay You Down”

5. “Lingerie”

6. “There Goes My Baby”

7. “Get In My Car” (featuring Bun B)

8. “Somebody To Love (Remix)” (featuring Justin Bieber)

9. “Stranger”

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For Usher’s upcoming EP “Versus,” he’s going to go head to head with some of the biggest names in pop music. Among the artists joining him on the new tracks are Jay-Z, Ciara, and his own protégé Justin Bieber.

The first single, “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love,” hits radio this month and features rapper Pitbull. The single was produced by Max Martin, whose known for being the hitmaker behind some of Britney Spears and Katy Perry’s biggest hits.

Jay-Z and Ciara will both guest on “Hot Toddy,” which is slated to be the second single from the set. Justin Bieber is set to appear on the previously-released remix to his track, “Somebody To Love.”

Rapper Bun B will appear on the track “Get In My Car.” Other new track names include “Lingerie,” “Love ‘Em All,” and “Stranger.” The separately released version of “Versus” will also include his R&B hit “There Goes My Baby.”

“Versus” will also be bundled with “Raymond v. Raymond” as a 22-track set, featuring the hits “OMG,” “Papers,” and “Lil’ Freak.” “Versus” and the deluxe edition of “Raymond v. Raymond” will hit stores on August 24th .

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MTV News reports the new chart ranks the Top 10 summer jams “based on actual performance on the Billboard Hot 100, from June 12, 2010, chart date through the most-recent chart.”

On September 9, the “Songs of the Summer” chart will cease to run and Billboard will announce the number one summer anthem — this time with backup evidence.

As of now, Katy Perry is not surprisingly at the head of the chart with “California Gurls” and Usher is pulling in at #2 with “OMG.” In third place currently is B.o.B. and Hayley Williams with “Airplanes.”

The rest of the chart is as follows:

#4: Travie McCoy/Bruno Mars “Billionaire”
#5: Ke$ha “Your Love Is My Drug”
#6: Lady Gaga “Alejandro”
#7: Taio Cruz “Break Your Heart”
#8: Drake “Find Your Love”
#9: Eminem “Not Afraid”
#10: Mike Posner “Cooler Than Me”

Since the chart’s race to determine the summer anthem champion is just one month in with a couple left, the charts are expected to change with new releases and impacts from the Hot 100 list.

Billboard also released a second chart, according to MTV. This one is a “comprehensive list of the biggest summer songs of the past quarter-century, as determined by impact on the Hot 100 and “an inverse point system, with weeks at #1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least.”

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The U.S. R&B sensation Usher has brought down the house in Beijing’s Wukesong Arena.

In his first ever China concert, Usher entertained fans with some of his biggest hits over the years, including “You Make Me Wanna”, “Nice & Slow”, “You Remind Me”, “Caught Up”, “Burn”, “Love in This Club” and “Yeah”.

But the absolute highlight of the night was when Usher and Mandopop singer Lee-Hom Wang sang a Chinese song together. The song is a signature piece from Wang called “My One and Only”.

“What made me happier was that after he got in touch with me, we talked about what we could do together. I said to him, ‘As your honored guest, my responsibility is to make this concert very impressive, trying to impress music fans in Beijing, in China. Then I asked him ‘Would you like to sing a Chinese song?’ And he said ‘yes’ right away. I think it demonstrates Usher’s openness. He is willing to learn Chinese, and I believe the whole audience did go crazy the moment he started to sing in Chinese.”

Usher is also very happy about the collaboration, adding that he came to China because he knows there’s an audience here. In fact, almost all the tickets for his concert were grabbed in just one week.

“Thank you so much for your support. I am really happy to be here and perform for the first time here. You know, I am really excited.”

Usher and Wang also sang an English song together – Usher’s current No.1 megahit, “OMG”. Wang says their collaboration means a lot.

“I think this is a very good interaction. What’s more, I am wearing this red, Chinese traditional coat today, because I attach great importance to this collaboration. I think it means a lot symbolically and it will be historical.”

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