VIDEO: The Obamas Serenade Usher on His 37th Birthday

Usher celebrated his 37th birthday at the White House with some help from President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. The singer was at the White House to record the PBS “In Performance at the White House” celebrating the arts. Watch the special Presidential rendition of 'Happy Birthday' below!

Usher rose to fame in the late 1990s with the release of his second album My Way, which spawned his first U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one hit, "Nice & Slow". The album has been certified 6-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Usher's 2004 album, Confessions, established him as one of the best-selling musical artist of the 2000s decade. It sold over 20 million copies worldwide, bolstered by its four consecutive Billboard Hot 100 number one songs — "Yeah!", "Burn", "Confessions Part II", and "My Boo" — and has been certified diamond by the RIAA.[5] His follow-ups, Here I Stand (2008) and Raymond v. Raymond (2010), debuted atop the Billboard 200 and produced theBillboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Love in This Club" and "OMG".A follow-up EP, Versus, was released in July 2010 and produced the successful track "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love". 

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