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Usher Thanks Strong Women At NAACP Image Awards, Salutes His Wife And Mother


In two speeches at the NAACP Image Awards, Usher thanked the women in his life.

Usher was named the Entertainer of the Year at Saturday’s 55th annual NAACP Image Awards. “I want to thank each and every person who bought a ticket,” he said after returning to the stage and accepting the award from Oprah. This has been an amazing 30 years of passion that lead to me to Las Vegas to celebrate the entire legacy that’s 100 shows sold out and then a residency in Paris and then to play the Super Bowl, get married and also to release and album.

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