Usher's mum steps down as his manager

Usher is reportedly relieved that his mother is no longing managing his career.

The singer, who is currently number one on the midweek album chart with Raymond vs. Raymond, has ended the 15-year partnership with his mum Jonnetta Patton so she can personally support him following his divorce from Tameka Foster last year.

In an interview with The Guardian, he said: "It was an agreement between the two of us [to part ways] but that message has been misconstrued because we just never chose to have a conversation in public about our relationship.

"I can have many managers, but I can only have one mother. And having been introduced to these new stages of my life where I do need that support, that's where I need her."

Usher also told the newspaper that he doesn't have a private life, insisting: "What R&B music is, and what it always has been, is taking an emotional experience and singing it passionately. Privacy is something that just isn't there."