R&B singer Usher filed for divorce last Friday from Tameka Foster Raymond, less than two years after their glitzy wedding at a Georgia resort.

The 30-year-old Grammy-winning artiste, whose real name is Usher Raymond IV, filed the petition in the superior court in Atlanta. Records posted to the court's website did not give any details about the split between the R&B star and his wife, who were married in August 2007.

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About 200 people attended the wedding between the two at a resort built in the style of a 16th-century French chateau on 3,500 hilly acres (1,400 hectares) outside Atlanta.

They have two sons, 18-month-old Usher Raymond V and six-month-old Naviyd Ely Raymond. His wife has three children from a previous marriage.

Email and telephone messages to Usher's publicist were not immediately returned.

In a May 2008 interview with The Associated Press, Usher addressed negative feedback from bloggers over his relationship with his wife, who's eight years older and was once his stylist.

"People are so attracted to drama. That's easier to take than a story of righteousness," Usher said at the time.

"I decided to marry this woman, then I decided to be a father to my child," he said. "... It's not like I got caught with a gram of coke in my car or speeding or was caught for murder, so why would I be ridiculed, that's why I don't understand - that's the part that is mind boggling. Why would I be ridiculed for that, even a year later."

Prior to the marriage, Usher had a string of public romances, most notably his three-year relationship with Chilli from TLC.