Here I Stand was deemed as a commercial failure relative to Confessions, which had sold nineteen million copies worldwide compared to Here I Stand's five million during the same period. Follow-up single " Love in This Club Part II" became a top 20 hit, while the album's fourth and fifth singles, " Trading Places" and " Moving Mountains", charted below the top 40.
Its lead single " Love in This Club" topped the Hot 100, marking Usher's eighth number-one on the chart. The album ranked second on the 2000–2009 Billboard 200 Decade-end chart. Confessions received a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold over 15 million copies worldwide.
"Yeah!" and "Burn" stayed atop the Hot 100 for a combined 20 weeks and were the best-selling singles of 2004, ranking first and second, respectively. It spawned four Hot 100 number-one hits " Yeah!", " Burn", " Confessions Part II", and " My Boo". It was his first US number-one album, and had the highest first-week sales for an R&B artist, with 1.1 million copies sold. Usher's success increased in 2004, with the release of his fourth studio album Confessions. Its worldwide sales stand at over 8 million. In 2002, the album was certified four-times platinum in the US for sales of 4 million copies. The album produced two number-one singles-" U Remind Me" and " U Got It Bad". It debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. Usher's success continued in 2001 with his third studio album 8701. It was certified six-times platinum in the US, and spawned three successful singles, including his first UK number-one " You Make Me Wanna." and first US Hot 100 number-one song " Nice & Slow". His follow-up 1997 album My Way sold over 8 million copies worldwide, becoming his breakthrough album. In 1994, Usher released his self-titled debut album in North America, producing three singles that had moderate chart success, and the album sold more than 500,000 copies. He has nine Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles (all as a lead artist) and 18 Hot 100 top-ten singles. With over 100 million total records sold worldwide, he is one of the best selling music artists of all time. Usher has sold more than 23 million albums in the United States alone and over 65 million albums worldwide.
His music has been released on the LaFace, Arista, Jive and RCA record labels. It does not store any personal data.American singer Usher has released eight studio albums, ten compilation albums, eight extended plays, and 79 singles (including 19 as a featured artist). The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
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