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Usher discography
Studio albums5
Live albums1
Singles22
Video albums4
Music videos20
Hot 100 number-one hits8

This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by "Usher", an American R&B singer. As of May 2008, he has released five regular studio albums, one live album, and twenty-two singles on LaFace Records and Arista Records.

Usher's self-tited debut album was released in August 1993 stateside. Afterwards, his second album My Way and enjoyed major international chart success which sold over eight million copies worldwide. It produced the three top ten singles "You Make Me Wanna," "My Way," and "Nice and Slow," of which all were certified gold and platinum, respectively. His third album 8701 was released in 2001, Pushed by its number-one hits "U Remind Me," and "U Got It Bad". Follow-up album Confessions was released in 2004 and certified diamond by the RIAA, it spawned the top ten hit "Yeah!", "Burn", "My Boo", and "Confessions Part II, it went on to sell more than 20 million copies worldwide. Here I Stand, Usher's critically-acclaimed fifth studio album, was released in 2008; it was certified platinum in the United States but failed on international music markets. However, it spawned the number-one hit "Love In This Club" alongside two other singles.

The RIAA ranks Usher as one of the best-selling male artists in American music history,[1] having sold over 22 million copies of his five studio albums in the United States and nearly 30 million albums worldwide, to date.

Albums

Studio albums

Year Album Chart positions[2] Sales and Certifications
U.S. UK CAN AUS FR GER EU
1993 Usher
  • First studio album
  • Released: August 03, 1993
167
—
—
—
—
—
—
1997 My Way
  • Second studio album
  • Released: September 09, 1997
4
16
13
37
38
41
—
2001 8701
  • Third studio album
  • Released: August 07, 2001
4
1
1
7
14
7
4
  • RIAA certification: 4x Multi-Platinum[5]
  • U.S. sales: 4.3 Million[8]
  • Worldwide sales: 8 million[9]
2004 Confessions
  • Fourth studio album
  • Released: March 23, 2004
1
1
1
2
4
2
1
2008 Here I Stand
  • Fifth studio album
  • Released: May 27, 2008
1
1
1
1
7
10
3
  • RIAA certification: Platinum[5]
  • U.S. sales: 1.2 million
  • Worldwide sales: 4 million
2009 Monster
  • Sixth studio album
  • Released: Fall 2009
  • RIAA certification:
  • U.S. sales:
  • Worldwide sales:TBA

Other

Year Album Chart positions[2]
U.S.
1999 Usher Live
73

Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
U.S. U.S. R&B UK AUS GER NZ SWI NET FRA SWE EU
As lead artist
1993 "Call Me a Mack" — 56 — — — — — — — — — Poetic Justice soundtrack
1994 "Can U Get wit It" 59 13 91 — — — — — — — — Usher
1995 "Think of You" 58 8 70 — — — — — — — —
"The Many Ways" — 42 — — — — — — — — —
1997 "You Make Me Wanna" 2 1 1 6 18 15 12 6 20 24 — My Way
1998 "Nice and Slow" 1 1 24 44 — 7 — 20 — 59 —
"My Way" 2 4 — 48 49 17 — 21 — — —
"Bedtime" — 66 — — — — — — — — —
2001 "Pop Ya Collar" 60 25 2 25 30 — 36 16 — 40 — 8701
"U Remind Me" 1 1 3 4 21 3 22 4 3 12 —
"U Got It Bad" 1 1 5 3 26 3 13 20 18 50 —
2002 "U Don't Have to Call" ¹ 3 2 4 — — 27 — — 72 — —
"U-Turn" — — 16 7 51 — 22 27 — 51 —
2004 "Yeah!" (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 Confessions
"Burn" 1 1 1 2 11 1 10 12 29 18 2
"Confessions Part II" ² 1 1 5 5 — — — — 43 — 6
"My Boo" (duet with Alicia Keys) 1 1 5 — 4 — 3 6 19 18 6
2005 "Caught Up" 8 13 9 15 26 12 22 12 — — 41
2008 "Love in This Club" (featuring Young Jeezy) 1 1 4 8 5 1 9 — 9 8 4 Here I Stand
"Love in This Club, Part II" (featuring Beyoncé and Lil Wayne) 18 7 59 96 29 — — — — — —
"Moving Mountains" 67 18 25 36 28 6 — — — 21 —
"Trading Places" 45 4 — — — — — — — — —

Other charted songs

Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S. U.S. R&B CAN[16]
2001 "I Don't Know" (featuring P. Diddy) — 68 — 8701
2002 "Can U Help Me" — 57 —
2004 "Confessions, Part I" — 57 — Confessions
2005 "Bad Girl" — 106 —
2007 "Dat Girl Right There" (Usher feat. Ludacris) — 74 — promotional release
"Make It Rain" — — —
2008 "Here I Stand" 106 18 — Here I Stand
"What's Your Name" (featuring will.i.am) — — 84
"Best Thing" (featuring Jay-Z) — 92 —

Single certification

From My Way

Australia certification: Gold
U.S. certification: Platinum
UK certification: Silver
U.S. certification: Platinum
U.S. certification: Platinum

From 8701

New Zealand certification: Gold
Sweden certification: Gold

From Confessions

Australia certification: Platinum
Austria certification: Gold
New Zealand certification: 2x Platinum
Belgium certification: Platinum
Canada certification: Platinum
Sweden certification: Gold
Norway certification: Platinum
Germany certification: Platinum
Switzerland certification: Gold
U.S. certification: 3x Platinum
Australia certification: Gold
New Zealand certification: Gold
U.S. certification: Platinum
Australia certification: Gold
U.S. certification: Platinum
Candana certification: Platinum
U.S. certification: Platinum
Australia certification: Gold

From Here I Stand

New Zealand certification: Platinum
U.K. certification: Platinum
U.S. certification: Platinum
U.S. certification: Gold

Album appearances

Year Song Album
1995 "Let's Straighten It Out" (Monica featuring Usher) Miss Thang
1999 "How Much" (Mariah Carey featuring Usher) Rainbow
2001 "Get Some" (Jermaine Dupri featuring Usher, Boo & Gotti and R.O.C) Instructions
2002 "You'll Be in My Heart" Disneymania
"I Need a Girl (Part One)" (P. Diddy featuring Usher and Loon) We Invented the Remix Vol. 1
2004 "If I Ain't Got You (Remix)" (Alicia Keys featuring Usher) The Diary of Alicia Keys
"Lovers and Friends" (Lil Jon featuring Usher and Ludacris) Crunk Juice
2005 "Superstar" So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross
2006 "Anything" (Jay-Z featuring Usher and Pharrell) Kingdom Come
2007 "Same Girl" (R. Kelly duet with Usher) Double Up
"Shake Down" (Mary J. Blige featuring Usher) Growing Pains
2008 "Long Night" (Nelly featuring Usher) Brass Knuckles
"My Life Your Entertainment" (T.I. featuring Usher) Paper Trail

Soundtracks

Year Song Film
1996 "I Swear I'm in Love" Kazaam
1997 "Slow Jam" (with Monica) Soul Food
2003 "She's Got The Part" Deliver Us From Eva
2005 "Sweat" (Rico Love featuring Usher) In the Mix

DVDs

Year DVD Notes
1999 Usher Live
  • Concert
  • Released: 1999
  • Formats: CD
 RIAA: gold [17]
2002 Evolution 8701 Live in Concert
  • Concert
  • Released: August 30, 2002
  • Formats: CD
 RIAA: platinum [17]
2003 U Don't Have It Call/U Got It Bad
  • Video single
  • Released: 2003
  • Formats: CD
 RIAA: gold [17]
2004 Unauthorized
  • documentary
  • Released: September 16, 2004
  • Formats: CD
2005 Truth Tour Behind The Truth: Live from Atlanta
  • Concert
  • Released: September 16, 2005
  • Formats: CD
 RIAA: platinum [17]
2006 Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up
  • Short film
  • Released: September 16, 2006
  • Formats: CD

References

  1. ^ RIAA Editors. "Top Artists". RIAA.com. Retrieved 2007-04-21. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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  3. ^ http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN1630067020080517
  4. ^ a b "Database Search". CRIA. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
  5. ^ a b c d e RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by Usher
  6. ^ [2]
  7. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/18/theater/18ushe.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/F/Fosse,%20Bob
  8. ^ http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade-miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4628490-1.html
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  10. ^ http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp
  11. ^ http://cgi.ebay.com.my/Usher-Young-Jeezy-Love-In-This-Club-New-UK-12_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ290317927898
  12. ^ http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat_month_20050303.html
  13. ^ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-2004.htm
  14. ^ http://www.planeturban.com.au/urban_news/rnb_news_usher_set_release_new_lp
  15. ^ http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/usher_profile.html
  16. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=793&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Canadian+Hot+100&ci=3096746&cdi=9800230&cid=06%2F14%2F2008
  17. ^ a b c d "RIAA: Gold & Platinum database". RIAA. Retrieved 2008-12-28. Cite error: The named reference "autogenerated1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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