Usher discography
| Usher discography | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Usher performing at The Warfield in San Francisco, November 2008 | |
| Studio albums | 6 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Video albums | 6 |
| Music videos | 20 |
| Singles | 23 |
The discography of Usher, an American recording artist and actor, consists of five studio albums, one live album, and 23 singles.
Usher's self-titled debut album was released in August 1994 stateside. His second album, My Way, 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". It was also lead by its #3 hit U Don't Have to Call. Follow-up album Confessions was released in 2004 and certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), it spawned the #1 hits "Yeah!", "Burn", "My Boo", and "Confessions Part II, it went on to sell more than 20 million copies worldwide. Here I Stand, Usher's fifth studio album, was released in 2008; it was certified platinum in the United States and has sold over 6 million copies worldwide.[1] 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,[2] having sold over 21.5 million copies of his five studio albums in the United States and over 50 million albums worldwide.[3]
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. [4] |
UK [5] |
IRE [6] |
CAN<br\>[7] | AUS [8] |
FRA [9] |
SWI [10] |
GER [11] |
NL [12] |
EU [13] | |||||
| 1994 | Usher | 167 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1997 | My Way | 4 | 16 | — | 13 | 37 | 38 | — | 41 | — | — | |||
| 2001 | 8701 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 14 | — | 7 | — | 4 | |||
| 2004 | Confessions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2008 | Here I Stand
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 2010 | Raymond v. Raymond
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1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 20 | 47 | 34 | 69 |
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| "—" denotes release did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. [4] | |||
| 1999 | Live
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73 |
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Singles
Solo singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. [33] |
U.S. R&B | AUS [8] |
FRA [9] |
GER [34] |
NET [35] |
NZ [36] |
CAN [37] |
IRE [38] |
UK [39] | ||||
| 1993 | "Call Me a Mack" | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Poetic Justice OST | |
| 1994 | "Can U Get wit It" | 59 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 91 | Usher | |
| 1995 | "Think of You" | 58 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | ||
| "The Many Ways" | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1997 | "You Make Me Wanna" | 3 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 15 | — | — | 1 | My Way | |
| 1998 | "Nice and Slow" | 1 | 1 | 44 | — | — | 20 | 7 | — | — | 24 | ||
| "My Way" | 2 | 4 | 48 | — | 49 | 21 | 17 | — | — | — | |||
| 1999 | "Bedtime" | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001 | "Pop Ya Collar" | 60 | 25 | 25 | 16 | 30 | 16 | — | — | 33 | 2 | 8701 | |
| "U Remind Me" | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 3 | |||
| "U Got It Bad" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 26 | 20 | 3 | — | — | 5 | |||
| "U Don't Have to Call" ¹ | 3 | 2 | — | 72 | — | — | 27 | — | — | 4 | |||
| "U-Turn" | — | — | 7 | — | 51 | 27 | — | — | — | 16 | |||
| 2004 | "Yeah!" (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Confessions | |
| "Burn" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | |||
| "Confessions Part II" ² | 1 | 1 | 5 | 43 | — | — | — | 7 | — | 5 | |||
| "My Boo" (with Alicia Keys) | 1 | 1 | — | 19 | 4 | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | ||||
| "Caught Up" | 8 | 13 | 15 | — | 26 | 12 | 10 | — | 17 | 9 | |||
| 2008 | "Love in This Club" (featuring Young Jeezy) | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | Here I Stand | |
| "Love in This Club, Part II" (featuring Beyoncé and Lil Wayne) | 18 | 7 | 96 | — | 29 | — | — | 69 | — | — | |||
| "Moving Mountains" | 67 | 18 | 36 | — | 28 | — | 6 | — | 26 | 25 | |||
| "Trading Places" | 45 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2009 | "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" (featuring Plies) | 25 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Raymond v. Raymond | |
| 2010 | "Lil Freak" (featuring Nicki Minaj) | 40 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "OMG" (featuring will.i.am) | 6 | 62 | 8 | — | — | 96 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | |||||||||||||
As featured artist
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | UK | AUS | NZ | SWI | FRA | SWE | |||||
| 2002 | "I Need a Girl (Part One)" (P. Diddy featuring Usher and Loon) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 17 | We Invented the Remix | ||
| 2004 | "Lovers and Friends" (Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 36 | 15 | 44 | — | — | Crunk Juice | ||
| 2007 | "Same Girl" (R. Kelly featuring Usher) | 20 | 4 | — | 26 | 47 | 4 | — | — | — | Double Up | ||
| 2009 | "Spotlight" (Gucci Mane featuring Usher) | 42 | 15 | 8 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | The State vs. Radric Davis | ||
| "Fed Up" (DJ Khaled featuring Usher, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross, & Drake) | 124 | 45 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Victory | |||
| "—" denotes release did not chart. | |||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.S. R&B | UK | |||
| 2008 | "Here I Stand" | 106 | 18 | — | Here I Stand |
| 2009 | "Papers" | 31 | 1 | — | Raymond v. Raymond |
| 2010 | "There Goes My Baby" | 71 | 15 | 138 | |
| "More" | 76 | — | — | ||
Other charted songs
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | U.S. R&B | CAN [40] | |||||||||||
| 2001 | "I Don't Know" (featuring P. Diddy) | — | 68 | — | 8701 | ||||||||
| 2002 | "Can U Help Me" | — | 57 | — | |||||||||
| 2004 | "Confessions, Part I" | — | 47 | — | Confessions | ||||||||
| 2005 | "Bad Girl" | — | 106 | — | |||||||||
| "Throwback" (featuring Jadakiss) | — | 36 | — | ||||||||||
| "That's What It's Made For" | — | 53 | — | ||||||||||
| "Seduction" | — | 68 | — | ||||||||||
| "Dot Com" | — | 53 | — | Rhythm City, Vol. 1: Caught Up | |||||||||
| 2007 | "Dat Girl Right There" (featuring Ludacris) | — | 74 | — | promotional release | ||||||||
| 2008 | "What's Your Name" (featuring will.i.am) | — | — | 84 | Here I Stand | ||||||||
| "Best Thing" (featuring Jay-Z) | — | 92 | — | ||||||||||
| 2009 | "My Life Your Entertainment" (T.I. featuring Usher) | 119 | — | — | Paper Trail | ||||||||
| "First Dance" (Justin Bieber featuring Usher) | 99 | — | — | My World | |||||||||
| "—" denotes release did not chart. | |||||||||||||
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 | |
| 2009 | "Spotlight" (Gucci Mane featuring Usher) | The State vs. Radric Davis |
| "Whatever You Want" (Rick Ross featuring Usher) | Deeper Than Rap | |
| "First Dance" (Justin Bieber featuring Usher) | My World | |
| 2010 | "Fed Up" (DJ Khaled featuring Usher, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross and Drake) | Victory |
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 |
Video albums
| Year | DVD | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Live
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RIAA: gold[19] |
| 2002 | Evolution 8701 Live in Concert
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RIAA: platinum[19] |
| 2003 | U Don't Have It Call/U Got It Bad
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RIAA: gold[19] |
| 2004 | Unauthorized
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| 2005 | Truth Tour Behind the Truth: Live from Atlanta
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RIAA: 7× platinum[19] |
Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up
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References
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- ^ "Top Selling Artists". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ http://ushercareeralbumsales.blogspot.com/2010/04/usher-career-album-sales.html
- ^ a b "Usher > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ http://acharts.us/uk_albums_top_75
- ^ http://acharts.us/ireland_albums_top_75
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/canadian-albums
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- ^ a b "Discographie Usher" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
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- ^ http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=Usher&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25
- ^ http://ushercareeralbumsales.blogspot.com/2010/04/usher-career-album-sales.html
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "RIAA - Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ a b "Database Search". CRIA. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
- ^ a b c d "BPI > Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 04-09-2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/news/usher-the-billboard-cover-story-1004073815.story
- ^ http://ushercareeralbumsales.blogspot.com/2010/04/usher-career-album-sales.html
- ^ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2005 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 04-09-2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/news/usher-the-billboard-cover-story-1004073815.story
- ^ http://ushercareeralbumsales.blogspot.com/2010/04/usher-career-album-sales.html
- ^ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2004 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 04-09-2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat_month_20050303.html
- ^ http://www.downarchive.com/dl/Usher+++Here+I+Stand+%5BCD%5D.html
- ^ http://ushercareeralbumsales.blogspot.com/2010/04/usher-career-album-sales.html
- ^ "ARIA Charts > Accreditations > 2008 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 04-09-2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ http://www.sohh.com/2010/04/usher_still_tops_competition_cypress_hil.html
- ^ "Usher > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Usher / Single". Musicline.de. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ^ http://acharts.us/dutch_top_40
- ^ http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/rianz_homepage.asp
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/usher/chart-history/36758?f=793&g=Singles&sort=date
- ^ http://www.chart-track.co.uk/index.jsp?c=p/musicvideo/music/archive/index_test.jsp&ct=240001&arch=t
- ^ http://www.chartstats.com/
- ^ 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
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