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American singer Usher has released nine studio albums, ten compilation albums, eight extended plays, and 81 singles (including 19 as a featured artist). His music has been released on the LaFace, Arista, Jive, RCA, and gamma record labels. Usher has sold more than 33 million albums in the United States alone and over 65 million albums worldwide. With over million total records sold worldwide, he is one of the best selling music artists of all time. He has nine number-one singles (all as a lead artist) and 18 Hot top-ten singles on the US Billboard Hot In , Usher released his self-titled debut album in North America, which went onto sell , copies, and produced the singles "Can U Get wit It", "Think of You", and "The Many Ways". The former two peaked in the lower half of the UK and US charts. His follow-up album My Way sold over 8 million copies worldwide, becoming his breakthrough album. It is certified seven-times platinum in the US, and spawned three successful singles, including his first UK number-one song, "You Make Me Wanna", and first US Hot number-one song, "Nice & Slow". Usher's success continued in , with his third studio album, . It debuted at number four on the Billboard The album produced two number-one singles, such as "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad". In , the album was certified five-times platinum in the US for sales of 5 million copies. As of , its worldwide sales stand at over 8 million.

Usher's success increased in , with the release of his fourth studio album, Confessions. It was his first US number-one album and had the highest first-week sales for an R

Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, ) is an American R&B singer. He was born in Dallas, Texas, but raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, until moving to Atlanta, Georgia. At the age of 12, his mother put him in local singing competitions before catching the attention of a music A&R from LaFace Records. He released his self-titled debut album Usher (), and rose to fame in the late s with the release of his second album My Way (). It spawned his first U.S. Billboard Hot number-one single "Nice & Slow", and the top-two singles "You Make Me Wanna" and "My Way". His third album, (), produced the number-one singles "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad", as well as the top-three single "U Don't Have to Call". It sold eight million copies worldwide and won his first two Grammy Awards as Best Male R&B Vocal Performance in and

Confessions () established him as one of the bestselling musical artists of the s decade, containing four consecutive Billboard Hot number-one singles—"Yeah!" (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris), "Burn", "Confessions Part II", and "My Boo" (with Alicia Keys)—and the top-ten "Caught Up". It sold over 20 million copies worldwide and was certified Diamond by the RIAA. After splitting from his manager and mother in , he released the albums Here I Stand () and Raymond v. Raymond (), both of which debuted atop of the Billboard chart and respectively produced the number-one singles "Love in This Club" (featuring Young Jeezy) and "OMG" (featuring ). The EPVersus produced the top-five single "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" (featuring Pitbull) before the release of the top-fifteen single "More". Looking 4 Myself () also debuted atop the Billboard chart with the top-ten single "Scream". The R&B ballads "There Goes My Baby" and "Climax" received Grammy Awards in and "I Don't Mind" (featuring Juicy J) also reached the top-fifteen in , while Hard II Love () peaked at five on the Billboard chart. In , he released A

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Confessions&#;() established him as one of the best-selling musical artists of the s decade, selling 20 million copies worldwide. Bolstered by its four consecutive&#;Billboard&#;Hot number one singles—"Yeah!", "Burn", "Confessions Part II" and "My Boo"—it has been certified&#;Diamond&#;by the&#;RIAA.&#;Here I Stand&#;() and&#;Raymond v. Raymond&#;() debuted atop of the&#;Billboard&#;&#;and produced the number-one singles "Love in This Club" and "OMG". The&#;EP,&#;Versus, produced the top-five single "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" before top-fifteen single "More".&#;Looking 4 Myself&#;(), also debuted atop the&#;Billboard&#; chart with top-ten single "Scream".&#;Raymond v. Raymond&#;and&#;Looking 4 Myself&#;received&#;Grammy Awards&#;for R&B singles "There Goes My Baby" and "Climax". "I Don't Mind" also reached the top-fifteen in , while&#;Hard II Love&#;() peaked at five on the&#;Billboard&#; chart.

Usher has sold million albums and million digital songs in the United States. Throughout his career, he has sold 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the&#;best-selling music

Usher Raymond IV (born October 14, ) is an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. He is recognized as an influential figure in contemporary R&B and pop music.

Referred to by some critics as the King of R&B, Usher has sold 33 million albums, million digital songs in the United States. Overall, he has sold million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. At the end of , Billboard named him the second most successful artist of the decade, the number-one Hot artist of the decade, and ranked Confessions as the top solo album of the decade. The same magazine placed him at number 6 on their list of "Top 50 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of the Past 25 Years". In , Rolling Stone magazine named him the 97th greatest singer of all time. Usher has earned 9 number-one singles. He has been inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, the Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame, SoundExchange Hall of Fame, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Usher has won numerous awards and accolades including 8 Grammy Awards, 12 Soul Train Music Awards, 8 American Music Awards and 3 Guinness World Records. With 18 awards, Usher is the fifth-most awarded artist at the Billboard Music Awards. Usher co-founded the record label Raymond-Braun Media Group (RBMG) in a joint venture with talent manager Scooter Braun, wh