Raymond was certified platinum by the RIAA, and sold 1.3 million copies in the US. The album's two other singles, ' OMG' and ' More', achieved worldwide success, with 'OMG' topping the Hot 100 to give him his ninth number-one single. The album produced five singles: ' Papers', ' Hey Daddy', ' Lil Freak' and ' There Goes My Baby' all reaching the Hot 100's top 40, while 'Papers' and 'There Goes My Baby' topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Raymond, and it became his third consecutive number-one album. Its worldwide sales stand over 6 million copies, making it one of the most successful albums of 2008 by an R&B artist. Despite initially negative perception of chart success, it was certified platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 2 million copies in the United States. Here I Stand was deemed as a commercial disappointment 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 is the best-selling R&B album of the 21st century, and is also the best-selling album by a black artist this century. Confessions received a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and has sold over 20 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 is certified seven-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. American singer Usher has released eight studio albums, ten compilation albums, eight extended plays, and 80 singles (including 19 as a featured artist).

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