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Usher Discussion Sept 13, 2022 8:11:46 GMT -5

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Sept 9, 2022 9:08:54 GMT -5 areyoureadytojump said:

I was recently talking to Usher fans on Twitter about his under-certified albums. I did not mention My Way and look what happens:

RIAA.com:

USHER
Title: MY WAY
Certification Date: September 9, 2022
Label: LAFACE
Format: ALBUM
7x Platinum

What about?

Confesssons - eligible for 13xP
8701 - eligible for 5xP
Here I Stand - eligible for 2xP
Looking 4 Myself - eligible for Platinum
Hard II Love - eligible for Gold

and...

USHER
Title: NICE & SLOW
Certification Date: September 9, 2022
Label: LAFACE
Format: SINGLE
3x Platinum

USHER
Title: YOU MAKE ME WANNA...
Certification Date: September 9, 2022
Label: LAFACE
Format: SINGLE
3x Platinum

In 2008 article about the release of Here I Stand, Billboard gave updated Soundscan totals for his albums at that time:

Confessions - 9.52 million (it has passed 10 million now)
8701 - 4.61 million
My Way - 4.26 million
Usher - 299k
Live - 219k

Last Edit: Sept 13, 2022 8:12:09 GMT -5 by jenglisbe

"'Vision Of Love', when I first heard that song, I knew it, my mind was made up, I had to be a singer." - Beyonce
"When I discovered Mariah Carey and 'Vision of Love,' that was a breath of fresh air. And I adored her from that moment on and idolized her." - Christina Aguilera
"I think ['Vision Of Love'] was a vision of the future world of American Idol." - Rich Juzwiak, Slant

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Usher Discussion Oct 16, 2022 6:44:27 GMT -5

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My top 5 Usher (in order of release):
My Way
U Don't Have to Call
Burn
Here I Stand
Climax

Honorable mentions:
Yeah!
Caught Up
Moving Mountains

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"'Vision Of Love', when I first heard that song, I knew it, my mind was made up, I had to be a singer." - Beyonce
"When I discovered Mariah Carey and 'Vision of Love,' that was a breath of fresh air. And I adored her from that moment on and idolized her." - Christina Aguilera
"I think ['Vision Of Love'] was a vision of the future world of American Idol." - Rich Juzwiak, Slant

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Usher Discussion Jan 1, 2023 21:07:24 GMT -5

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Ranked #97 in Rolling Stone's 200 Best Singers Of All Time.

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/usher-22-1234643050/

Usher was barely out of high school in 1997 when he released his breakthrough album My Way, which went six-times platinum and familiarized fans with his slick, sultry delivery. But while it could have been easy to pigeonhole him as just another smooth R&B heartthrob, each subsequent chapter of his career revealed new possibilities in his voice: He perfected his signature falsetto, deployed at just the right moments to boost the vulnerability in his confessional ballads; he matched his impeccable timing and phrasing to upbeat hits that climbed up the charts that proved his showmanship. Not only was he a standout performer of the 2000s, he remains one of music’s most agile singers two decades later. —J.L.

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