MILLION-SELLING 'CONFESSIONS'!
R&B star USHER has sold over a million copies of his new album in the US in just one week.
The singer tops the charts with 'Confessions', ending Norah Jones' 'Feels Like Home''s seven-week reign at the top.
'Confessions'' 1.1 million sales mean it has now surpassed 'Feels Like Home' as the year's fastest-selling album.
Usher and Jones, whose album sold 1.02 million in its first week, now stand as the only two artists to debut in seven-figure territory since *N Sync's 'Celebrity' sold nearly 1.9 million copies its first week in July 2001.
Usher's label, Arista Records, have revealed 'Confessions' is its biggest release in the label's 30-year history, beating the 689,000 first-week sales posted by Notorious BIG's posthumous 1997 album 'Life After Death'.
Usher has sold nearly ten million albums in the United States to date, according to SoundScan.
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Didnt Justin peak out at #2 with justified?
― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:57 (twenty years ago) link
This is true. Everyone in the music industry lives in a great big house. MTV will be filming soon for a reality series. You will be chosen as the special guest star if you post on the Kanye West thread.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:58 (twenty years ago) link
― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 2 April 2004 16:59 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/news/urbannews/040304_usher.shtml
Usher called Justin a "follower" on Radio 1 last month, and challenged him to a dance-off in some other interview.
Which means, of course, that they'll be releasing a massively-hyped duet in the next eight months.
― Lesley, Friday, 2 April 2004 19:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 2 April 2004 19:09 (twenty years ago) link
― VengaDan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 2 April 2004 19:23 (twenty years ago) link
Ah, I'm glad that someone finally agrees with me!
― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Friday, 2 April 2004 19:28 (twenty years ago) link
That he isn't getting as much attention as Justin Timberlake did for Justified (which sold a LOT less) is really starting to piss me off.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 2 May 2004 18:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 2 May 2004 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 2 May 2004 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Usher seems to take himself waaay too seriously. I mean, even in the "Yeah" video, he flashes a lot of somber facial expressions, like he Really Means It, and the rest of the album is all ballads. I mean, he's a good singer and dancer at all, but the way he puffs himself up as an Artist, you'd think he was a writer/producer on the level of R. Kelly or even Prince.
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 2 May 2004 19:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Around the time he arrived was the period of time r&b music really started going south. It was already headed there but the arrival of him and similar artists brought forth the downfall. Nowadays most of it on the airwaves is unlistenable.
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 00:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 3 May 2004 00:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Monday, 3 May 2004 00:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 00:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 3 May 2004 00:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 00:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005, Monday, 3 May 2004 00:38 (nineteen years ago) link
Is that supposed to be some sort of diss to Usher?
― djdee2005, Monday, 3 May 2004 00:39 (nineteen years ago) link
He is extremely nasal and throaty and lacks dynamics. He has to strain for a lot of his highs as well.
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 00:41 (nineteen years ago) link
Don't you listen to metal? Why are you concerned with supposedly objective evaluations of singing ability?
― djdee2005, Monday, 3 May 2004 00:42 (nineteen years ago) link
As I said...it's NOT really necessarily necessary to be a great singer to sell a good r&B song. I wouldn't say Al Green was *technically* a great singer, yet I totally feel his music. But while we were on the subject of his singing ability, I thought I would comment on that.
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 00:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 00:48 (nineteen years ago) link
And "Throwback" is good but it should be much better.
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 3 May 2004 00:50 (nineteen years ago) link
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Monday, 3 May 2004 00:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Al Green was a great performer and a great R&B artist, but in terms of TECHNIQUE, he was nothing amazing. That is all I said, and it is true. He had the ability to sell a song that made up for it, though.
Do you REALLY want me to out-geek you on this one and give you vocal specifics?
― Uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 00:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 3 May 2004 00:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 00:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 3 May 2004 00:58 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm taking bets on how much longer before "Uh" mentions how much he loves crunk + grime. Will the weight of the ILM hive mind overcome his defenses soon? Its not a question of "if" but "when."
Tim, I think Throwback is great!
― djdee2005, Monday, 3 May 2004 01:04 (nineteen years ago) link
I consider Timberlake a truly ironic joke. His music reeks of sheer deriviative crap, and I wouldn't be arsed to sit through more than 5 minutes of it.
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 01:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 3 May 2004 01:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 01:07 (nineteen years ago) link
"Uh," I'm interested as to why you are afraid to read the article.
― djdee2005, Monday, 3 May 2004 01:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005, Monday, 3 May 2004 01:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 3 May 2004 01:11 (nineteen years ago) link
In any sense, I found the article to be somewhat stupid. It seems to be using one person's critique of Timberlake to represent everybody's, which is just stupid, plus the whole article is rather presumptuous about why people actually bash Timberlake in the media. It's a completely silly, elitist article, that fails to comprehend that just MAYBE the other side has a valid point.
I know I argue "rough" in here, but I would never SERIOUSLY attribute to someone a personal defect because they happened to like an artist I did. Half of my first posts were just for my own amusement.
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 01:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 01:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 3 May 2004 01:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 01:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005, Monday, 3 May 2004 01:26 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.angelfire.com/band2/slayerrobfl/images/ugly3.jpg
― uh, Monday, 3 May 2004 01:30 (nineteen years ago) link
These days its boo-oooo for me.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 3 May 2004 01:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005, Monday, 3 May 2004 01:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― C0L1N B3CK3TT (Colin Beckett), Monday, 3 May 2004 01:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Monday, 3 May 2004 01:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― C0L1N B3CK3TT (Colin Beckett), Monday, 3 May 2004 01:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Al (sitcom), Monday, 3 May 2004 01:55 (nineteen years ago) link
Usher's dropping a new album at midnight, produced entirely by Zaytoven. pic.twitter.com/OrsAV8h6ec— Meelz šŖš¾ (@MeelzTV) October 11, 2018
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
sounds like he's trying to be future :-/
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
This is going to be bad Iām sure
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Thursday, 11 October 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
Zaytoven is a hilarious name
― niels, Friday, 12 October 2018 06:40 (five years ago) link
pretty forgettable on my initial couple listens
― Machine Gunk Jelly (Spottie), Friday, 12 October 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
His new single with Ella Mai is fantastic
https://youtu.be/MMitI4VbSuo
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 13 December 2019 05:20 (four years ago) link
actually pretty hyped that he's doing the Super Bowl halftime next year
― Murgatroid, Sunday, 24 September 2023 19:27 (six months ago) link
I wondered why people I knew suddenly wanted to discuss how awesome they found Confessions in 2004.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 September 2023 19:33 (six months ago) link
i can never not hear it luda style as ursher and well reality is confounding in a lot of ways. like why the fuck is urshur at the big game TM?
*i think i said this before better scan*
And now I'll always have a little voice say "Ursher" in my head. That Yeah song. Urg.ā Hunter (Hunter), Sunday, February 22, 2004 8:58 PM (nineteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
omg i am dying right now second time today it is sad rip me
― Hunt3r, Monday, 25 September 2023 03:16 (six months ago) link
listening to his peak era albums in advance of this weekend. my way is very refreshing as a cd-era r&b album that comes in at a cool 9 songs, 36 minutes. all the songs are pretty good, too.
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 8 February 2024 20:09 (two months ago) link
new album is okay. still excited for his performance
― dyl, Sunday, 11 February 2024 18:34 (two months ago) link
Confessions is that uncommon thing: the biggest album is the best album. I dig My Way too.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 11 February 2024 19:32 (two months ago) link
yes confessions is great, pretty much all the way through.
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Sunday, 11 February 2024 22:09 (two months ago) link
"Kissing Strangers" off the new album is him at his midtempo best
― Murgatroid, Monday, 12 February 2024 17:31 (two months ago) link
The back half of new album >>> front half
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 12 February 2024 17:59 (two months ago) link
Rollerskating while singing live on that stage was crazy ballsy.
― Indexed, Monday, 12 February 2024 18:08 (two months ago) link
supposedly something he's been doing at his vegas residency, so at least he's had practice
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, 12 February 2024 18:11 (two months ago) link