[1][2] With over 150 million total records sold worldwide, he is one of the best selling music artists of all time.

[4][5] In 1994, Usher released his self-titled debut album in North America, which went onto sell 500,000 copies,[6] and produced the singles "Can U Get wit It", "Think of You", and "The Many Ways".

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.

[11] Confessions received a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),[7] and as of 2012, the album has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.

Its lead single, "Love in This Club", topped the Hot 100, marking Usher's eighth number-one on the chart.

[18][1] In the same year, a follow-up set entitled Versus was released, and became Usher's sixth top ten album.

[19] The EP's lead single "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" reached the top ten in many countries and peaked at No.

The album's second single "Scream" reached the top ten in various countries, including the US, Canada and the UK.

In 2014, Usher released "Good Kisser", "She Came to Give It to You" and "I Don't Mind" as successes in the UK, with the latter reaching the top 15 of the Hot 100 and topping the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs to give him his 13th number-one on that chart, tying him with Michael Jackson and Marvin Gaye.

It debuted and peaked at number 31 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the song "Peace Sign" released as the only single.