Usher is one of the most successful recording artists of all time, having sold more than 200 million records worldwide. He was the first R&B artist to have three consecutive #1 Billboard Hot 100 singles. He is also one of the few artists to have three consecutive albums at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart. His eponymous debut album went on to become one of the best-selling debuts by a solo artist in history, selling more than ten million copies in the U.S
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and over twenty million copies worldwide. Usher's follow-up album Confessions sold over 11 million copies, making it the second best-selling album by a male artist in history. In 2005, Usher released his third studio album Here I Stand which spawned four Top 10 singles and became his first #1 album on the Billboard 200 chart.
In 2012, he released his fourth studio album, Raymond v. Raymond. The album debuted at No.
1 on the Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 270,000 copies in the U.S., becoming Usher's highest first-week sales for an album since 1994's My Way, which sold 852,000 units in its first week of release. His upcoming sixth studio album will be released in 2018 and his eighth studio album is scheduled for a 2019 release.