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Surfin'.(Usher's album 'Confessions' and 'Here I Stand')(Sound recording review)
Usher's 2004 album, "Confessions," may turn out to have been the last true blockbuster in pop music. Since 2000, only five albums have sold more copies--nine and a half million. "Confessions" sold 1.1 million in its first week, and contained four No. 1 singles. For a while, "Confessions" was pop music. Nine and a half million was a big number even in 2004; now, in a music market whose rules are changing by the day, it's the new eleventy billion.
Usher was brought up to succeed in pop music the way some kids are brought up to compete in the Olympics--very different from an artist stumbling on his own voice by dint of involuntary, obsessive experiment. Everything ...
- Usher's confession on love, sex, music and the real reason he and Chilli split.
- Magazine article from: Ebony Chappell, Kevin June 1, 2004 700+ words
...from the always outspoken Usher Raymond IV? After all, with his historic new CD Confessions selling a mind-boggling...For more than two years, Usher and Chilli were there...part of one minute? Had Usher been up in the Atlanta clubs...
- Usher's CONFESSIONS (Special Edition) is Coming October 5th; New expanded...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 13, 2004 700+ words
...amp; Ludacris), "Burn" and "Confessions Part II." Now Usher will add another level of success...Ja Rule, Nelly, OutKast -- and Usher. With the arrival of "Confessions Part II," Usher became the first artist in R&...
- Usher Explodes With 24-2 Soundscan Jump and 709% Sales Increase for Worldwide...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 18, 2004 700+ words
...recording artist Usher's Confessions (Special Edition...Internationally, Usher has re-exploded...major market, as Confessions (Special Edition...supplanted on Soundscan by Usher's brand new Confessions (Special Edition...
- Usher confessions.(speak up!)(Letter to the Editor)
- Magazine article from: CosmoGirl! Elizabeth September 1, 2005 700+ words
I was upset about "Usher: Rock n' Soul" in the June/July issue. He said spirituality is the most important thing in his life. Anybody who makes music...
- Hitmaking Producer & So So Def CEO Jermaine Dupri in Control of the Billboard...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 21, 2004 700+ words
...for songs he both wrote and produced. Usher's hit single "Burn," is still standing...2 position is another JD track, "Confessions Part II," which will more than likely...Singles & Tracks, "Burn" and "Confessions Part II" are holding the #1 and #3...
- 'CONFESSIONS' FROM USHER\ Q&A WITH HITMAKER AS TOUR COMES HERE.(TimeOut)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) August 12, 2004 700+ words
...Associated Press Confessions may be good...even better for Usher's career...s steamy "Confessions" album...to make Usher ubiquitous...rerelease "Confessions" later this year. Why? Usher: There are...
- Usher Charts Three Hits in Top 10 This Week - 'Burn' at #1, 'Yeah!' at #4,...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 7, 2004 700+ words
...recording artist Usher's 4-times platinum #1 CONFESSIONS album -- for three...newest single "Confessions II" at #8, Usher has carved another...on August 11th. Usher is off to Los Angeles...week for the "Confessions II" video shoot...
- `Confessions' of success; Usher talks about the view from the top.(Arts and...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Rodman, Sarah August 20, 2004 700+ words
...What follows them on "Confessions" - sinfully sinuous...and heat - helped make Usher's fifth album not...he is reminded that "Confessions" managed to place three...ballads "Burn" and "Confessions Part II" - into the...have done before him, Usher proclaims his awe...
