Usher spring boarded into superstardom with “Confessions,” which sold more than 10 million units in the U.S.

The event will be held with roughly 800 COVID-compliant audience members - including first responders and health care workers - at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Usher spoke during an in-person press junket before he hosts and performs at Thursday’s iHeartRadio Music Awards, airing at 8 p.m. “But before it does, I’ll see you guys at my Vegas residency.” “If this is an exclusive, I’m letting you know that the album is officially coming this year,” he continued. “I’m ready to drop my album,” Usher, who said he spent much of the lockdown recording new music, told The Associated Press. The singer didn’t offer a definitive release date, but he expects to release the follow-up album after he begins his Las Vegas residency, which kicks off in July. The R&B star said Wednesday he plans to drop his highly anticipated album “Confessions 2” this year. LOS ANGELES - Usher has a confession - he’s almost ready to release the sequel to his groundbreaking, epic 2004 album “Confessions.” Blige reflects on classic 'My Life' album We've done a couple of albums so far for our greatest R&B albums of the 2000s series, but there was absolutely no way possible that we could avoid this album.Watch Video: Mary J. It is the single greatest R&B album of the 2000s and truthfully it might be in the running for the greatest R&B album ever, or at least in the top 10-15. From the moment this album released to massive first week sales of 1.096 million copies, Usher affirmed himself as a legend forever with this album. It would be the largest first week sales for a R&B artist and Usher would join a small club of artists who have sold 1 million copies in the first week.

The album is one of the very few albums to be certified diamond in the 2000s, and remains the 2nd highest selling album of the entire decade. On top of selling 10 million in the US, the album would sell almost 20 million copies worldwide, making it a landmark moment not only in Usher's career, but in music period. The album itself starts off with a somber yet optimistic intro, as Usher welcomes us to this experience and leads us right into the first single, the Lil Jon produced and featured 'Yeah!', which also continues the chemistry of Ludacris and Usher, as Luda drops a solid catchy verse on this song as well.

This song is what I have always felt sold the album mostly, as it was such a massive hit and everywhere. Usher would take the Crunk craze, mix it with his R&B sensibility, and blend the genres together with a standard and slightly generic yet catchy Lil Jon beat, a simple call and response style hook, and the magic just flowed together perfectly. While I consider this album a classic, I'll be the first to admit I have a few songs that just don't hit the mark for me, and while I like the production, 'Caught Up' has a tendency to fall short when compared to some of the other songs. It's still catchy and enjoyable, but if I feel the need to skip a song or two on this album, this is likely one of them. The lyrics here sound like 2004, or in reality, 1998, as Usher sings 'my homies say, this girl is cramping my style', which makes the song sound a bit more dated than it was, but regardless, when these lyrics are delivered by Usher, you just sit back and sing along, no matter how silly it sounds. When we reach the interlude for 'Superstar', it's almost as if we've gotten all the filler out of the way, because the album is simply flawless from here on. That's the strange part about this album. The singles were perfectly fit into the story of the album, but they still felt like filler.

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