Confessions is the best-selling R&B album of the 21st century, and is also the best-selling album by a black artist this century. Confessions received a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and as of 2012, has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. "Yeah!" and "Burn" stayed atop the Hot 100 for a combined 20 weeks and were the best-selling singles of 2004, ranking first and second, respectively. It spawned four Hot 100 number-one hits " Yeah!", " Burn", " Confessions Part II", and " My Boo". 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. Usher's success increased in 2004, with the release of his fourth studio album Confessions. As of 2010, its worldwide sales stand at over 8 million. In 2002, the album was certified four-times platinum in the US for sales of 4 million copies. The album produced two number-one singles-" U Remind Me" and " U Got It Bad". It debuted at number four on the Billboard 200. Usher's success continued in 2001 with his third studio album 8701. It is certified seven-times platinum in the US, and spawned three successful singles, including his first UK number-one " You Make Me Wanna." and first US Hot 100 number-one song " Nice & Slow". His follow-up 1997 album My Way sold over 8 million copies worldwide, becoming his breakthrough album. In 1994, Usher released his self-titled debut album in North America, producing three singles that had moderate chart success, and the album sold more than 500,000 copies. He has nine Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles (all as a lead artist) and 18 Hot 100 top-ten singles. With over 100 million total records sold worldwide, he is one of the best selling music artists of all time. Usher has sold more than 23 million albums in the United States alone and over 65 million albums worldwide. His music has been released on the LaFace, Arista, Jive and RCA record labels. He then spends the rest of the track praising one particular set of lips (“You do it so good, you fuck my mind”), setting the scene with lots of specific imagery (“Five in the mornin,’ kush is rollin’ while she’s makin’ steak and eggs / Five in the mornin’, we can only be about to do one thing”) as jazzy keyboards and handclaps roll into the chorus.American singer Usher has released eight studio albums, ten compilation albums, eight extended plays, and 80 singles (including 19 as a featured artist). “I done been around the world / I done kissed a lotta girls,” Usher sings at the top. But the Auto-Tune-free “Good Kisser” is a throwback in every sense of the word – from the dusty vinyl pops to the cowbell-heavy percussion to the overall loose vocal delivery (which finds the singer trailing the beat just so, stretching out each line). Usher’s seventh studio album, Looking 4 Myself, was a conscious attempt to explore new musical dimensions, with several tracks pairing his soulful vocal style with bold, modern dance beats. Usher’s Slide Glide and 19 Other Iconic Rock Star Move GIFs It’s one of many seductive boasts on his funky new single, “Good Kisser,” which finds the R&B phenom celebrating the art of the smooch over a nimble, uptempo groove. Usher has “lipstick on (his) leg,” and that’s no accident.
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