Usher's 'Confessions' Album Hits 10 Million in U.S. Sales

7/5/2012

Photos: The BET Awards 2012 — Usher performs onstage during the 2012 BET Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

Usher's 2004 "Confessions" album hits a milestone sales achievement this week, surpassing 10 million in U.S. sales according to Nielsen SoundScan.

The feat is notable in that it is only the 19th album to sell 10 million since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. In the week ending July 1, "Confessions" sold another 2,000 copies, bringing its overall sum just over the 10 million mark.

Previous to "Confessions," the last album to sell 10 million was Eminem's "The Eminem Show," which was released in 2002 and crossed the threshold in the sales week that ended Oct. 2, 2011.

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Among all albums in the SoundScan era, the highest seller is Metallica's "Metallica," with 15.8 million. Shania Twain's "Come On Over" is in second place with 15.5 million and Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" is in third with 14.8 million.

"Confessions," first released on March 23, 2004, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart with 1.1 million sold in its first week. It is one of only 17 albums to sell 1 million in a single week. "Confessions" spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and contains the hit singles "Yeah!," "Burn" and "Confessions Part II." All three of those reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Albums With 10 Million in U.S. Sales, 1991-Present
	Artist	Title (Year)	Sales To Date*
1	Metallica	Metallica (1991)	15.79 million
2	Shania Twain	Come On Over (1997)	15.52 million
3	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill (1995)	14.75 million
4	Backstreet Boys	Millennium (1999)	12.19 million
5	The Beatles	1 (2000)	12.07 million
6	Whitney Houston/ Soundtrack	The Bodyguard (1992)	12.03 million
7	Santana	Supernatural (1999)	11.73 million
8	Creed	Human Clay (1999)	11.59 million
9	'N Sync	No Strings Attached (2000)	11.13 million
10	Bob Marley & the Wailers	Legend (1984)	11.06 million**
11	Norah Jones	Come Away With Me (2002)	10.85 million
12	Celine Dion	Falling Into You (1996)	10.79 million
13	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)	10.61 million
14	Britney Spears	. . .Baby One More Time (1999)	10.55 million
15	Hootie & the Blowfish	Cracked Rear View (1994)	10.27 million
16	Soundtrack	Titanic (1997)	10.17 million
17	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys (1997)	10.12 million
18	Eminem	The Eminem Show (2002)	10.08 million
19	Usher	Confessions (2004)	10.00 million
SOURCE: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN, sales through the week ending July 1, 2012 *11.06 million between 1991-present; earlier sales not included

By Keith Caulfield

7/5/2012

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