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Usher's success increased in 2004, with the release of his fourth studio album ''[[Confessions (Usher album)|Confessions]]''. 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486082/20040331/usher.jhtml|title=Usher Makes Record-Breaking Debut Atop Albums Chart|last=D'Angelo|first=Joe |date=March 31, 2004 |publisher=MTV News|access-date=August 20, 2010}}</ref> It spawned four Hot 100 number-one hits; "[[Yeah! (Usher song)|Yeah!]]", "[[Burn (Usher song)|Burn]]", "[[Confessions Part II]]", and "[[My Boo (Usher and Alicia Keys song)|My Boo]]". "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.<ref name="Sisario">{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |title=Arts, Briefly; The Year of Usher |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E1D91330F932A15751C1A9629C8B63&scp=29&sq=Usher%27s+Confessions&st=nyt |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 12, 2004 |access-date=May 20, 2008}}</ref> ''Confessions'' received a diamond certification from the [[RIAA certifications|Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA),<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web |date=September 9, 2022 |title=RIAA – Searchable Database: Usher |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=usher#search_section |access-date=June 1, 2023 |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America}}</ref> and as of 2012, has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.<ref name="fifteen">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/08/theater/reviews/08chic.html|title=A Genial Pop Idol Plays a Legal Shark Without Teeth|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=June 23, 2012}}</ref> ''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. The album ranked second on the 2000–2009 ''Billboard'' 200 Decade-end chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|access-date=August 20, 2010|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/charts-decade-end/billboard-200-albums?year=2009|title=''Billboard'' 200 Decade-end Charts|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> In 2008, Usher issued ''[[Here I Stand (Usher album)|Here I Stand]]''. Its lead single "[[Love in This Club]]" topped the [[Hot 100]], marking Usher's eighth number-one on the chart. Follow-up single "[[Love in This Club Part II]]" charted within the top 20, while the album's fourth and fifth singles, "[[Trading Places]]" and "[[Moving Mountains (song)|Moving Mountains]]", charted below the top 40. ''Here I Stand'' was deemed as a commercial disappointment relative to ''Confessions'', which had sold nineteen million copies worldwide compared to ''Here I Stand's'' five million during the same period.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20217420,00.html |title=Usher Hires His Mother as Manager – Again |first1=Tiffany |last1=McGee |first2=Marla |last2=Lehner |magazine=People|date=August 6, 2008 |access-date=February 8, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/124198-usher-raymond-vs.-raymond |title=Usher: Raymond vs. Raymond |first=Tyler |last=Lewis |magazine=[[PopMatters]] |date=May 7, 2010 |access-date=February 8, 2012}}</ref> Despite initially negative perception of chart success, it was certified two-times platinum by the RIAA .<ref name="RIAA"/><ref name="Here I Stand sales"/> Its worldwide sales stand over 6 million copies, making it one of the most successful R&B albums of 2008.<ref name="USHER">{{Cite web|title=Usher|url=http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-usher|work=[[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]]|access-date=July 27, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821160236/http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-usher|archive-date=August 21, 2016}}</ref>