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  • 2/8/2024
Nobody does it like Usher. Throughout his 30-year career, Usher has danced his way onto the big stage at the Super Bowl Halftime show, but it's his chart success that really showcases his amazing career. This is Billboard Explains: Usher's Lasting Mark on the Chart.
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00:00 Nobody does it like Usher.
00:02 Throughout his 30-year career, Usher has danced his way onto the big stage at the Super Bowl halftime show.
00:10 But it's his chart success that really showcases his amazing career.
00:14 This is Billboard Explains, Usher's lasting mark on the charts.
00:18 Usher knows his way around the Hot 100.
00:21 In fact, he has nine number one hits on the chart,
00:24 tied with Elton John and Paul McCartney for the fourth most among solo male artists,
00:29 behind Drake, Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder.
00:32 He has 18 top 10 hits and his 2004 smash "Yeah" featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris topped the Hot 100 for 12 weeks
00:41 and was named the Hot 100's second biggest hit of the decade.
00:45 Usher replaced himself at number one on the Hot 100 twice in 2004.
00:54 "Yeah" gave way to "Burn" in May, while "Burn" later moved aside for "Confessions Part 2" in July.
01:00 Also in 2004, Usher set a record of 28 weeks at number one that year,
01:09 which would last for 14 years until Drake took the record in 2018.
01:14 He has four number one albums on the Billboard 200, including "Confessions,"
01:18 which sold over 1 million copies in its first week.
01:21 "I can't figure it out why I'm so..."
01:25 And he's had the third most weeks at number one by any artist on the Hot R&B and Hip-Hop Songs chart
01:31 and the second most number one hits on the R&B/Hip-Hop/Airplay chart.
01:36 We can't wait to watch Usher sing his Billboard hits at this year's Super Bowl.
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