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Chart Rewind: In 2004, Usher Got Intimate & Ruled the Charts With ‘Confessions’

In 2004, Usher's 'Confessions' launched multiple Hot 100 No. 1 and was the year's best seller. Here's the Chart Rewind.

Just shy of seven years since his commercial breakthrough, the star had become one of the leading R&B/pop crossover artists, his last two albums had collectively produced six top-five Billboard Hot 100 hits, and he was fresh off a pair of Grammys — the two-time champ for best male R&B vocal performance. From discussions with Dupri and other A-list creators — including Bryan-Michael Cox, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Just Blaze and Lil Jon — the creative hive found its answer: Confessions. “Burn” knocked “Yeah!” from the Hot 100’s apex in May and logged its own eight-week, nonconsecutive reign (interrupted for one week by American Idol winner Fantasia’s “I Believe,”), but soon gave way to “Confessions Part II,” a two-week champ in June.

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