1 song in the country for twelve consecutive weeks and sold over 4 million copies in the United States. The success of the album can be attributed to a great number of factors: The first single, the Lil Jon–produced “Yeah!” was the No. ![]() 1 spot on the Billboard 200 for nine consecutive weeks. It was the second best-selling album of the 2000s. Numbers don’t lie: The album sold over 20 million records worldwide. To say Usher’s Confessions was the most important album of the aughts is neither hyperbole nor unfounded fanboy-ism. The words “classic,” “watershed,” and “most influential” are tossed around without care or clear aim. ![]() When our favorite albums hit milestone anniversaries, the hyperbole comes out when describing the art, as well as the impact the project had on its genre. ![]() Ten years later, the truth finally comes out.
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