Usher Discography
Usher's success increased in 2004, with the release of his fourth studio 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. It spawned four Hot 100 number-one hits; "Yeah!", "Burn", "Confessions Part II", and "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. Confessions received a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and as of 2012, has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. 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. In 2008, Usher issued 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", 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. Despite initially negative perception of chart success, it was certified two-times platinum by the RIAA . Its worldwide sales stand over 6 million copies, making it one of the most successful R&B albums of 2008.
In 2010, Usher released Raymond v. Raymond, and it became his third consecutive number-one album. The album produced five singles: "Papers", "Hey Daddy", "Lil Freak" and "There Goes My Baby" all reaching the Hot 100's top 40, while "Papers" and "There Goes My Baby" topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The album's two other singles, "OMG" and "More", achieved worldwide success, with "OMG" topping the Hot 100 to give him his ninth number-one single, and making Usher the first artist with Hot 100 number-one singles in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. Raymond v. Raymond was certified three-times platinum by the RIAA, and as of March 2012 has sold 1.3 million copies in the US. By the end of the year, it sold over 2 million copies worldwide and ranked as the ninth best-selling album of the year in the US. In the same year, a follow-up set entitled Versus was released, and became Usher's sixth top ten album. The EP's lead single "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" reached the top ten in many countries and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. To date, Raymond v. Raymond, including its EP Verzuz, has sold an estimated 5 million copies worldwide, and nearly 2 million copies in the US, making it one of the best-selling albums in the 2010s decade by a black artist. Usher's seventh studio album Looking 4 Myself was released in June 2012 and became his fourth number-one album in the US. Its first single "Climax" peaked in the top twenty on the Hot 100, and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for eleven weeks. The song also won him a Grammy at the 55th Grammy Awards for Best R&B Performance. The album's second single "Scream" reached the top ten in various countries, including the US, Canada and the UK. In 2014, Usher released "Good Kisser", "She Came to Give It to You" and "I Don't Mind" as successes in the UK, with the latter reaching the top 15 of the Hot 100 and topping the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs to give him his 13th number-one on that chart, tying him with Michael Jackson and Marvin Gaye.
Usher released his eighth studio album Hard II Love in 2016, which went on to become his seventh top-five album on the Billboard 200. It was led by the Hot 100 top-40 hit "No Limit" and Australian top-ten hit "Crash". In 2018, Usher collaborated with Zaytoven to release his first collaborative extended project titled A. It debuted and peaked at number 31 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the song "Peace Sign" released as the only single.
In February 2024, Usher released his ninth studio album Coming Home. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and was supported by the top-40 single "Good Good" which peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Albums
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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US R&B/ HH |
AUS |
CAN |
GER |
IRL |
NL |
NZ |
SWI |
UK | ||||
| Usher |
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167 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| My Way |
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4 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 41 | — | 30 | 21 | 20 | 16 |
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| 8701 |
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4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 |
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| Confessions |
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1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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| Here I Stand |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
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| Raymond v. Raymond |
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1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 20 | 2 |
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| Looking 4 Myself |
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1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 |
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| Hard II Love |
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5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 55 | 77 | 38 | — | 18 | 7 |
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| Coming Home |
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2 | 2 | 46 |
24 | 61 | — | 19 | 22 |
24 | 24 |
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Collaborative albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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US R&B/ HH |
NL | ||
| A (with Zaytoven) |
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31 | 19 | 135 |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Usher |
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| My Megamix |
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| Rarities |
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| Sex Appeal |
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| And the Winner Is |
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| Usher and Friends |
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| Usher and Friends, Vol. 2 |
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| My Way / 8701 |
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| Usher and Friends, Vol. 1–2 |
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| Essential Mixes |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details | Certifications |
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Extended plays
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US R&B/ HH |
CAN |
GER |
NL |
SWI | |||
| Usher: Rarities! |
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| Rhythm City, Vol. 1 – Caught Up |
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| Moving Mountains |
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| OMG (Remixes) |
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| Versus |
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4 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 40 | 53 |
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| DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love (Remixes) |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | |
| More (Club Remixes) |
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| iTunes Festival: London 2012 |
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Singles
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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US R&B/ HH |
AUS |
CAN |
GER |
IRL |
NL |
NZ |
SWI |
UK | |||||
| "Call Me a Mack" | 1993 | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Poetic Justice | ||
| "Can U Get wit It" | 1994 | 59 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 87 | Usher | ||
| "Think of You" |
1995 | 58 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | |||
| "The Many Ways" | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Comin' for X-Mas?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||
| "You Make Me Wanna..." | 1997 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 1 |
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My Way | |
| "Nice & Slow" | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 6 | — | — | 20 | 7 | — | 24 |
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| "My Way" | 2 | 4 | 48 | — | 49 | — | 21 | 17 | — | — |
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| "Pop Ya Collar" | 2000 | 60 | 25 | 25 | — | 30 | 33 | 16 | — | 36 | 2 |
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8701 (International edition) | |
| "U Remind Me" | 2001 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
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8701 | |
| "U Got It Bad" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 26 | 36 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 5 |
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| "U Don't Have to Call" |
2002 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | 4 |
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| "U-Turn" | — | — | 7 | — | 51 | — | 27 | — | 22 | 16 | ||||
| "Can U Help Me" | — | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Yeah!" (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) |
2004 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Confessions | |
| "Burn" | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
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| "Confessions Part II" | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 14 | — | — | 5 |
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| "My Boo" (with Alicia Keys) |
1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | — | 3 |
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| "Caught Up" | 8 | 13 | 15 | — | 26 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 9 |
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| "Same Girl" (with R. Kelly) |
2007 | 20 | 4 | 47 | — | — | 20 | — | 4 | — | 26 |
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Double Up | |
| "Love in This Club" (featuring Young Jeezy) |
2008 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
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Here I Stand | |
| "Love in This Club Part II" (featuring Beyoncé and Lil Wayne) |
18 | 7 | 96 | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Moving Mountains" | 67 | 18 | 36 | — | 28 | 26 | 21 | 6 | — | 25 |
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| "What's Your Name" (featuring will.i.am) |
— | — | 91 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Here I Stand" | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Trading Places" | 45 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Papers" | 2009 | 31 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Raymond v. Raymond | |
| "Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home)" (featuring Plies) |
24 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Lil Freak" (featuring Nicki Minaj) |
2010 | 40 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 109 |
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| "OMG" (featuring will.i.am) |
1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
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| "There Goes My Baby" | 25 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 138 |
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| "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" (featuring Pitbull) |
4 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
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Versus | ||
| "Hot Tottie" (featuring Jay-Z) |
21 | 9 | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | 104 |
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| "Lay You Down" | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "More" | 15 | — | 7 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 23 |
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Raymond v. Raymond | ||
| "Dirty Dancer" (with Enrique Iglesias featuring Lil Wayne) |
2011 | 18 | — | 24 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 22 | 30 | 21 |
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Euphoria | |
| "Climax" | 2012 | 17 | 1 | 29 | 96 | — | 69 | 82 | — | — | 4 |
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Looking 4 Myself | |
| "Scream" | 9 | — | 11 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 5 |
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| "Lemme See" (featuring Rick Ross) |
46 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 90 |
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| "Numb" | 69 | — | 39 | 41 | 24 | — | 61 | — | — | — |
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| "Dive" | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Good Kisser" | 2014 | 65 | 17 | 44 | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | 10 |
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Hard II Love | |
| "She Came to Give It to You" (featuring Nicki Minaj) |
89 | 27 | 32 | 56 | 30 | 76 | — | — | 74 | 16 |
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| "I Don't Mind" (featuring Juicy J) |
11 | 1 | 80 | 70 | — | 67 | 64 | — | — | 8 |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "Chains" (featuring Nas and Bibi Bourelly) |
2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "No Limit" (featuring Young Thug) |
2016 | 32 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Hard II Love | |
| "Crash" | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 63 |
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| "Missin U" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Rivals" (featuring Future) |
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| "Peace Sign" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | A | ||
| "LaLaLa" (with Black Coffee) |
2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Subconsciously | ||
| "Come Thru" (with Summer Walker) |
42 | 23 | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | 42 |
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Over It | ||
| "Don't Waste My Time" (featuring Ella Mai) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Non-album singles | ||
| "SexBeat" (featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "California" (featuring Tyga) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "I Cry" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Bad Habits" | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Glu" | 2023 | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Good Good" (with Summer Walker and 21 Savage) |
25 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Coming Home | |||
| "Boyfriend" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
| "Dientes" (with J Balvin and DJ Khaled) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Transparency" (with 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne) |
— | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Welcome 2 Collegrove | |||
| "Ruin" (with Pheelz) |
2024 | — | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Coming Home | ||
| "Kissing Strangers" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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As featured artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| US |
US R&B/HH |
US Rap |
AUS |
FRA |
NL |
NZ |
SWE |
SWI |
UK | ||||
| "I Need a Girl (Part One)" (P. Diddy featuring Usher and Loon) |
2002 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 4 |
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We Invented the Remix |
| "What More Can I Give" (as part of The All Stars) |
2003 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |
| "Lovers and Friends" (Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Usher and Ludacris) |
2004 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 36 | — | — | 15 | — | 44 | 10 | Crunk Juice | |
| "Spotlight" (Gucci Mane featuring Usher) |
2009 | 42 | 15 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 |
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The State vs. Radric Davis |
| "Fed Up" (DJ Khaled featuring Usher, Drake, Young Jeezy, and Rick Ross) |
— | 45 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Victory | ||
| "We Are the World 25 for Haiti" (Artists for Haiti) |
2010 | 2 | — | — | 18 | — | — | 8 | 5 | — | 50 | Non-album single | |
| "Somebody to Love (Remix)" (Justin Bieber featuring Usher) |
15 | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | 54 | — | — |
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Never Say Never: The Remixes | |
| "Promise" (Romeo Santos featuring Usher) |
2011 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Formula, Vol. 1 |
| "Without You" (David Guetta featuring Usher) |
4 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
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Nothing but the Beat | |
| "Touch'N You" (Rick Ross featuring Usher) |
2012 | — | 15 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | God Forgives, I Don't | |
| "Rest of My Life" (Ludacris featuring Usher and David Guetta) |
72 | — | — | 16 | 152 | — | 19 | — | 42 | 41 |
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Fast & Furious 6 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
| "New Flame" (Chris Brown featuring Usher and Rick Ross) |
2014 | 27 | 6 | — | — | 75 | — | 35 | — | — | 10 |
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X |
| "Body Language" (Kid Ink featuring Usher and Tinashe) |
72 | 21 | 14 | — | 104 | — | — | — | — | 46 |
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Full Speed | |
| "The Matrimony" (Wale featuring Usher) |
2015 | 70 | 22 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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The Album About Nothing |
| "Don't Look Down" (Martin Garrix featuring Usher) |
— | — | — | 63 | 136 | 16 | — | 62 | 65 | 9 |
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Non-album single | |
| "Crush" (Yuna featuring Usher) |
2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Chapters |
| "Party" (Chris Brown featuring Usher and Gucci Mane) |
40 | 14 | — | 82 | 84 | — | — | — | — | 68 |
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Heartbreak on a Full Moon | |
| "Too Much" (Marshmello and Imanbek featuring Usher) |
2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Non-album singles |
| "Peaches (Remix)" (Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, Usher, and Snoop Dogg) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Good Love" (City Girls featuring Usher) |
2022 | 70 | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RAW | |
| "Standing Next to You (Remix)" (Jungkook featuring Usher) |
2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Coming Home | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | |||||||||||
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CAN | |||||||||||||
| "Go Missin'" | 2013 | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||
| "One" (with Michelle Chamuel) |
2014 | 98 | 65 | |||||||||||
| "Every Breath You Take" (with Josh Kaufman) |
— | 98 | ||||||||||||
| "Champions" (with Rubén Blades) |
2016 | — | — | Hard II Love | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Other charted songs
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
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| US |
US R&B/HH |
KOR Int |
NZ Hot |
UK | ||||
| "Feels Good" (Cam'ron featuring Usher) |
1998 | — | 54 | — | — | — | Confessions of Fire | |
| "Bedtime" (live) | 1999 | — | — | — | — | — | Live | |
| "I Don't Know" (featuring P. Diddy) |
2001 | — | 68 | — | — | — | 8701 | |
| "Confessions Part I" | 2004 | — | 47 | — | — | — | Confessions | |
| "Whatever I Want" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album song | ||
| "Bad Girl" | 2005 | — | — | — | — | — | Confessions | |
| "Throwback" (featuring Jadakiss) |
— | 36 | — | — | — | |||
| "Superstar" | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "That's What It's Made For" | — | 53 | — | — | — |
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| "Can U Handle It?" | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Seduction" | — | 68 | — | — | — | |||
| "Red Light" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Dot Com" | — | 53 | — | — | — | Rhythm City Volume One: Caught Up | ||
| "Dat Girl Right There" (featuring Ludacris) |
2007 | — | 74 | — | — | — | Non-album song | |
| "Best Thing" (featuring Jay-Z) |
2008 | — | 92 | — | — | — | Here I Stand | |
| "What's a Man to Do" | — | — | — | — | 129 | |||
| "Hush" | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album songs | ||
| "Better on the Other Side" (with Game, Chris Brown, Diddy, DJ Khalil, Polow da Don, Mario Winans, and Boyz II Men) |
2009 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "My Life Your Entertainment" (T.I. featuring Usher) |
— | — | — | — | — | Paper Trail | ||
| "First Dance" (Justin Bieber featuring Usher) |
99 | — | — | — | 156 | My World | ||
| "In My Bag" (featuring T.I.) |
— | — | — | — | — | Non-album song | ||
| "Monstar" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | Raymond v. Raymond | |
| "She Don't Know" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Looking for Love" (Diddy – Dirty Money featuring Usher) |
2011 | — | 91 | — | — | — | Last Train to Paris | |
| "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (Justin Bieber featuring Usher) |
58 | — | — | — | — |
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Under the Mistletoe | |
| "Can't Stop Won't Stop" | 2012 | — | — | 22 | — | — | Looking 4 Myself | |
| "I Care for U" | — | — | 45 | — | — | |||
| "Show Me" | — | — | 37 | — | — | |||
| "Twisted" (featuring Pharrell) |
— | — | 39 | — | — | |||
| "What Happened to U" | — | 70 | 47 | — | — | |||
| "Looking 4 Myself" (featuring Luke Steele) |
— | — | 1 | — | — | |||
| "Lessons for the Lover" | — | — | 54 | — | — | |||
| "Sins of My Father" | — | — | 62 | — | — | |||
| "Euphoria" | — | — | 60 | — | — | |||
| "Hot Thing" (featuring ASAP Rocky) |
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| "Wait for It" | 2016 | — | — | — | — | — | The Hamilton Mixtape | |
| "Coming Home" (with Burna Boy) |
2024 | — | — | — | 13 | — | Coming Home | |
| "A-Town Girl" (with Latto) |
— | — | — | 32 | — | |||
| "Risk It All" (with H.E.R.) |
— | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart in that territory. | ||||||||