OCC: Usher's Top 40 Biggest Songs

Posted September 26, 20231 yr

Usher's Official Top 40 biggest songs in the UK
By Nick Levine | 26 September 2023

It's official: the one and only Usher will headline next year’s Super Bowl halftime show.

The pop-R&B king will follow in the footsteps of superstars including Beyoncé, Madonna, Coldplay, Prince and Jennifer Lopez when he takes to the stage at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on 11th February 2024.

"It's an honour of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list," Usher said in a statement. "I can't wait to bring the world a show unlike anything else they’ve seen from me before."

Better believe it.

Usher has also announced that he will release his ninth studio album, Coming Home, on the same day as his Super Bowl show. It will be his first solo album since 2016's Hard II Love, which peaked at Number 7 on the Official Albums Chart.

Of course, Usher already has plenty of past smashes to work into his halftime show, including 18 UK Top Ten hits ranging from lovelorn R&B ballads to thumping club bangers. Before we look at Usher's Official Top 40 biggest tracks in the UK, let's take a closer look at his Top 5.

5. U Remind Me
Released: 2004
Official Chart peak: 4
UK chart units: 869,000
This midtempo R&B bop was a highlight from Usher's third album, 8701, which peaked at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart in 2001. Co-produced by Janet Jackson collaborators Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, U Remind Me had a glossy video that nodded to Usher's past relationships and won him a Grammy for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.

4. Without You (with David Guetta)
Released: 2011
Official Chart peak: 6
UK chart units: 920,000
Usher joined forces with EDM king David Guetta for this epic sad-banger about (sob) the one that got away. Co-written by British artist Taio Cruz, the lyrics tip a wink to U2's rock classic With or Without You, allowing Usher to deliver one of his most emotive and anthemic vocal performances.

3. DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love (feat. Pitbull)
Released: 2010
Official Chart peak: 7
UK chart units: 1,084,000
Usher went full-on Europop with this thumping dance track from his 2010 EP Versus. Produced by Swedish hitmaker Max Martin, DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love underlined Usher's ability to move with the times a full 17 years after he released his debut single, 1993's Call Me a Mack.

2. OMG (feat. will.i.am)
Released: 2010
Official Chart peak: 1
UK chart units: 1,195,000
Written and produced by will.i.am, who also features on the track, OMG saw Usher embrace the auto-tuned electropop sound that dominated the charts in the late 2000s and early 2010s. It was a subtle sonic reinvention that paid off by becoming his third (and to date, most recent) Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart. OMG has the most downloads of any of Usher’s tracks in the UK, with 804.6k.

1. Yeah (feat. Lil Jon and Ludacris)
Released: 2004
Official Chart peak: 1
UK chart units: 1,904,000
Yeahhh! Okay! This song's producer and featured artist Lil Jon dubbed its sound "crunk&B" – a fusion of contemporary R&B and hip-hop's crunk subgenre, which emerged from Memphis, Tennessee in the early 1990s. Released as the lead single from Usher's fourth album Confessions, it became an era-defining song and Usher's first Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart. And it still absolutely slaps nearly 20 years later.

As far as its sales go, Yeah has racked up 1.9 million chart units, including 303k physical copies and 353k downloads. At time of writing, its streaming figures stand at 148 million – 19.7m of these in 2023 alone.

Usher's Official Top 40 biggest songs in the UK
POS TITLE ARTIST PEAK YEAR
1 YEAH USHER FT LIL' JON & LUDACRIS 1 2004
2 OMG USHER FT WILL I AM 1 2010
3 DJ GOT US FALLIN' IN LOVE USHER FT PITBULL 7 2010
4 WITHOUT YOU DAVID GUETTA FT USHER 6 2011
5 U REMIND ME USHER 3 2001
6 BURN USHER 1 2004
7 YOU MAKE ME WANNA USHER 1 2004
8 I DON'T MIND USHER FT JUICY J 8 2015
9 LOVE IN THIS CLUB USHER FT YOUNG JEEZY 4 2008
10 MY BOO USHER & ALICIA KEYS 5 2004
11 U GOT IT BAD USHER 5 2001
12 CONFESSIONS PART II USHER 5 2004
13 SCREAM USHER 5 2012
14 DON'T LOOK DOWN MARTIN GARRIX FT USHER 9 2015
15 NEW FLAME CHRIS BROWN/USHER/RICK ROSS 10 2014
16 PARTY CHRIS BROWN/GUCCI MANE/USHER 68 2016
17 COME THRU SUMMER WALKER/USHER 42 2019
18 CLIMAX USHER 4 2012
19 BODY LANGUAGE KID INK FT USHER & TINASHE 46 2014
20 CAUGHT UP USHER 9 2005
21 MORE USHER 23 2010
22 POP YA COLLAR USHER 2 2001
23 CRASH USHER 63 2016
24 GOOD KISSER USHER 10 2014
25 NICE & SLOW USHER 24 1998
26 SAME GIRL R KELLY & USHER 26 2007
27 NO LIMIT USHER FT YOUNG THUG N/A 2016
28 BAD GIRL USHER N/A 2004
29 MOVING MOUNTAINS USHER 25 2008
30 DIRTY DANCER ENRIQUE IGLESIAS FT USHER 21 2011
31 I NEED A GIRL/U DON'T HAVE TO CALL P DIDDY FT USHER 4 2002
32 CONFESSIONS PART 1 USHER N/A 2004
33 SHE CAME TO GIVE IT TO YOU USHER FT NICKI MINAJ 16 2014
34 REST OF MY LIFE LUDACRIS/USHER/DAVID GUETTA 41 2012
35 U DON'T HAVE TO CALL USHER FT KELIS N/A 2001
36 U-TURN USHER 16 2002
37 RIVALS USHER FT FUTURE N/A 2016
38 HEY DADDY (DADDY'S HOME) USHER N/A 2010
39 THE CHRISTMAS SONG (CHESTNUTS ROASTING JUSTIN BIEBER FT USHER 91 2011
40 TRADING PLACES USHER N/A 2008
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September 26, 20231 yr

'Climax' and 'Crash' deserve soooo much more.

Usher is one of those artists I love more than I remember. He's got such a strong singles discography and 'Confessions' is one of my all time favourite albums.

Also, 'Yeah' wasn't his first Official Charts number 1, was it? Wasn't it 'U Remind Me'?

EDIT: (Wait I meant 'U Make Me Wanna' :lol:)