To date, Usher has certified sales of over 65 million records worldwide. He has won numerous awards, including seven Grammy Awards, four World Music Awards, six American Music Awards, and nineteen Billboard Music Awards. In 2008, Usher was ranked as the 21st most successful Hot 100 Singles Artist of all-time by Billboard magazine. The RIAA ranks Usher as one of the best-selling artists in American music history, having sold over 23 million copies in the United States alone. Billboard Magazine ranked Usher the #1 Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade. They also named him the second most successful artist of the 2000s decade, and his 2004 album “Confessions” was ranked as the top solo album and second most successful overall album of the last decade. Usher has attained nine Hot 100 #1 hits (all as a lead artist) and has attained 16 hot 100 Top 10 hits.