| 1997 | "My Way" broke Usher into the mainstream, with "Nice & Slow" reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "You Make Me Wanna..." establishing him as one of R&B's most compelling young voices. |
| 2001 | "8701" sold eight million copies and yielded back-to-back Hot 100 No. 1 singles "U Remind Me" and "U Got It Bad"; "U Remind Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. |
| 2004 | "Confessions" debuted at No. 1 with 1.1 million first-week sales and spent nine weeks atop the Billboard 200; "Yeah!" featuring Lil Jon and Ludacris held No. 1 for 12 consecutive weeks, and Usher won three Grammys at the 47th ceremony including Best Contemporary R&B Album. |
| 2008 | Billboard ranked Usher the 21st most successful Hot 100 Singles Artist of all time, recognizing nine No. 1 hits as a lead artist and 16 Top 10 entries on the Hot 100. |
| 2010 | "Raymond v. Raymond" topped the charts with "OMG" spending eight weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100, with Billboard later naming Usher the No. 1 Hot 100 artist of the entire 2000s decade. |
| 2021 | Sold out all 20 shows of his debut Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, then launched a second residency at Park MGM titled "My Way, The Las Vegas Residency" celebrating the 25th anniversary of his breakthrough album. |
| 2023 | Wrapped up his combined Las Vegas run of 100 shows across two residencies, cementing his status as one of the most successful residency headliners in the city's history. |
| 2024 | Headlined Super Bowl LVIII halftime show at Allegiant Stadium, drawing widespread critical acclaim, then released ninth studio album "Coming Home" featuring collaborations with Burna Boy, H.E.R., 21 Savage, and Jungkook. |
| 2024 | "Past Present Future" tour launched in support of "Coming Home," expanding from 24 original dates to 58 shows due to overwhelming ticket demand, running through 2025 with a final stop in London. |
| 2026 | Co-headlined "The R&B Tour" stadium run with Chris Brown, kicking off at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver for a major summer stadium circuit. |
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.