Although Usher recently had a scare with a stalker, he has a reason to celebrate. Usher’s album Confessions hit the 10 million mark in United States. The CD sold 2,000 more copies during the week that ended July 1, and when added to previous sales, it totals to just a little over 10 million copies sold.
“Confessions” is the 19th album to sell at least 10 million copies since SoundScan started tracking data in 1991. The last album that achieved this was Eminem’s “The Eminem Show” that sold its 10 millionth copy October last year.
The complete list of albums that have sold at least 10 million copies in the US starting 1991 is as follows:
Metallica, “Metallica” (1991) – 15.79 million
Shania Twain, “Come On Over” (1997) – 15.52 million
Alanis Morissette, “Jagged Little Pill” (1995) – 14.75 million
Backstreet Boys, “Millennium” (1999) – 12.19 million
The Beatles, “1″ (2000) – 12.07 million
Whitney Houston, “The Bodyguard” Soundtrack (1992) – 12.03 million
Santana, “Supernatural” (1999) – 11.73 million
Creed, “Human Clay” (1999) – 11.59 million
NSYNC, “No Strings Attached” (2000) – 11.13 million
Bob Marley & The Wailers, “Legend” (1984) – 11.06 million
Norah Jones, “Come Away With Me” (2002) – 10.85 million
Celine Dion, “Falling Into You” (1996) – 10.79 million
Eminem, “The Marshall Mathers LP” (2000) – 10.61 million
Britney Spears, “…Baby One More Time” (1999) – 10.55 million
Hootie & the Blowfish, “Cracked Rear View” (1994) – 10.27 million
Various Artists, “Titanic” Soundtrack (1997) – 10.17 million
Backstreet Boys, “Backstreet Boys” (1997) – 10.12 million
Eminem, “The Eminem Show” (2002) – 10.08 million
Usher, “Confessions” (2004) – 10.00 million
