Rihanna never had an era as big as Usher's Confessions. This is just pure fact.
Confessions was released in 2004, when music sales were at an all-time high.
Again, Rihanna is and will continue to be bigger than Usher ever was. Fact.
The fact he literally tried to post Rolling Stone's "100 Best Songs of 2000's" as a receipt to combat the fact Yeah! sells more + is streamed more than Umbrella as of present....
The fact Ionnie, for another time, tried to post something as true, with things that can be completely proven wrong.
Confessions was Usher's one of only two albums that sold over 3 million worldwide. He had a huge peak and never got 10% of the success he had with his previous era. The male Cyndi tbh
Usher will remain a nostalgic act. He can't get a hit anymore, can't scan past gold, can't win any relevant award with his latest music.
And Umbrella is far more memorable than Yeah only urban fans would think otherwise
Diamonds World Tour 98 shows - 142$ million gross.
OMG World Tour 73 shows - 75$ million gross.
Yeaa, like HY! level ubiquity, except fewer streams on YouTube + Spotify, and minus the ability to bring a room of people together by performing it acoustically.