Usher's 'Confessions' Album Hits 10 Million in U.S. Sales by Keith Caulfield, L.A. | July 05, 2012 4:45 EDT Usher's 2004 "Confessions" album hits a milestone sales achievement this week, surpassing 10 million in U.S. sales according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Albums With 10 Million in U.S. Sales, 1991-Present Artist Title (Year) Sales To Date* 1 Metallica Metallica (1991) 15.79 million 2 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995) 15.52 million 3 Shania Twain Come On Over (1997) 14.75 million 4 Backstreet Boys Millennium (1999) 12.19 million 5 The Beatles 1 (2000) 12.07 million 6 Whitney Houston/ Soundtrack The Bodyguard (1992) 12.03 million 7 Santana Supernatural (1999) 11.73 million 8 Creed Human Clay (1999) 11.59 million 9 'N Sync No Strings Attached (2000) 11.13 million 10 Bob Marley & the Wailers Legend (1984) 11.06 million** 11 Norah Jones Come Away With Me (2002) 10.85 million 12 Celine Dion Falling Into You (1996) 10.79 million 13 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) 10.61 million 14 Britney Spears . . .Baby One More Time (1999) 10.55 million 15 Hootie & the Blowfish Cracked Rear View (1994) 10.27 million 16 Soundtrack Titanic (1997) 10.17 million 17 Backstreet Boys Backstreet Boys (1997) 10.12 million 18 Eminem The Eminem Show (2002) 10.08 million 19 Usher Confessions (2004) 10.00 million *SOURCE: NIELSEN SOUNDSCAN, sales through the week ending July 1, 2012 **11.06 million between 1991-present; earlier sales not included