Jun

13

2012

Sales Predictions: Usher’s ‘Looking 4 Myself’ Set For Slow Start

Written by Trent | Filed under Charts,Usher

Usher's 'Looking 4 Myself' album cover.

Usher’s ‘Raymond vs Raymond’ album entered the Billboard 200 at #1 in April 2010 with sales exceeding 329K copies. However, despite the fact that he is predicted to top the chart again with his new LP, ‘Looking 4 Myself’, the singer will experience a sizable dip in commercial impact.

‘Looking 4 Myself’ is projected to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 with only 120K-130K copies sold. These figures represent a 200K decline in sales compared to those of ‘Raymond vs Raymond’ and a chilling 300K tumble from the 433K generated by ‘Here I Stand’ in April 2008. To date, those albums  have sold 1.3 million copies in the US, each.

Thus far, Usher has issued three singles from ‘Looking 4 Myself’ – ‘Climax’, ‘Lemme See (Ft. Rick Ross)’ and ‘Scream’. The video for the last song, which has thus far peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, premiered earlier today.

Usher also performed at numerous high profile events to promote ‘Looking 4 Myself’, including ‘The Today Show’ Summer Concert Series, the ‘Dance Central 3′ launch and the American Express UNSTAGED show. He is expected to hit the stage at the 2012 BET Awards on July 1st.

Watch Usher’s ‘Climax’ video below:

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11 Comments

1. theman says:

   June 13, 2012 at 3:31 pm

   Hopefully, he’ll sale more than whats being predicted. He should be selling far more than this. His album is great. If anything steady sales would be the best in any case.
2. diana says:

   June 13, 2012 at 4:34 pm

   R&b doesn’t sell anymore.
3. Nono says:

   June 13, 2012 at 4:34 pm

   Disappointing considering this album >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all of the others since Confessions. And as a full Cohesive work, I actually prefer this to Confessions. A shame.
4. Dawg..wut says:

   June 13, 2012 at 5:39 pm

   he had better albums. that’s all
5. kevin says:

   June 13, 2012 at 5:53 pm

   Mariah sold more than that with Memoirs. These sales are quite slow.
6. Usher Rocks BBC Radio 1Xtra's 'Live Lounge' :: The Lava Lizard says:

   June 13, 2012 at 5:59 pm

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7. Ugh says:

   June 13, 2012 at 6:41 pm

   oh no but this is a good album though. Hopefully is picks up fast.
8. angelina says:

   June 13, 2012 at 8:45 pm

   I believe once he gets back into the U.S and promote the album and sales should pick up
9. Jenelle says:

   June 13, 2012 at 10:16 pm

   He hasn’t promoted in the US, no one really knew that he had an album. He’ll go platinum either way.
10. New Video: Usher - 'Lemme See (Ft. Rick Ross)' :: The Lava Lizard says:

    June 15, 2012 at 8:03 am

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11. Juewelz03 says:

    June 15, 2012 at 7:41 pm

    This is a good solid album he actually could have went the “I AM..” route and released the deluxe as a double album. 7-8 of the songs are pretty euro/pop but thats ok they will be a good addition to my workout playlist. Love this album I hope Trent does a review