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Usher | Artist Essentials
First released: 2004 (year verified)
Original 2004 Confessions Special Edition version
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Release evidence and recording details
First released: 2004 (year verified)
The selected item is explicitly the 2004 Confessions Special Edition version. Only that edition's supported year is assigned; the expanded page's inherited March field is not claimed as the first day for the exact edited presentation.
Recording: Original 2004 Confessions Special Edition version
Credit: Usher
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Confessions (Special Edition)
Confessions expanded - original and explicitly named Special Edition items
The original 2004 program supports Yeah with Lil Jon and Ludacris and Caught Up. Confessions Part II and Burn are explicitly identified as Confessions Special Edition versions; those named 2004 presentations are selected. Inherited March fields are not used to assert that the subsequently added My Boo or guest-rapper remix were on the first March program. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Sony - Confessions original anniversary and later orchestral versions
The 2024 label announcement identifies the original twenty-year-old Confessions repertoire and explicitly separates new orchestral Burn and Superstar bonus versions. It corroborates the original 2004 era without redating all expanded tracks to the first album's calendar day. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Annual version match under review
The selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
The selected distributor item explicitly identifies the Confessions Special Edition version. The actual 2004 annual row does not establish that precise presentation, so the edition link remains provisional.
Confessions expanded - original and explicitly named Special Edition items
The original 2004 program supports Yeah with Lil Jon and Ludacris and Caught Up. Confessions Part II and Burn are explicitly identified as Confessions Special Edition versions; those named 2004 presentations are selected. Inherited March fields are not used to assert that the subsequently added My Boo or guest-rapper remix were on the first March program. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Sony - Confessions original anniversary and later orchestral versions
The 2024 label announcement identifies the original twenty-year-old Confessions repertoire and explicitly separates new orchestral Burn and Superstar bonus versions. It corroborates the original 2004 era without redating all expanded tracks to the first album's calendar day. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
About Usher
Usher is an American singer, songwriter and dancer whose childhood moved from Dallas to Chattanooga and then Atlanta. Local singing competitions preceded his self-titled debut album in 1994. My Way brought a wider audience in 1997, followed by 8701 in 2001. Songs such as U Remind Me, U Got It Bad and U Don't Have to Call became central to that early-2000s phase of his R&B career.
Artist background sources
Usher - Sony Music UK biography
Performer roles, Dallas/Chattanooga/Atlanta background, first three albums and 8701 repertoire. Sales totals, awards and unrelated business roles are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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