@Wiskey you sound dumb as hell. Usher, Ciara, Brandy, Monica, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and even Toni Braxton, all who've multiplatinum albums and #1 have seen huge sales decreases. 5 yrs, Girl on Fire would've sold in the 350k range in the 1st wk, it did only 160k even tho Girl on Fire (single) was a Top 10 hit on the Hot 100 and Alicia had a huge promo push, the album has only sold 725k to date and only another 750k internationally. Usher last 3 were all commercially disappointments, selling less each time. Looking 4 Myself is his best reviewed album and Climax was his most critically acclaimed single. It reached the Top 20 on the Hot 100 and spent over 10 wks at #1 on the R&B/HH charts and Scream peaked in the Top 10, but the album sold just 125k in the 1st wk and only 495k overall. Ciara had a decent promo campaign but had the highest charting R&B song of the year with Body Party and only did 60k the 1st. R&B is dead outside the Urban markets and even there it's failing. That's why artists like Fantasia, Ariana, Tamar, Keyshia, John, Weeknd, Miguel, Frank Ocean doing over 300k is praised