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May 30th, 2008 at 8:11 am

Video: Usher “Here I Stand” BET Special 5-28-08

Usher - Here I Stand album cover

“BET Presents Usher: Here I Stand,” a 30 minute special, aired on May 28, 2008, part of the promotion for Usher’s new album, “Here I Stand,” just released on May 27. According to Billboard, “Here I Stand” is expected to be a chart topper.

Usher’s “Here I Stand” (LaFace/Zomba) should stand tall at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 next week, as the set tops the Nielsen SoundScan Building chart, released today (May 28).

Unweighted first-day sales for “Stand” from the chart’s panel of nine accounts through the close of business yesterday came in at 146,000.

That figure is near the 154,000 that Mariah Carey’s “E=MC2″ (Island) began with in April. She finished the week with 463,000, though that number was amplified by an aggressive promotional campaign that included stops on “Oprah Winfrey” and “American Idol.”

Usher’s debut might be more in line with the sales bow that greeted Jack Johnson’s “Sleep Through the Static” earlier this year. That Brushfire effort launched a first-day figure of 121,000 on the Building chart and finished the week with 375,000.

Source: Usher On Track To Score No. 1 Album Debut

Usher “Here I Stand” BET Special video Part 1: “Moving Mountains” and “Here I Stand”