Yeah! (Usher Song) - Chart Performance

Chart Performance

"Yeah!" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number fifty-three on January 13, 2004. On March 2, the song peaked atop the chart and stayed at that position for twelve consecutive weeks. "Yeah!" became Usher's fourth number-one single, Lil Jon's first and Ludacris' second. The single remained on the Hot 100 for forty-five weeks. "Yeah!" became the most played song in the United States in 2004, with Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems reporting the song getting a total of 496,805 plays. The single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on June 11, 2006 for shipping one million copies since its release. "Yeah!" became the best-performing single of 2004 in the United States. The single ranked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs. As of August 2012, the song has sold 3,575,000 digital copies.

Internationally, "Yeah!" received a similar response, topping several charts. In Australia, the song topped the chart on the week of April 4, 2004 for one week. It remained on it for only eight weeks before dropping out, and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipping 70,000 units. In New Zealand, "Yeah!" had a better chart performance, peaking at number one for four non-consecutive weeks. It remained on the chart for twenty-seven weeks before dropping and was certified two times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. In Switzerland and Austria, "Yeah!" peaked at number one and remained on the charts for thirty-eight and thirty-six weeks, respectively, and was certified gold in both countries. The song topped the charts in Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom. "Yeah!"'s weakest performance was in Finland, where it stayed on the charts for four weeks and peaked at number seventeen. Overall, the single remained on several charts worldwide for a year, from early 2004 to 2005. On the 2004 Year-end charts, "Yeah!" became the twenty-eighth best-selling single in Australia, and twenty-sixth in France. It peaked in the top-ten on the Year-end charts in Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Belgium (Wallonia), Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland and UK.