A pop star in the mold of Michael Jackson—a consummate performer whose appeal seems to transcend genre and demographics—USHER has spent three decades in the spotlight with little sign of slowing down. Straddling club music (“Yeah!”), ballads (“Confessions Part II”), boundary-pushing R&B (“Climax”), and big-tent anthems (“Love in This Club”), the music here represents not only his best, but also some of the best, most unifying pop of the '90s and beyond.