Impact
Usher's publicist, Patti Webster, resigned on August 1, 2008. Usher rehired Patton as his manager on August 6, 2008 and "dissolved his management arrangement with Benny Medina". At the time of the split from Medina, Here I Stand had sold two million copies worldwide compared to Confessions' nineteen million copies; some speculated that the disunion was because of the poorer album sales. Medina said that he and the singer "parted ways amicably", and deflected comments that he was responsible for the lower album sales. He pointed out that Here I Stand and "Love in This Club" reached number one on the US charts, and that the music industry had changed since the release of Confessions. Due to the decrease in sales figures, Here I Stand was seen as a commercial failure. According to Tyler Lewis from PopMatters its failure was spurred by Usher's marriage to Foster; "his fanbase hated his wife".
Usher filed for divorce from Foster in June 2009, stating that their marriage was "irretrievably broken". "Papers", the first single from Usher's next album Raymond v. Raymond (2010), discussed the divorce process, although it was recorded before the couple split.
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