Usher was named the Hot 100 Artist of the 2000s by "Billboard" stating "Usher's sexy brand of R&B dominated the last decade with the top-selling album and more No. 1s than any other act", with "Confessions" selling 20 million copies worldwide as the top solo album. Considered by Bonsu Thompson of Vibe to be "the "Thriller" of our generation", J. Tinsley of Uproxx ranked it amongst "landmark albums in pop culture" because of its theme. Pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones of "The New Yorker" remarks that "For a while, "Confessions" was pop music" and says it "may turn out to have been the last true blockbuster in pop". Clay Cane said in 2008 "We didn't see pop-R&B artists on pop radio, and Usher is one of those people in the 90s who was the catalyst for that; he was kind of the pioneer ... He's the greatest example of pure crossover success". Described as the best dancer in pop since Michael Jackson by writers of "VH1", and "The Guardian", Jody Rosen said in 2012 "He's the biggest male pop singer in the world; sometimes, it seems like he's the only one, in a marketplace still dominated by divas". Attaining 9 "Billboard" Hot 100 number-one singles to tie with the Bee Gees, Elton John, and Paul McCartney, Justin Charity of "Complex" referred to him as "the greatest male pop singer of the past couple decades" in 2015.