It was placed as one of the ten best selling albums of 2010, ranking at number nine, selling 1.18 million copies that year.

The album topped the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for seven consecutive weeks. Raymond was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). By March 2012, it has sold over 1.3 million copies in the US. In its sixth week of release sales increased with 51,000 copies sold. In its fifth week of release it sold 48,000 copies. It then sold 52,000 copies in its fourth week of release. It sold over 64,000 copies in its third week of release. The album sold over 92,000 copies in the US in its second week of release. According to Billboard, the album's first-week sales had been supported by his appearances on the television shows American Idol and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, both of which featured him performing the single 'OMG'. Its first week sales, at the time of its release, served as the third-largest one-week sales of 2010 in the US. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 329,107 copies, becoming Usher's third consecutive US number-one album. In its conclusion, the tour placed seventh on Billboard's annual 'Top 25 Tours', earning nearly $75 million.

The then announced OMG Tour commenced on Novemand concluded on Jwith Usher performing in a total of 92 shows. It is Usher's first arena tour since his 2004 effort, The Truth Tour. Due to demand, many additional stops in Europe and Australasia were added. On September 8, 2010, the singer announced his touring trek (and revealed it was solo) for North America. The singers later took to Twitter to ask who the fans would like to see them perform with. This was further pushed by producer Jermaine Dupri alluding that the two artist may be unaware of this upcoming tour. The battle sparked an Internet rumor of the two possibly going on tour. In 2010, Usher competed in a dance battle against fellow R&B artist Chris Brown at the Reggae Sumfest.

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