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Zomba is treating the new version like a brand-new album, with a full media and advertising blitz. 'My Boo was the vehicle that prompted us to do this whole exercise.'While many other acts have rereleased current albums with added tracks (Keys, Twista and Norah Jones will do so later this year), the Usher project is unique because of the scope of the changes and its prior level of success. But it wasn't until Keys was brought in that the talk of repackaging started.'At the end of the day, it all starts with the music,' Weiss says. The Usher camp was excited about My Boo, a duet written by Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal that hadn't been finished in time to make the original album, and Zomba executives were convinced it could be a hit. Zomba inherited the Usher project when his label, Arista, was absorbed this year. The goal is to try to get a diamond (10-million-selling) album out of this.'Weiss says the repackaging idea was musically driven. We thought here is a really nifty way to keep the energy going on an album beyond its normal life cycle. 'In this Internet age, where people are stealing music, albums seem to reach a point of diminishing returns after the second single, no matter how big your hits are. 1.'We are trying to defy the odds here,' says Barry Weiss, president of BMG's Zomba Label Group. The first three singles, Yeah!, Confessions, Part 2 and Burn, also have reached No. Packaging includes new cover art, an expanded CD booklet, pullout poster and a letter to fans from the star.Confessions has sold 5.7 million copies, including 1.1 million in its March debut week, and logged nine weeks at No. 5 could give it even more sales sparkle.Four new songs, including the explosive hit duet with Alicia Keys, My Boo, are being added, along with other musical enhancements. Usher's Confessions is already this year's biggest-selling album, but a revamped version that hits stores Oct.