Editors At Large

Phil Watkis Says Some Reggae Singers Lost Their Identity Trying To Be Rappers

Phil Watkis, Jamaican reggae artist and producer, talks about how the reggae scene has changed over the years, and how the music has evolved. Watkis explains how a demo was released and

10/04/2023

Interview

Interview – 50 Years Of The British Phonographic Industry (BPI)

The British Phonographic Industry is celebrating 50 years in 2023. According to Youtube Music CEO Lyor Cohen in a Financial Times interview , the UK music scene is the most interesting right

09/04/2023

Certifications·Features·HOT 50

Tekashi 6ix9ine Takes On Afrobeats

Controversial Mexican rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is moving away form his usual aggressive style of music and seeking to appeal to his African fans with a forthcoming Afrofusion song. In a snippet of

07/04/2023

Afrofusion·Hip Hop

Busy Signal Remixes “Calm Down,” To The Delight Of Rema

Jamaican dancehall artist Busy Signal who is no stranger to remixes (Beres Hammond, Lionel Ritchie) may have given himself a lifeline by doing an unofficial remix of Nigerian star Rema’s Billboard Chart

07/04/2023

Afrofusion·Dancehall

Why Afrobeats Had 217 Hits In the U.S. Last Year While Modern Dancehall Bubbles Under?

Dancehall and reggae’s peak year was 1993 when the genres occupied 3.9 % of the Billboard charts. In the last year, even reggae’s gifted child Koffee had a hard time charting and maintaining a

06/04/2023

African Hip Hop·Afrofusion·Dancehall·Exclusives·Features

Bob Marley And The Wailers Catch A Fire album cover

50 Years Of Bob Marley & The Wailers “Catch A Fire,” Album Re-enters Billboard

On the heels of its 50th anniversary, Catch A Fire, the first release by Bob Marley & The Wailer‘s for Island Records re-enters at No. 6 on this weeks U.S. Billboard Reggae Chart. The

04/04/2023

Album Sales·Milestones

T-Pain Says A Jamaican DJ Help To Make His 4x Platinum Hit “Bartender” Possible

Two time Grammy winning rapper T-Pain has revealed that his 4x Platinum single “Bartender” featuring Akon was recorded in a makeshift studio while on vacation at the Hedonism resort in Jamaica. In a two

04/04/2023

Music

Billboard’s Biggest Afrobeats Songs In The U.S.

Today April 2, 2023, marks one year since Billboard launched the U.S. Afrobeats chart in collaboration with the concert festival brand Afro-Nation. The biggest winner on U.S. music’s newest chart is Rema and Selena Gomez’s

02/04/2023

Afrobeat

Walshy Fire Says Every Artist Should Co-own Their Music Masters

Grammy Award-winning producer Walshy Fire has been at the forefront of many top hits. From Ellie Goulding to Koffee to Chronixx, he has been instrumental in the careers of music’s biggest superstars

01/04/2023

Exclusives·Features·Interview

How Dutchavelli’s “Bando Diaries” Became Certified Silver in The U.K.

Raspy voice U.K. drill rapper Dutchavelli‘s breakout single ‘Bando Diaries’ is now certified Silver in the U.K. by the BPI for selling more that 200,000 units in that country. The rapper who is

31/03/2023

Certifications·Milestones

“Wine Slow” By Gyptian Is Now Certified Silver In The U.K.

Wine Slow, the lead single from Jamaican reggae singer Gyptain’s 2013 album “Sex, Love and Reggae” is now certified Silver in the U.K. by the British Phonographic industry as measured by the

31/03/2023

Certifications·Milestones

Americans Want Foreign Music But Increase In Visa Fees “Catastrophic” Says U.K. Music Boss

66% of American music listeners listen to music from foreign artists according to a new Music 360 report by Luminate. Millennials and Gen Z are found to be the top generations who

30/03/2023

Music Business·News

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