Editors At Large

Skatta Burrell Inks Joint Venture Deal With Reservoir Media and Publisher Abood Music

Reservoir Media (NASDAQ: RSVR) has expanded its footprint in global music with the launch of a new joint venture alongside Jamaican artist and producer Cordel “Skatta” Burrell and leading reggae/dancehall publisher Abood Music.

25/11/2025

Music Business

Shaggy at the 2025 Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Shaggy Brings Dancehall Energy To Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Shaggy was at the 2025 Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, injecting reggae and dancehall energy into one of the world’s flashiest sporting weekends. The Grammy-winning icon, who headlined the event alongside

25/11/2025

Sports

Cali Reggae frontman Stick Figure lead vocalist, producer and guitarist Scott Woodruff

Stick Figure’s Free Flow Sessions Scores the Highest Reggae Album Debut of 2025 — But Marley Holds the Throne

Stick Figure has delivered the biggest reggae album debut of 2025 with Free Flow Sessions, which blasts onto the Billboard Reggae Albums chart at No. 2. The album released on November 14,

25/11/2025

Billboard·Billboard Reggae Albums Chart

“Best of Jimmy Cliff” Reaches No. 1 on U.S. Reggae iTunes, Topping Charts in Seven Other Countries

Within hours of Jimmy Cliff’s passing on Monday November 24, his music experienced a massive global resurgence, shooting to the top of charts worldwide. “The Best of Jimmy Cliff” has reached No.

24/11/2025

Charts

SOUNDSTORM 2025: Riyadh’s Biggest Music Festival Returns With Davido, Tyla, Cardi B and Other Global Stars

SOUNDSTORM 2025 is set to take over Riyadh once again from December 11 to 13, bringing one of its strongest and most diverse lineups to date. As MDLBEAST’s flagship festival continues to

24/11/2025

Concerts

Jimmy Cliff performs at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California.

James Chambers OM, Globally Known As Jimmy Cliff Has Died

James Chambers OM, globally known as Jimmy Cliff, the actor, and one of the most influential voices in reggae history, died in Jamaica, on November 2025 at the age of 81. His

24/11/2025

News

Bad Bunny, Jowell & Randy, and Ñengo Flow’s “Safaera” Hits 1 Billion Streams 2 years after Copyright Lawsuit Settlement

Safaera, the all Puerto Rican collaboration by Bad Bunny, Jowell & Randy, and Ñengo Flow, has officially joined Spotify’s billion-stream club. It Is Bad Bunny’s 26th song to reach the milestones, the

23/11/2025

News

Bruno Mars’ ‘Just The Way You Are’ Hits 3 Billion Streams on Spotify, Now 21× Platinum

‘Just The Way You Are’ by Bruno Mars officially surpassed 3 billion streams on Spotify as of November 22, becoming just the 39th song in the platform’s history to reach the milestone.

23/11/2025

Certifications

Jamaica experienced a category 5 hurricane on October 28 the destroyed parts of the island

Sony, Warner and Universal Own Jamaica’s Music, The Island Needs Their Help To Rebuild

On October 28, 2025 Hurricane Melissa—recorded as the highest-wind hurricane on earth, with sustained winds of 252 mph—made landfall in Jamaica. It devastated half the island, leaving thousands homeless and displaced. The

22/11/2025

Editorial

Sean Paul- Dutty Rock album cover designed by William Richards

Sean Paul’s Magnum Opus album Dutty Rock Turns 23

Twenty-three years after its release, Sean Paul’s Dutty Rock remains one of the most commercially potent and culturally transformative albums ever to emerge from the Caribbean. Initially issued on 12 November 2002,

21/11/2025

Anniversaries

LL Cool J’s Mr. Smith Turns 30, Debut Album Radio Turns 40

30 yeas ago Def Jam released LL Cool J’s Mr. Smith, on November 21, 1995 Emerging after the lukewarm reception of 14 Shots to the Dome, the album represented a full-circle moment

21/11/2025

Anniversaries

Some Sexy Songs 4 U By PartyNextDoor and Drake Has Surpassed One Billion Streams on Spotify

As of November 21, Some Sexy Songs 4 U has reached one billion Spotify streams, less than a year after its release. Released on Valentines Day, February 14, 2025, the 21-track project marked PartyNextDoor’s

21/11/2025

Spotify

Donovan Watkis

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