Editors At Large

Kranium Says The Music Business Is Now About Numbers, Dancehall Artists Must Accept Afrobeats’ Dominance

Main points: Afrobeats is currently dominating the music scene, making it challenging for dancehall artists to compete. Kranium discusses the shift in the music industry towards a “numbers era,” where streaming statistics

09/10/2023

News

Ed Sheeran Earns 7th Consecutive No. 1 Album in the U.K., First Gold Brit Billion Awardee

Ed Sheeran‘ becomes the first British artist to receive a Gold BRIT Billion Award. The Golden trophy is given to artist who have surpassed for 10 billion streams in the U.K. The

08/10/2023

Certifications

Tyla’s ‘Water’, Julian Marley’s ‘Jah Sees Them’ and 3 More Songs To Listen This Weekend

1. Julian Marley – Jah Sees Them Reggae luminary Julian Marley is back with a new single “Jah Sees Them,” while gearing up for the 2024 GRAMMY® Awards with two powerful submissions.

07/10/2023

Music

Sean Paul’s ‘No Lie’ Featuring Dua Lipa Hits 1 Billion Streams On Spotify

Sean Paul is once again making history on Spotify after his 2016 single No Lie Ft. Dua Lipa hit one billion streams on Friday. The dancehall-Pop collab previously surpassed the one billion views on

06/10/2023

Spotify

Mr. Vegas Surpasses 350 Million Streams On Spotify, Blames Fans For Dancehall’s Downward Sales

Dancehall singer Mr. Vegas, has surpassed 350 million streams on Spotify across all credits. His top song on the platform is Socadona by Brazilian singer Ludmilla Mariah Angeliq, and Topo La Maskara with 70 million streams.

06/10/2023

Spotify

Sean Paul Sets Eyes On Latin Music Market After 2023 Latin Billboard Nomination

The 30th annual Billboard Latin Music Awards took place on October 5, 2023, at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida. The event which celebrated the best of Latin music across various

06/10/2023

Latin

Cham's Ghetto Story sells 100,000 units in the US- Image of Cham on the Red carpet at the 2023 Caribbean Music Awards in Brooklyn New York

Cham’s ‘Ghetto Story’ Album Surpasses 100,000 Sales Milestone in the U.S.

Cham‘s Ghetto Story, his major label debut album released on Atlantic Records has now sold 100,000 units in the U.S. according to information supplied to WMV by Billboard sales tracker Luminate. Of that amount 61,000 is

05/10/2023

Album Sales·Dancehall

Max Romeo, Sampled By Jay-Z, Says Universal Music Group Owes Him 47 Of Years Royalties

Jamaican roots reggae musician Max Romeo known for chart success in Jamaica and the U.K. has broken his silence on a US$15 Million lawsuit filed against Universal Music Group for royalties owed to him

04/10/2023

Legal·Music Business·Uncategorized

Bounty Killer and Cham’s “Time Bomb” EP Sales Are In

Bounty Killer and Cham’s collaborative EP “Time Bomb” did not debut on the US Billboard Reggae chart after selling 100 units in streams and sales during its first week according to data

03/10/2023

Album Sales

Rising Stars 2023 Winner Remone Watson Says He Wants To Follow In Tessanne Chin’s Shoes

Remone Watson is Digicel Rising Star’s 19 winner and he says he will now try his hand at NBC’s Singing Competition “The Voice” in the US, in the footsteps of Jamaican singer

03/10/2023

News

Snow’s ‘Informer’ Reaches 100 Million Streams on Spotify

Artist: Snow Album: 12 Inches of Snow (1993) Release Date: August 1992 Recorded: 1992 Genre: Reggae fusion, hip hop, dancehall Label: EastWest Songwriters: Edmond Leary, Darrin O’Brien, Shawn Moltke, Terri Moltke, Jeffrey

02/10/2023

Milestones

Kevin Gates’ ‘Luca Brasi 3’ Mixtape Shines with 14 New RIAA Gold And Platinum Certifications

Louisiana-born rapper Kevin Gates known received 14 new Recording Industry Association (RIAA) certifications on October 2, 2023 for tracks on his 16 mixtape Luca Brasi 3. Among them were 8 Gold certifications

02/10/2023

Album Sales·Certifications·Hip Hop

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