Chantel Thompson, Author at World Music Views

Skillibeng Joins Nicki Minaj On ‘Pink Friday 2 World Tour: Gag City Reloaded’ with Tyga and BIA

Nicki Minaj, the queen of rap, is back with a bang as she announces the second leg of her much-anticipated ‘Pink Friday 2 World Tour.’ This tour, which follows the success of

16/08/2024

Concerts·News

Sean Paul becomes the most certified Platinum (album) dancehall artist in the U.K.

Sean Paul’s “The Trinity” Album Becomes Certified Platinum In The U.K.

Sean Paul’s album “The Trinity,” one of the most successful dancehall albums of all time, has just been certified Platinum in the UK for combined sales and streams totaling 300,000 units. This

16/08/2024

Certifications

Kano’s “Can’t Hold We Down” (ft Popcaan) becomes certified Silver in the UK

Both Kano and Popcaan now have 9 and 8 BritCertified Silver certifications respectively Kano’s track “Can’t Hold We Down” featuring Popcaan has just gone Silver in the UK, selling 200,000 units through

16/08/2024

Certifications

#LISA and ROSALÍA’s “New Woman” #1 Trending Music Video on YouTube

Top Trending Music Videos Worldwide as of August 16, 2024 As of August 16, 2024, trending music videos on the global music scene is buzzing with tracks that have listeners hooked across

16/08/2024

YouTube Music

Satisfy My Soul by Bob Marley & The Wailers is now certified Silver in the U.K.The award was given by the British Phonographic Industry

“Jamming” By Bob Marley Certified Gold In Brazil

Jamming by Bob Marley and the Wailers just struck gold in Brazil, according to Pro-Música Brasil. The song, released on June 3, 1977, as part of the legendary “Exodus” album, has hit

15/08/2024

Certifications

Iron Lion Zion By Bob Marley and The Wailers Surpasses 100 Million Streams On Spotify

Iron Lion Zion by Bob Marley and the Wailers has surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify. The song, released on September 7, 1992, as part of the Songs Of Freedom box set, came out

14/08/2024

Milestones

Shaggy accepting his second Best Reggae Album Grammy award in 2019 for 44/876

Producer Claims to Already Know the Winner of Best Reggae Album for the 67th GRAMMY Awards

Best Reggae Album winner at the 66th Annual Awards, Alexx Antaeus stated that he already knew who would win the award at the 67th annual, owing to the fact he predicted his

14/08/2024

Grammy News

Billboard Reggae Albums Chart: Vybz Kartel Earns 9th Chart Entry, Bob Marley Extends Lead

Vybz Kartel’s compilation album “First Week Out” released by Hapilos 21 has debuts at No. 8 on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart. The 12 track set was released on July 31, the

13/08/2024

Charts

Tems, Tyla, Skillibeng, Bob Marley and More Make Barack Obama’s 2024 Summer Playlist

Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) by Bob Marley and The Wailers (1974) and “Jump “ by Tyla, Gunna and Skillibeng (2024) are among the songs on Barack Obama’s Summer Playlist. The

12/08/2024

Music·News

Drake “Blue Green Red” Interpolates “When” By Dancehall Legend Tiger

Last week (August 6), Toronto rapper Drake leaked 100 gigabytes of content on the decoy website 100gigs.org and the Instagram page @plottttwistttttt. Among the rubble of now deleted files was a song titled

11/08/2024

News

Snoop Dogg, performs the Coup de Baton ceremony prior to the Breaking Competition on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde on Aug. 9, 2024 in Paris, France. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Snoop Dogg Kicks Off the 2024 Summer Olympics’ First-Ever Breakdancing Event

West Coast rapper Snoop Dogg kicked off the 2024 Summer Olympics’ first-ever breakdancing competition in Paris on Friday August 9, 2024. The legendary rapper performed the Coup de Baton ceremony at Place

09/08/2024

News

The Rise And Fall Of Rude Boy Ninjaman

Dancehall’s Original Lyrical Assassin Desmond Balentine, better known as the improvisational dancehall artist Ninjaman, almost signed with Columbia Records in the 1990s, according to former label executive Maxine Isis Stowe. Despite winning

08/08/2024

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