Bounty Killer’s Highest Selling Albums In the U.S.

The two most intriguing rivals in dancehall’s history have been Beenie Man and Bounty Killer. From the beginning of their commercial careers, the two have kept each other relevant with diss tracks, make ups, and break ups. Well into their 50s, they have now squashed the beef but individually they have made themselves columns in dancehall music with street anthems and billboard chart toppers.  Their 2021 Versuz performance showed the world what Jamaicans knew all along; that they are among the best stage performers in the world of music. But how did Bounty Killer’s career match up in terms of album sales?

With a movie worthy career spawning three decades we take a deep dive into five of Bounty’s biggest albums to see how they performed in terms of sales in the U.S. with data from our Billboard sales tracker correspondent Luminate (Formerly MRC Data).

My Xperience – 154,000 units

Since 1994 Bounty Killer has released 13 albums, most of them with VP Records, Greensleeves and TVT Records. His most successful in the U.S. has been My Xperience released in 1996 on VP Records/TVT Records. The album, driven by features with Wu-Tang rapper Reakwon, Busta Rhymes, the Fugees and more, has so far sold 154,000 units in the U.S. including 141,000 pure copies and 17 million on-demand streams as of March 10, 2022.

My Xperience which chronicled the gritty circumstances in Kingston, Jamaica where Bounty was born in Seaview Gardens peaked at No. 145 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It spent 6 months on the Billboard Reggae Billboard Reggae Albums after peaking at No. 1. Elsewhere it climbed to No. 27 on the U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip Hop Albums Chart as well as No. 6 on the US Heatseekers chart.