Bob Marley Tops Billboard’s 2024 ‘Year-End’ Reggae Charts—For Fifth Year In A Row

Legendary Reggae icon Bob Marley & The Wailers have claimed the top spot on the Billboard Year-End Reggae Albums Artists chart and the Year-End Reggae Albums chart with their greatest hits collection Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers—for the fifth consecutive year.

Tuff Gong, the family label Marley founded in 1970, continues its reign at No. 1 on the Year-End Reggae Albums Imprints chart. Universal Music, which owns, markets and distributes his music, has also secured No. 1 positions on the Year-End Reggae Albums Labels chart and the Year-End Reggae Distributors chart.

Legend, was recently certified 18x Platinum in the U.S. for sales and streams exceeding 18 million units, extending its lead as the highest selling reggae album of all time. First released on May 8, 1984, this year the album climbs to No. 51 (up from No. 59 last year) on the Year-End Billboard 200 Albums chart, which ranks albums across all genres. Largely due to boosts in streams following the release of the Bob Marley: One Love film in February.

Legend remains Marley’s highest-charting album in the US, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. With over 4.2 million copies sold in the UK, and an estimated 33 million copies sold globally. As of December 13, 2024, Legend has spent 256 weeks on the Billboard Reggae Albums Chart. It has the second-longest run in U.K. and US Billboard 200 chart history. Second only to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon.

Of note Independents ranked No. 2 on the Billboard Year-End Distributors Chart while Universal ranks No. 1.

Released today (December 13), the Billboard Year-End 2024 music charts recap metrics aggregated from October 28, 2023, through October 19, 2024. These rankings are based on streaming equivalent album units, airplay, and sales in the United States, as reported by sales tracker Luminate (formerly MRC Data). Rankings for Luminate-based recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart run isn’t considered in these rankings.

On the Billboard Year-End Reggae Albums chart, Best Of Shaggy: Boombastic Collection is at No. 2.

Sean Paul’s Dutty Classics Collection and Dutty Rock are at No. 3 and No. 8, respectively. Stick Figure has three albums on the chart: World on Fire, Set In Stone, and Wisdom at No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6.

UB40’s Greatest Hits lands at No. 7, while Damian Marley’s Welcome To Jamrock is at No. 9. No Love by Byron Messia is the only dancehall album to make the year-end chart, securing the No. 10 spot.

Elsewhere on the Reggae Albums Artists chart, Stick Figure is at No. 2, Sean Paul at No. 3, Shaggy at No. 4, UB40 at No. 5, Damian Marley at No. 6, and Byron Messia at No. 7.

Masicka makes the chart for the first time at No. 8, while Ini Kamoze and Rebelution round out the chart at No. 9 and No. 10, respectively.

Rhino is No. 2 on the Reggae Albums Labels chart, followed by Ruffwood at No. 3, Ineffable at No. 4, and Ztekk at No. 5.

Island Records is at No. 2 on the Reggae Albums Imprints chart, with Ruffwood at No. 3, Atlantic at No. 4, and VP Records also at No. 4.

2024 Year-End Reggae Albums Chart

1. Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers – Bob Marley & The Wailers
2. Best Of Shaggy: Boombastic Collection – Shaggy
3. Dutty Classics Collection – Sean Paul
4. World On Fire – Stick Figure
5. Set In Stone – Stick Figure
6. Wisdom – Stick Figure
7. Greatest Hits – UB40
8. Dutty Rock – Sean Paul
9. Welcome To Jamrock – Damian Marley
10. No Love – Byron Messia

2024 Billboard Year-End Reggae Albums Artists Chart

1. Bob Marley & The Wailers
2. Stick Figure
3. Sean Paul
4. Shaggy
5. UB40
6. Damian Marley
7. Byron Messia
8. Masicka (debut appearance)
9. Ini Kamoze
10. Rebelution

2024 Billboard Year-End Reggae Albums Labels Chart

1. Universal Music
2. Rhino
3. Ruffwood
4. Ineffable
5. Ztekk

2024 Billboard Year-End Reggae Albums Imprints Chart

1. Tuff Gong
2. Island Records
3. Ruffwood
4. Atlantic
5. VP Records (tied for No. 4)

2024 Year-End Reggae Albums Distributors Chart

1. Universal
2. Independents
3. WMX (Warner)
4. Sony Music