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The Business of Jamaican Music: Ownership, Tours, Unpaid Royalties, and The Streaming Evolution

Backing band member Nigel Staff recently dismissed the notion of independence within the Jamaican music industry, directing his critique towards the CEO of this publication, albeit in a somewhat disjointed manner. In

29/11/2023

Dancehall·Editorial·Music Business·Record Label News·Reggae

“99.9999998%” Of Jamaican Dancehall Artists “Are Not Internationally Friendly, Are Criminals” Says Dancehall Producer

“The problem starts with the 01(visa cateogry for high level professionals), the artists, 99.9999998% of them can’t travel because they are not internationally friendly, they are criminals,” says Ruffcut band member Nigel Staff

25/11/2023

90s Dancehall·Dancehall·News

‘King Of The Dancehall’ Actress Kimberly Patterson Celebrates Top 10 on Netflix USA with “Family Business” Series

Kimberly Patterson, a native of Portmore Jamaica is celebrating her latest series “Family Business” making it to No. 7 on Netflix USA. The makeup artist who became an actress after auditioning for

17/11/2023

Dancehall·Films·Lifestyle

Grammys Ignore The Best Selling Dancehall Albums Again For The 66th Annual Awards

Byron Messia‘s “No Love” is the most successful dancehall album released this year, selling over 30,000 units, an amount greater than all the 2024 Grammy nominees for Best Reggae Albums combined. It

11/11/2023

Dancehall·Grammys 2024

Shatta Wale Tells The BBC “It’s like I’ve graduated from dancehall” and He Is “Happy Now”

Ghana’s self-proclaimed king of dancehall Shatta Wale came into the music business crying the stayers and sounds of Jamaican music, amassing numerous awards, a prolific discography, and a huge fanbase fan base.

31/10/2023

Afrobeats·Dancehall

Dancehall’s Lost Star Baby Wayne: Remembering the Promising Deejay Who Passed Away in 2005

Eighteen years ago Baby Wayne, real name was Wayne Parkinson died at the Kingston Public Hospital in Jamaica. Baby Wayne’s contributions to the dancehall genre were characterized by his conscientious lyrics that

28/10/2023

90s Dancehall·Dancehall·Dancehall50

The Unresolved Mystery Of Tenor Saw’s Death: From The Streets Of Kingston To Dancehall Icon

Tenor Saw, born Clive Bright passed away 35 years ago on August 1988, after being found in the street of Houston, Texas, USA. His death was not reported in the Jamaican Gleaner until

25/10/2023

Dancehall

“What’s the End Game?” Judge asked As Legal Battle Over Reggaeton’s Dembow Rhythm Copyrights Raises Concerns of Creative Stifling

Lawyers representing Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee, and numerous reggaeton artists have argued that the “Dembow” rhythm found in the 1989 track “Fish Market” is not eligible for copyright protection. “What’s the end

22/10/2023

Dancehall·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

Popcaan declares he is an independent artist

Popcaan Surpasses 1.5 Billion Streams On Spotify

As of September 28, 2023, dancehall star Popcaan has surpassed 1.5 billion streams on Spotify across all credits. The Ovo artist has carved a space for himself in the world of music,

28/09/2023

Dancehall·Spotify

Skeng’s ‘Shalalala’ Dominates YouTube Charts in Jamaica for Four Weeks!

Skeng‘s ‘Shalalala’ spends four weeks at No.1 on YouTube in Jamaica. The song produced by Zmii Records earned 360,107 streams in the island for the weekending September 14, which is an increase of

19/09/2023

Dancehall

From Sean Paul to Byron Messia? Charting the Evolution of Dancehall Hits

Byron Messia made a claim on Monday that his song Talibans which spent one week on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at No. 99 is the biggest dancehall song since 2005. That year

19/09/2023

Charts·Dancehall·Music

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