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Damian Marley is the last Jamaican act to make the US Billboard 200 Chart with his fourth solo album Stony Hill

Billboard 200 Chart Gets Tougher for Signed Reggae Artists as U.S. Music Consumption Soars

First week sales for reggae and dancehall albums have-not been meeting the threshold to hit the US Billboard 200 albums chart over the past two years, while overall music consumption in the

03/07/2024

Charts·Features

Lloyd Lovindeer sang Jamaica's greatest hurricane themed song "Wild Gilbert"

The Greatest Hurricane-Themed Songs of All Time

As the category 5 Hurricane Beryl sweeps through the Caribbean basin at windspeed surpassing 150 mph and heads towards the Gulf of Mexico, it follows a path familiar to many in the

02/07/2024

Features

Co-founder of Nvidia Jen-Hsun "Jensen" Huang- image by Annabelle Chih/Bloomberg

How Nvidia’s AI Technologies Will Shape The Future of Music

Primary Wave, FiveCurrents, and the Marley Family are set to introduce the “Bob Marley Hope Road” experience at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas later this year. This immersive event will celebrate Bob

26/06/2024

Features

YouTube Paid CEO Neal Mohan Over $100 Million to Stay, but He Admits He’s Not Creative

YouTube’s CEO, Neal Mohan, received over $100 million in stocks to remain with the company, despite admitting he doesn’t have a creative bone in his body. “First of all, speaking as someone

24/06/2024

Features

Newly Weds Nelly and Ashanti Together Have Over 7 Billion Streams On Spotify

Newly Weds Nelly and Ashanti Have Over 7 Billion Streams On Spotify Together: A Look at Their Success

Yesterday (June 19) it was announced by TMZ that Nelly secretly got married to American singer Ashanti over six months ago. The stars are expecting their first child together later this year

20/06/2024

Hip Hop·Lifestyle

Top 10 Female Reggae – Dancehall Artists With The Most Monthly Listeners On Spotify

Continuing our series on reggae and dancehall artists with the most monthly listeners on Spotify, we bring you an updated ranking on the women of the genre. These numbers represent the unique

11/06/2024

Features

Shenseea in Dolce & Gabbana at the premiere of Bob Marley: One Love movie in Los Angeles

Exclusive: Shenseea to Bring “Never Gets Late Here” Tour to Plantation Cove, Jamaica

Dancehall’s top streaming female star Shenseea will be bringing her “Never Gets Late Here Tour” to Jamaica. The event will take place at Plantation Cove St. Ann on September 27 and will

08/06/2024

Concerts·Features

“Satta Massagana”: Clive Hunt Details Reason He Rejected Chris Blackwell’s Offer to Buy The Abyssinians’ Debut Album

Chris Blackwell, is known for signing reggae’s biggest stars and popularizing the genre by promoting Bob Marley through his Island Records label. Since the 1960s, the label has released several iconic reggae

06/06/2024

Features

Record Producer Clive Hunt: ‘Reggae is a name they prostitute; they even have reggae jerk pork.’

At 72, Record producer Clive Hunt is a titan in reggae music. With a career spanning more than five decades, he has produced and engineered some of the genre’s biggest hits while

05/06/2024

Features

Shinehead On Bridging Reggae and Hip Hop With Cassette Culture and Sound System Roots

Shinehead, the British-born Jamaican DJ who pioneered the fusion of reggae and hip hop in New York, now resides in Long Beach, California, a stark contrast to the settings mentioned in his

03/06/2024

Features

Jamaican Resident Diplo Shares Rainbow Photo In Honor Of Pride Month

Grammy winning DJ Diplo, who recently built a house in Jamaica shares a photo in honor of Pride Month on social media. In the image, the Major Lazer frontman is seen sitting

01/06/2024

Lifestyle

“All of Them Pay 70 Cents on the Dollar”: Music Executive Dominique Zgarka Defends Industry Evolution, UB40’s Success, and Fair Streaming Payouts

Dominique Zgarka is the Executive Vice President at The SRG – ILS Group LLC, two Toronto based companies that merged and serve as Universal Music Group’s umbrella for its independent labels with

27/05/2024

Features·Music Business

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