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Bob Marley & The Wailers’ laid-back album cut “Easy Skanking” has officially been certified Silver in the U.K. by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), recognizing over 200,000 units in sales and streams as

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s media industry is in the throes of reinvention, and at the center of it all is Amber Group, which has assumed control of the former SportsMax studio from

The Weeknd, one of the most streamed artists in the world, is reportedly in talks to raise as much as $1 billion in financing backed by his music catalog, according to Bloomberg.

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 23, 2025) — Actor James W. Hunter has filed a sweeping defamation lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Rolling Stone Media LLC, its parent company Penske Media

At the Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston, playwright Patrick Brown’s Indecent Proposal is staged in the cramped, unkept apartment of Sarah, a waitress at a dilapidated restaurant who lives on the economic and

Jamaica’s YouTube chart, tracked weekly by World Music Views since 2018 with data curated from Friday to Thursday across all official channels, has morphed into the industry’s open mic night for outsiders.

More than six decades after its recording, Connie Francis’ “Pretty Little Baby” has become an unlikely global hit, surpassing 100 million streams on Spotify and inspiring a new dancehall version by Elephant

Cam’ron’s latest viral stunt — paying actor Omar Gooding to appear in a fake movie that never existed — has drawn laughs online, but legal experts note that such antics could test

Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has officially crossed a historic milestone on Spotify, surpassing 15 billion total streamsacross his catalog. The achievement, updated as of August 15, 2025, reflects a remarkable growth rate