Legend:The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers is set to extend its record lead at No. 1 on the Billboard reggae albums chart this week. It is the album designed and curated by Universal Music Group’s marketing team to sell forever according to Chris Blackwell in his memoir “The Islander.” The album first released in 1984 has seamlessly adopted to every form of music distribution platform and stands above all in the reggae genre. Between the original and the Deluxe versions, they have amassed more than 8 billion streams on Spotify, making it Marley’s top set on any Platform. The legendary reggae band lead by the timeless superstar also has several other albums that are clocking high streaming numbers on Spotify.
“GOLD”
The other double disc compilation album “Gold” which re-entered the Billboard Reggae albums chart at No. 10 in February was released in 2005 and spawns 17 tracks on each disc with songs from Marley’s first album “Catch A Fire” right up to his last recording “Uprising”.
That album is certified Gold in Canada for selling more than 40,000 units in that country but on Spotify is has surpassed 4.4 billion streams.
Whenever a song is played from these collections even if played from the original album, it goes towards to compilation’s overall streaming tally according to Adam Gross President Of Ineffable Records.
As the Marley family prepares to drop an afrobeats collab album with some of the top music superstar for Nigeria, WMV puts together the top albums by Bob Marley &The Wailer as of June 30, 2023 with ranking and streaming numbers on Spotify.
| Rank | Album Title | Year | Streams |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Legend (Deluxe Edition) | 1984 | 4,673,564,795 |
| 2 | Legend – The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers | 1984 | 4,551,715,400 |
| 3 | Gold | 2005 | 4,458,227,811 |
| 4 | Marley (The Original Soundtrack) | 2012 | 2,738,048,554 |
| 5 | Exodus (Deluxe Edition) | 1977 | 2,157,003,630 |
| 6 | Exodus | 1977 | 2,114,115,003 |
| 7 | Exodus 30th Anniversary Edition | 2007 | 2,069,477,844 |
| 8 | Uprising | 1980 | 1,261,062,185 |
| 9 | B Is For Bob | 2009 | 1,117,136,220 |
| 10 | Kaya – Deluxe Edition | 1978 | 1,107,745,155 |
| 11 | Kaya | 1978 | 1,074,378,737 |
| 12 | Uprising | 1980 | 946,720,856 |
| 13 | Bob Marley Legacy: Ride Natty Ride | 2020 | 779,681,020 |
| 14 | NATURAL MYSTIC | 1995 | 762,946,422 |
| 15 | Songs Of Freedom Rarities | 1992 | 602,563,652 |
| 16 | Fridays For Future | 2021 | 546,885,319 |
| 17 | Confrontation | 1983 | 503,171,379 |
| 18 | Bob Marley Legacy: Freedom Fighter | 2021 | 456,585,667 |
| 19 | Hit Collection Edition | 2012 | 396,952,155 |
| 20 | Rastaman Vibration | 1976 | 360,023,586 |
