Def Jam Records’ newest signee, Jamaican deejay Masicka says he will be dropping a new album this summer. The “Update” artist shared in a WhatsApp message to World Music Views® on Wednesday that, “Masicka is just getting started, new album this summer.” The yet to be named album is being driven by the release of several singles including his latest “Tyrant” which is currently the No. 1 song on Jamaica’s YouTube, Apple Music and Deezer daily charts dated May 31, 2023. The daily charts are based on streaming consumption activity on all official uploads. The music video released May 23, has surpassed 1.3 million views globally.
World Music Views first reported that Masicka was signed to Def Jam Records as early as last summer but his first single Pieces featuring newcomer Jahshii was only released February 10.
Latrice Burnette, EVP of Def Jam commented under Masicka’s IG post promoting the new single with “🧩🧩🧩”
With no major Billboard chart hit as yet, the Moments artist’s debut album 438, released December 3, 2021 is the most streamed album by a male dancehall artist in the U.S. that was released during the 12 month period for 2022 according to data provided to World Music Views by Billboard sales tracker Luminate.
The independent project earned 32,600 equivalent album units (SEA,TEA) in the US as of December 2022. Of that sum, pure album sales in the US were 1,200 (together equaling total on-demand streams (audio + video) over its lifetime of 48.8 million).
438’s success on Apple Music Jamaica and his YouTube singles/music videos positioned Masicka to be signed to a major U.S. record company according to sources close to the matter from the label.
Upon its release 438 moved 5,164 equivalent album units from sales and streaming in the United States during its first three weeks in December 2021.
This included 2,864 units (733 copies) sold during the first week of release. His first week total consumption also included 400 in song sales, 2,781,700 from on-demand audio streams, and 123,400 from on-demand video streams according to WMV’s Luminate correspondence.
438 debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart and spent a total of 7 weeks on the chart, an achievement surpassed only by top streaming artists Shenseea and Koffee (30 weeks), among recent albums by Jamaicans.
The album streamed in the top 10 on the Jamaica Apple music chart for an entire year since its release.
Other dancehall artists such as Spice, Sean Paul, Vybz Kartel, and Usain Bolt, only spent one week on the sales and streaming-driven chart with their latest albums.
Apple Music Daily Chart:
| Position | P+ | Artist – Title | Record Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | = | Masicka – Tyrant | Def Jam |
| 2 | = | Ireland Boss & Malie Donn – V6 | Ireland Records |
| 3 | = | Teejay & DJ Mac – Drift | DJ MAC Music |
| 4 | = | Byron Messia – Talibans | Ztekk Records |
| 5 | = | Najeeriii – Goon! | Godfloww |
| 6 | +1 | Kraff Gad – Audi | Romeich Entertainment |
| 7 | -1 | Najeeriii – SINTRAP (Giftcard) | Godfloww |
| 8 | +1 | RajahWild – Hate Yo | Necasarry Entertainment |
| 9 | +1 | Valiant – Expensive | Poppinz Records |
| 10 | +1 | Kraff Gad – Calmc | Musiq UK Records |
Deezer Daily Chart:
| Position | P+ | Artist – Title | Record Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | = | Masicka – Tyrant | Def Jam Records |
| 2 | = | Kraff Gad – Audi | Romeich Entertainment |
| 3 | = | Teejay – Drift | DJ MAC MUSIC |
| 4 | = | Ireland Boss, Malie Donn – V6 | Ireland Music |
| 5 | -2 | Chlöe – Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me | Columbia Records |
| 6 | +73 | $uicideboy$ – Champagne Face | G59 Records |
| 7 | NEW | Shy Martin – Slow | BLNK Music |
| 8 | NEW | Vybz Kartel – E.G.R. | H20 Records |
| 9 | NEW | Tommy Lee Sparta – Criminal | Damage Musiq |
| 10 | NEW | Toosii – Euphoria | UMG Recordings |
Jamaica YouTube Daily top 10 Chart
| Pos | P+ | Track | Streams | Streams+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | = | Masicka – Tyrant | 174,801 | -15,242 |
| 2 | = | Ireland Boss, Malie Donn – V6 | 152,899 | -14,525 |
| 3 | = | Teejay – Drift | 133,000 | -11,068 |
| 4 | = | Byron Messia – Talibans | 119,841 | -1,335 |
| 5 | = | Najeeriii – Goon! | 92,506 | -4,805 |
| 6 | +1 | Kraff Gad – Audi | 81,611 | -2,929 |
| 7 | -1 | Chronic Law – Diamond | 74,110 | -16,935 |
| 8 | +1 | Valiant – Expensive | 66,389 | -8,398 |
| 9 | +1 | RajahWild – Hate Yo | 60,573 | -2,430 |
| 10 | +1 | 450 – Live n’ Learn | 58,217 | -2,819 |
