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Grace Jones Earns Her Highest Charting Single Of All Time On The Billboard Hot 100 With Beyonce’s ‘Move’

45 years after earning her first Hot 100 entry, Grace Jones has moved up the charts with her Beyonce, Tems Collab “Move”. Sshh confirmed with World Music Views that Jones’s verse for

08/08/2022

Charts

Reggae Revival Singer Chronixx Scores Big On Movie (Synchronization) Placements

After scoring a series of seminal hits from the Major Lazer “Start A Fyah” Mixtape such as “Smile Jamaica” and “Here Comes Trouble”, Chronixx has toured the United Kingdom and the US

30/07/2022

Reggae

30 Years Of “Flex”, The Hardcore Lover Crossover Single By Mad Cobra That Paved The Way For Dancehall’s Success On The Billboard Charts

Dancehall Deejay Mad Cobra dropped 6 albums between 1991 and 1992, he then found his way on to the Billboard 200 albums chart with 1992’s “Hard To Wet, Easy to Dry,” released

29/07/2022

Dancehall·Hip Hop·R&B

Tems, Grace Jones, And Beam Featured On Beyoncé’s Renaissance Album, Controversy Around “Energy”

Beyoncé’s dance album Renaissance wouldn’t be complete without some Jamaican influence and a little bit of drama. For Track 5, “Energy,” Beyonce got Beam, the son of Jamaican music legend Papa San

29/07/2022

Dance/House Music·Pop

Sean Paul, Gwen Stefani To Perform On Jimmy Kimmel Tonight

Sean Paul dropped the music video for his latest single Light My Fire featuring Gwen Stefani and Shenseea on Wednesday. The fifth single from his Island Records album Scorcha, the song is

13/07/2022

Dancehall·Uncategorized

Sean Paul Is Still The Hottest Artist Out Of Jamaica

Dancehall superstar Sean Paul has the most popular YouTube channel from Jamaica as of July 2022 according to World Music Views Data. YouTube is the second most popular website in Jamaica and it’s

13/07/2022

Dancehall

Maxine Isis Stowe Is Ready To ‘Rebrand Dancehall’, Says The Music Industry Needs Change

Attorney and former Colombia Records music executive, Maxine Isis Stowe has been at the forefront of reggae and dancehall music for over 40 years. Her late husband is Lincoln ‘Sugar’ Minott, and

27/06/2022

Dancehall·Features·Reggae

Junior Reid Says One Man Controls Reggae And Hip Hop

Junior Reid was a guest on Math Hoffa’s My Expert Opinion podcast recently and he gave a glimpse into the reggae and dancehall culture’s affairs. In one segment Reid was asked why

24/06/2022

Hip Hop·Reggae

Zak Starkey, Son Of Beatles Drummer Ringo Starr, Is Committed To Reggae Music With New Label “Jamaica Sound System”

Zak Starkey is a drummer’s drummer. His father is the knighted and decorated Sir Richard Starkey, better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, the musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved

23/06/2022

Reggae

Chris Blackwell, The Last Of The Reggae Impresarios

Blackwell outlives many of his successful artists, his enemies as well as his friends. He began writing his memoir “The Islander: My Life In Music And Beyond” on the cusp of the

12/06/2022

Books·Reggae

Vivien Goldman The Last She-Punk Renaissance Woman

British writer and musician Vivien Goldman began her career as a journalist for Cassettes and Cartridges. I met up with her at the luxurious Golden Eye resort, owned by Island Records founder

12/06/2022

Features

Sean Paul’s ‘Scorcha’ And Shaggy’s ‘Come Fly With Mi’ First Week Numbers Are In

After charting at No. 24 on the U.K’s midweek chart last week Sean Paul debuts at No. 6 on the U.S Billboard Reggae Albums chart this week with Scorcha. For most of

07/06/2022

Dancehall·Reggae

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