Shenseea’s Debut Album Alpha Is Currently Number 1 In 3 Countries

Dancehall princess Shenseea has reasons to celebrate her Billboard charting album in-spite of the poor US sales. The album currently occupies the number 1 position on Apple music in Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana, Seychelles and holds the number 2 position in Belize, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Jamaica and St. Lucia.

The data by Kworb.net also shows that Can’t Anymore, a song on the album produced by London on The Track is currently number 1 in the Cayman islands, and Dominica.

Shenseea is one artist who is benefitting from Apple music’s entry into the Caribbean last year.

With the Henkel Glue singer being Apple’s Next Up artist ahead of her album release, she did an interview with the platform to boost her streams and bring awareness. Shenseea told Nadeska of Apple Music “It feels like this is the moment I have been waiting for all my life”.

Apple Music is the most popular music streaming platform in the world with over 75 million users in the US and a choice of 75 million songs according to MIDiA research. However, in the Jamaican store and other Caribbean countries fewer songs are available in their library.

They are new to the Caribbean market and are just beginning to tailor their content to reggae-dancehall culture.

However some artists still believe with streaming technology, the success of the Jamaican music industry has dwindled.

Gramps Morgan Told World Music Views that, “I think because of the change of the format from CD and cassette has hurt our industry. It has advanced all the other genres because people are more tech savvy on their computers, laptops, cell phones and iPads, but Jamaica and Caribbean people refuse to move forward so the technology hurts Caribbean music. When you look at all the Jerk festivals and reggae festivals that happen across the world the numbers are there. We can compete, we bigger than jazz festivals, we are bigger than classical music festivals. The man one the street corner who love the new chune from Gramps Morgan doesn’t have a Spotify or Apple Music account.”

See all the regions where Shenseea’s album and songs are charting below: