Stick Figure Is Billboard’s ‘Year-End’ Reggae Charts Top Living Artists—For Five Years In A Row

Stick Figure, the California reggae band founded and lead by vocalist, producer and guitarist Scott Woodruff is Billboard’s 2023 highest selling reggae band alive according to the publication’s Year-End Charts.

Stick Figure landed at No. 2 behind Bob Marley & The Wailers on the Reggae Albums Artists Chart, the group’s fifth year in a row since 2019. The group’s albums, “Wisdom,”  “World On Fire” and “Set In Stone” landed at No. 4, No. 6 and No. 7 respectively.

While Ruffwood, Stick Figure’s independent record label is No. 2 on the Year-End Reggae Albums Labels chart and No. 3 on the Reggae Albums Imprint Chart.

The label that distributes Stick Figure’s albums along with The Elovators Endless Summer (which lands at No. 14 on the Reggae Albums Artists Chart),Ineffable Records lands at No. 4 on the Reggae Albums Labels Chart.

President of the California based reggae label Adam Gross told WMV on Tuesday evening that the main reason why Stick Figure and Woodruff has managed to edge out all their reggae peers for five years is consistency.

“For the past 17 years Stick has released music consistently that fits a cohesive vibe. He has focused on improving as a producer with every album, so that each is sonically better than the previous, staying true to the sound that his fans have come to expect, while always maturing and growing,” he said.

Adam says, a touring strategy has also helped to grow his community of supporters.

“After releasing a bunch of music independently for a number of years, for the past decade Stick has toured consistently. The band went on tours as support for other acts, as well as building up headlining history and festival plays. The fan base is a community and family vibe. The music helps people get through tough times, and the fans themselves are the biggest marketers of the music. Scott has never chased chart success or numbers, but rather focused on creating music that he and his fans love. Through staying true to himself and working hard and being consistent, the chart success has followed,” Adam explains.

2023 Billboard’s Year-End Reggae Albums Labels chart:

1. Universal Music Enterprises
2. Ruffwood
3. Rhino
4. Ineffable
5. Ztekk

2023 Billboard’s Year-End Reggae Albums Imprint Chart:

1. Tuff Gong
2. Island
3. Ruffwood
4. Geffen
5. Hip-O

The Four Distributors to make the 2023 Reggae Albums Distributors Chart are:

1. Universal
2. Independents
3. WMX
4. Sony Music