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Top 15 Most-Streamed Dancehall-Infused Songs in Spotify History

Dancehall’s influence on global popular music can be measured in many ways. Some of the biggest songs in the history of Spotify—from Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” and Drake’s “One Dance” to

18/09/2026

Charts

Major Lazer Announce New Dancehall Fusion ‘Gyalgebra’ Mixtape, Set for November 21 Release

(November 15, 2025) — Major Lazer has officially announced that their new mixtape, GYALGEBRA, will be released on November 21, marking the group’s first full body of new work since 2020’s Music Is

15/11/2025

News

Major Lazer Diplo, (right) alongside DJs Walshy Fire(left) and Ape Drums

Major Lazer’s ‘Peace Is The Mission’ Turns 10

June 1, 2025, marks ten years since Major Lazer released Peace Is the Mission, the genre-bending album that helped redefine global dance music. A fusion of dancehall, EDM, reggaeton, and pop, the

01/06/2025

Anniversaries

“Nobody Move” by Major Lazer featuring Vybz Kartel. “Nobody Move” produced by Diplo, French production duo the Picard Brothers (Maxine and Clement) and German producer Philip Meckseper a.k.a Blender premiered on October 11 via Mad Decent Records along with an animated video directed by Major Lazer’s longtime visual collaborator, Ferry Gouw.

Major Lazer Unveils ‘Nobody Move’ Featuring Vybz Kartel Referencing Yellowman’s 1980s Hit

Major Lazer’s debut album, Guns Don’t Kill People…Lazers Do, is getting a deluxe reissue to mark its 15th anniversary. The 17 track set which will be released on November 15, 2024, includes remastered

14/10/2024

News

Stefflon Don, Sean Paul, Koffee, Shaggy, Shenseea have some of the most subscribed YouTube channels

Jamaican Artists with the Most YouTube Subscribers

Jamaica’s YouTube scene is an accurate depiction of the island’s enduring influence on global music and culture. From its roots in the revolutionary rhythms of reggae and dancehall to the modern fusion

13/09/2024

YouTube News

Major Lazer and Ellie Goulding’s ‘Powerful’ (ft. Tarrus Riley) Surpasses 300 Million Spotify Streams

Major Lazer and Ellie Goulding’s “Powerful” featuring Tarrus Riley, has surpassed 300 million streams on Spotify. It is Tarrus’s first song to reach the milestone, Major Lazer’s seventh and Goulding’s 15th. The

04/04/2024

Spotify

Nyla Earns First 3x Platinum Certification In The U.K. With “Light It Up” By Major Lazer

Major Lazer‘s “Light It Up” featuring Nyla Fuse ODG has becomes certified 3x Platinum in the U.K. for selling 1,800,000 combined units in streams and sales. The award was issued on Friday

01/03/2024

Certifications

Most Streamed Songs On YouTube Featuring Dancehall Artists

From the spirited green alien dancing to Cutty Ranks’ vocals in El Chombo’s “Dame Tu Cosita” to the Bollywood-inspired sequences of Major Lazer (Producer Diplo and DJs Walshy Fire and Ape Drums) &

06/01/2024

Culture·Features

Nyla Of Brick & Lace Becomes The First Jamaican Woman With A Song Surpassing 1 Billion Streams On Spotify

Major Lazer’s “Light It Up Remix” ft. Nyla, and Fuse ODG from Major Lazer’s third studio album “Peace Is the Mission,” has surpassed 1.1 billion streams on Spotify. This is Nyla and Fuse

26/08/2023

Milestones·Spotify

Major Lazer’s Diplo Says He Is “Not Gay”

EDM DJ Diplo has admitted to getting oral sex from a man but says ‘he is not gay’ in a new episode of Sony’s “High Low with EmRata” podcast with model EmRata, aka Emily Ratajkowski. Without

14/03/2023

News

Paris Hilton, Diplo, David Guetta Are Among The Highest Paid DJs In The World Making Millions While Jamaicans Are Missing Out

According to the Ibiza International Music Summit (IMS) business report, Electronic dance music is earning $4.5bn (£2.9bn) in global revenues per year. The data presented at last year’s Ibiza IMS showed that

15/02/2023

EDM

Electronic Dance Music Industry Made $4.5 Billion Last Year, Jamaicans Are Missing Out

According to the Ibiza International Music Summit (IMS) business report, Electronic dance music is earning $4.5bn (£2.9bn) in global revenues per year. The data presented at this year’s Ibiza IMS showed that

27/04/2022

Dancehall·EDM

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