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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

Tarrus Riley Grateful As “She’s Royal” Receives U.K. Silver Certification (200,000)

“She’s Royal” by reggae artist Tarrus Riley, released by VP Records, has been certified Silver in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry. The award was given on Friday, February 16, 2024

16/02/2024

Certifications

Tarrus Riley Rejects Divisive Reggae-Dancehall vs Afrobeats Statements

Reggae luminary Tarrus Riley is hitting out against what he says are divisive statements made by Murray Elias, former A&R for top selling dancehall artists Sean Paul who said Afrobeats acts are better writers and singers than

16/01/2024

Afrobeats·Reggae

Ky-Mani Marley, Tarrus Riley Delivered Classic Reggae Jams At Evening With Michael Bolton Concert

It’s safe to say the third annual Issa Trust Foundation charity concert held at Couples San Souci Ocho Rios, Jamaica was a success. The all inclusive VIP show had US Ambassador Nick

28/05/2023

Concerts

Issa Foundation Pools Together Michael Bolton, Tarrus Riley & Ky-Mani Marley For Charity Concert

Paul Issa is a trained Jamaican actor, hotelier and philanthropist with a taste in music that stretches from 60s Acid Rock to modern dancehall. He is the Deputy Chairman of the House

22/05/2023

Exclusives·Interview

Ian Lewis Cautions Reggae Artists Doing Hip Hop As Inner Circle’s Sweat (A La La La La Long) Certified Gold In The U.K.

On Friday (May 12, 2023) Inner Circle’s 1992 hit record “Sweat (A La La La La Long)” was certified Gold in the U.K. for selling more than 400,000 units in that country

12/05/2023

Certifications

Buju Banton, Beres Hammond & Tarrus Riley Remind Us Why Great Reggae & Dancehall Performances Are Important

As early as 2pm on New Year’s Day, hundreds of persons descended upon the gates of the Grizzly’s Plantation Cove in St. Ann for the inaugural staging of Intimate, a concert headlined

02/01/2023

Concerts

Tarrus Riley & Friends ‘Let Live Music Live’ Concert Returns To Emancipation Park

The annual Tarrus Riley & Friends Concert titled “Let Live Music Live” returns this year to Emancipation Park in Kingston, Jamaica this Friday December 16. The gold selling reggae artist says this

12/12/2022

Concerts

Rapper Snoop Dogg Vibes To Tarrus Riley’s Reggae Classic “Lion Paw”

Rapper Snoop Dogg was in a reverential reggae mood on Friday when he posted a video of himself catching a vibe to Tarrus Riley’s 2006 hit “Lion Paw”. The California legend tagged

15/10/2022

Hip Hop·Reggae

Tarrus Riley Says Burna Boy’s International Success Is Because He Has Talent & A Record Label’s Support, Encourages Reggae Artists To Step Up Their Game

Tarrus Riley has hits in multiple genres, his top song is the Canadian Billboard hit Powerful with Ellie Goulding which is also certified gold (500,000) in the US by the RIAA. Since 2006, the son

20/08/2022

Reggae

Tarrus Riley Is Good After Police Car Ran Into His Vehicle

Reggae singer Tarrus Riley has assured his fans and well wishers that he is ‘absolutely fine’ after an incident on the Mandela Highway in Jamaica on Wednesday. The Powerful singer posted on

26/05/2022

Reggae

Tarrus Riley Not Bothered By The Grammys, ‘I was always more interested in the respect from my peers and my family’

With 7 full length critically acclaimed studio albums and one Ep., Tarrus Riley has separated himself from many of his reggae counterparts. One of the few to have a gold certification in

26/04/2022

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