The Kalling by Kabaka Pyramid has re-peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. reggae iTunes chart after it won Best Reggae Album at the 2023 Grammys on Sunday February 5.
The Ghetto Youths International DJ got congratulations from his fellow nominees Sean Paul, Shaggy as well as Tarrus Riley, Busy Signal and more.
Kabaka Pyramid’s “The Kalling”, was the fourth most consumed album among the Grammy nominees in the category this year . Produced by Damian Marley and released on Ghetto Youths International and Pyramid’s Bebble Rock Music, the project sold 620 album equivalent units with sales and streaming in the US during its first week of release. It only recorded 280 pure album copies and 423,700 in total on-demand audio and video streaming in the US, according to our Data sales trackers Luminate.
The album was released on the final eligibility date for this year’s Grammy Award- September 30.
It has recorded lifetime sales album equivalent units of 2900. This includes 400 pure copies and total on-demand streams (audio + video) during its lifetime equalling 3 million.
Also following its Grammy win it has entered No. 3 on the Jamaica Apple Music chart for the first time.
He was in disbelief when his name was called and started out his YouTube broadcasted acceptance speech with the words “Me cyah believe.”
Sales and streams are not factors in the selection of the Grammy nominations according to Harvey Mason Jr. Recording Academy CEO.
The Grammy Awards are a peer group awards with nominations and winners selected by registered Grammy voters.
Last year’s winner SOJA, the US based reggae group sparked controversy when they walked away with the coveted trophy.
Their wining album Beauty In The Silence had debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Reggae Albums charts upon its release in 2021 and it also debuted at No. 34 on Billboard’s Current Albums Sales chart. It peaked at No. 52 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart.
The album has so far sold 35,000 album equivalent units (Pure album sales 7K, Streams: 37M)
The other nominees for this year’s Best Reggae Album award included Shaggy who was nominated for “Come Fly With Me, Sinatra Songbook”, Protoje picked up his second nomination with Third Time’s The Charm, 2020’s winner Koffee’s Gifted, one time Grammy winner Sean Paul’s Island Records debut Scorcha.
