Good morning, it is 4 days before the announcement of the nominees for the 65th Annual Grammy Awards and here is your weekend re-cap of the top stories on WMV this week.
- Rihanna represents for Dancehall at Savage X Fenty Vol. 4 show on Amazon Prime.
- Spice confirms that she she is recovering but she wasn’t in a Coma.
- IzyBeats releases new single as lead artist titled “Up Deh” with Konshens.
- HarbourView Private Equity celebrates Lius Fonsi’s 8 billion streams for Decpacito amidst lawsuit from Steely & Clevie.
- Church Of England Fund CCLA invests in songs banned from the U.K. and Jamaican airwaves.
- Buju Banton launches Intimate Festival and says modern reggae-dancehall is forgettable.
Now for the charts
On YouTube :
- Astronaut by Jin is the top song globally with 47 million views.
- Vaar by Sidhu Moose Wala is the top trending song in Canada.
- Lift Me Up by Rihanna is the top streaming song in Canada, U.K and the US.
Rihanna - Messy by Quavo & Takeoff is the top trending song in the US.
- I’m Back by Fredo is the top trending song in the U.K.
In Jamaica:
Valiant becomes the first artist to have 5 songs in the top 5 in on YouTube in Jamaica.
- Sciance by Valiant at No. 5 for the third week.
- St. Mary by Valiant at No. 4
- Dunce Cheque at No. 3
- North Carolina at No. 2
- C.A.L (Cut All Losses) at No. 1
Top Singles On Apple Music Jamaica:
Valiant also has top two three and No. 5 spots on Apple Music Jamaica.
Drake & 21 Savage’s Rich Flex at No. 4.
See full top ten below:
| Pos | P+ | Artist – Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | = |
Valiant – North Carolina
|
| 2 | = |
Valiant – C.A.L (Cut All Losses)
|
| 3 | +1 |
Valiant – Siance
|
| 4 | -1 |
Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
|
| 5 | = |
Valiant – St. Mary
|
| 6 | = |
Drake & 21 Savage – On BS
|
| 7 | = |
Drake & 21 Savage – Major Distribution
|
| 8 | +1 |
Drake & 21 Savage – Spin Bout U
|
| 9 | -1 |
Drake – BackOutsideBoyz
|
| 10 | +3 |
Skeng – Demons Awake
|
Top Albums On Apple Music Jamaica:
| Pos | P+ | Artist – Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | = |
Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss
|
| 2 | = |
Skeng – Beast of the Era – EP
|
| 3 | = |
Beyoncé – RENAISSANCE
|
| 4 | = |
Lil Baby – It’s Only Me
|
| 5 | +1 |
Masicka – 438
|
| 6 | -1 |
Taylor Swift – Midnights (3am Edition)
|
| 7 | +1 |
Armanii – Metamorphosis
|
| 8 | -1 |
Burna Boy – Love, Damini
|
| 9 | = |
Quavo & Takeoff – Only Built For Infinity Links
|
| 10 | +3 |
Drake – Certified Lover Boy
|
On Spotify:
- Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift is the top song globally.
- Taylor Swift’s Midnight spends a second week at No. 1.
- Anti-Hero By Taylor Swift also spends a second week at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100.
- Rihanna’s Lift Me Up debuts at No. 2
- Shirt by Sza debuts at No. 11
- Michael Jackson’s Thriller re-enters at No. 26.
- Midnights by Taylor Swift spends a second week atop the Billboard 200 chart.
- Revolver by The Beatles re-enters the 200 albums chart at No. 4 this week
- Debuting on the 200 chart this week is Kutthroat Bill Vol. 1 by Kodak Black.
The featured artist this week is Judge Dread. As far back as the 1970s Judge Dread, was second only to Bob Marley as the most successful reggae artist in the U.K. although all of his 11 singles that entered the UK Singles Chart banned by the BBC. Dread was the first white recording artist to have a reggae hit in Jamaica. His hit “Big Six” a spin off of Prince Buster’s “Big 5″ reached No. 11 in the U.K. and he followed up with “Big Seven” which reached the Top 10 and stayed on the charts for 27 weeks.
The Guinness Book of World Records credited Judge Dread for having the highest number (eleven) of banned songs of all time.
New Music this week comes from
Rvssian, Fivio Foreign – 1 On 3
Nas – Kings Disease 3 (album)
GloRilla – Anyways, Life’s Great (ep)
SoFaygo – Pink Heartz (album)
Yung Bleu – Tantra (album)
French Montana – Yes I Do
Rihanna – Born Again
Wizkid – More Love, Less Ego (album)
Lil Tjay – Give You What You Want
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