Skillibeng’s ‘Crocodile Teeth LP’ First Week Album Sales Are In

Unfortunately, Dancehall star Skillibeng failed to debut on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart this week with his new studio project, the Crocodile Teeth LP.  However, Xyclone has landed his fifth entry on the chart at No. 9 with his new album, The Sounds of South America.

Released on October 15, The Sounds of South America was the Dancehall artist’s seventh album.  The 11-track collection arrived with a video for the lead single It’s You That I Need, which was produced by Bobby Konders of Massive B and remixed by Willy Chin from the Grammy-winning group Black Chiney.

According to data provided to DancehallMag by Billboard’s sales tracker MRC Data, Xyclone’s The Sounds Of South America had the equivalent of 1,065 total units of consumption from sales and streaming in the United States in its first week of release, including 1,064 in pure album sales. 

Xyclone’s previous Billboard-charting albums were Sounds Of Africa (2019), The Year Of The Wolf (2019), 2774 Waterford Parkway (2018), and From The Basement To The Big Leagues (2016).

Meanwhile, Skillibeng’s Crocodile Teeth LP, which was released on October 15 and featured Bobby Shmurda, Rich the Kid, Lil Zack, Stefflon Don, Popcaan, Spice, and Davianah, had the equivalent of 627 total units of consumption from sales and streaming in the U.S. in its first week of release, including 660,949 audio streams and 35,475 video streams.

The 12-track album’s total first-week consumption included 123 in pure album sales, according to MRC Data.

Skilli’s last project, The Prodigy: Ladies Only Edition, had sold 300 total units from sales and streaming in the US during its first week of release in June 2021.  That included 25 copies in pure album sales.

The weekly sales and streaming-driven Billboard Reggae Albums chart ranks the 10 most popular Reggae albums in the US, based on consumption metrics that are measured in equivalent album units.  Each of those units represents one album sale or 10 individual tracks sold from an album or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscriptions streams from an album via audio or video streams.

On the chart this week, Reggae legend Bob Marley & The Wailers are No. 1 for the 94th consecutive week, with Legend — a greatest hits collection first released in May 1984 by Island Records.   The compilation moved 9,819 total units from sales and streaming in the US last week, including 2,676 in pure album sales.

Shaggy’s Best of Shaggy: The Boombastic Collection is at No. 2, followed by Jason Mraz’s Love For The Good at No. 3.

UB40’s Greatest Hits album is at No. 4, followed by American band Stick Figure at No. 5 with their World On Fire album.

Dancehall superstar Sean Paul is at No. 6 with his Dutty Classics Collection, followed by Stick Figure at No. 7 with Set In Stone, and Sean Paul, again, at No. 8 with his Grammy-winning Dutty Rock album.

As mentioned before, Xyclone holds the No. 9 position, while Bob Marley & The Wailers appear on the chart again at No. 10 with their Gold album.