Chronixx’s ‘Here Comes Trouble’ Hits 100 Million On YouTube
Reggae star Chronixx is celebrating his 2013 hit song Here Comes Trouble reaching 100+ million views on YouTube, the track which was the most popular from his acclaimed breakout EP Dread and Terrible released in April 2014.
“Here Comes Trouble 100Million Views later,” he quietly shared on Twitter on Friday.
Produced by Winta James of Overstand Entertainment with a music video directed by Ezra Tafari, Here Comes Trouble is Chronixx’s most viewed solo song on the platform. Who Knows with Protoje currently has 164 million views, while Likes, Skankin’ Sweet and Smile Jamaica have amassed over 40 million views each.
Upon its release, the 10-track Dread and Terrible EP topped the Billboard Reggae Albums chart in the US and the iTunes Reggae charts in both the United Kingdom and Japan. The EP also debuted at No. 179 on the Billboard 200 charts on August 9, 2014, where it spent one week. Dread & Terrible’s 10 tracks include Alpha & Omega, Here Comes Trouble, Capture Land, Rastaman Wheel Out, Eternal Fire, Spirulina and Like a Whistle.
Back then, Billboard noted in an article, that following two high-profile performances in New York City, Chronixx, then 21 years old, had seen a sales surge and benefited from significant international career boost a result.
Chronixx, whose given name is Jamar McNaughton and his Zinc Fence Redemption band, had made their US television debut on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, where the Reggae superstar performed Here Comes Trouble.
His stint on the show came into being after Fallon heard Here Comes Trouble while vacationing in Jamaica at Island Records’ Chris Blackwell’s Goldeneye Resort in St. Mary.
Chronixx had, earlier that year, signed a publishing deal with Blackwell’s Blue Mountain Publishing, and Fallon after inquiring about the Chronology artist, subsequently booked him to perform on the show, according to Billboard.
Prior to Chronixx’s Tonight Show performance, Here Comes Trouble had registered just 1,000 downloads. However, following the Tonight Show and an ensuing concert at Central Park, the numbers swelled to 12,000 downloads, earning a number two position on the Digital Reggae Singles chart.
At the same time, Billboard noted that sales of Dread and Terrible also surged, moving from 400 units to 5,000 and topping the Reggae Album Chart.
Chronixx, who was born on October 10, 1992, hails from Spanish Town in St. Catherine where he grew up around the likes of Burro Banton, Norris Man and the legendary Gregory Isaacs, and learned the craft from his father Chronicle, who is also a musician.
By age five, Chronixx had written his first song titled Rice Grain. Coached by legendary Main Street music producer, Danny Browne, he recorded the track with him in 2003, under the name ‘Little Chronicle’.
Even during his boyhood days as a student at St. Catherine High School, Chronixx was deeply involved in music, harmonizing for gospel artists such as Jermaine Edwards and Reggae artist Lutan Fyah.
At age 14, he began producing music and creating beats for artists including his compatriots Konshens and Munga Honourable.
In addition, he also composed riddims such as the Freezer Riddim, on which Popcaan voiced his Real Bad Man track, Vybz Kartel voiced Watch Dem and Shawn Storm recorded Gaza Gallis.
Instead of going on to Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts as he had initially planned, Chronixx, released singles such as Behind Curtain, African Heritage, Wall Street and Warrior.
Three years after the release of Dread and Terrible, Chronixx released a full album, Chronology, which debuted at No. 1 on the Reggae Albums chart and also earned him a Best Reggae Album Grammy nomination.
In the meantime, Chronixx’s fans are still awaiting his highly-anticipated, sophomore album, Dela Splash which has been delayed again.
Dela Splash was initially slated for release in the Summer of 2020, and after that did not materialize, speculations were rife that it had been delayed due to the pandemic. However, in December, Chronixx had revealed that his sophomore album might not be released any time soon, as his duties as a parent, have taken precedence.
“Really, why I didn’t release the album was because of where I was in the journey of being a father to my daughter,” he had said in a Rolling Stone interview. “It wasn’t what I was expecting, but really, there was nothing I could expect. It was a new feeling, and I was not ready to leave her to do anything. The pandemic was the perfect time for a father to be beside his daughter and also a good time to create,” he had added.
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