Shenseea’s ‘Alpha’ Debuts At No. 1 On iTunes Reggae Albums Chart
Shenseea‘s new album Alpha debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Top 100 Reggae Albums chart in the US following its release on Friday.
On Sunday, three of the 14 tracks occupied the Top 10 on the US iTunes Top 100 Reggae Songs chart, namely Can’t Anymore at No. 6, R U That featuring 21 Savage at No. 8 and Lick featuring Megan Thee Stallion at No. 9.
Entertainment Minister Olivia “Babsy” Grange congratulated the 25-year-old for her No. 1 debut on the iTunes chart, in an Instagram post yesterday.
Grange also shared images of herself poring through her invitation package for the album launch yesterday. “Thank you Shenseea and Romeich for my invitation to Album launch. #Alpha #Shenseea,” Grange had noted, on her first post, regarding her invitation to the Jamaica leg of the album launch.
Some naughty followers sought to tickle the former Specs/Shang executive by suggesting that the most explicit song, Lick, was her favorite.
“🔥🔥🔥What’s your favorite track @hon.oliviagrange 😁,” stevie_dboss asked.
“stevie_dboss it has to be “LICK”, papi_gf replied, evoking laughing emoticons from other followers.
Over on her Facebook page, some impish followers continued to try to elicit a response out of Grange.
“Aunty tell me which song you like on the album. The dolly dem say a ex anthem and body count them like,” Noel Cunningham, said, to which VQ Sunshine responded: “Henkel Glue she seh”, citing the sexually explicit track with Beenie Man.
“Body count and Henkel Glue on your Playlist Aunty,” Unapologetic Prendi added.
Although Grange is yet to state which songs are her favorite, Dancehall singjay Ce’Cile has cited Body Count as her favourite and the Henkel Glue collab with Beenie Man as among the songs which made her proud, adding that she was comfited that the album remained true to Jamaica and to Reggae and Dancehall culture.
“Okayy..shenseea….I went straight to Henkel. And I felt so f-cking proud. Meeeda Bex if a pure foreign sitten,” she had written.
“This feels like Beenie at his best and I’m glad ur roots is there. The reggae with Sean Paul has a unique stamp on it. It’s you. Yes mi proud of you. Target bad. Hangover niceeee. Ima have to keep listening these for a minute. But me hear Jamaica, me hear we culture and me hear you, in all the ways you can be. #solid. Me did worried for a bit. Well, u haven’t left us. My fav is Body Count BTW. GREAT JOB Romeich,” she added.
For his part, Tarrus Riley who collaborated on the Lighter track with Shenseea in 2020, noted that his picks were Target, Body Count, Lying If I call it Love and Sun Comes Up.
”TOP TING 🔥🔥🔥🔥,” he said.
On Saturday, Shenseea paid homage to Beenie Man for the Henkel Glue collab, noting that she “had to get one in with Beenie Man”.
“There is no other like you! I knew it was a special one #Alpha #HenkelGlue,” to which the Simmer artiste replied: “ ❤️Shen love and blessings always.”